Professions

I think a girdler used to make leather belts but a girdle straightener must be something different.
Maybe something to do with barrel making and straightening the bands of wood!!!
Someone on GN will know.

Perhaps he followed ladies around and made sure they were comfortable!

Ha ha Luckygirl!

Perhaps it's a girdle for cooking on. I remember my Nana having one which hung on a hook over the fire. She did have an electric oven, but also a range with fire and oven at the side. She always had the kettle on the fire.
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This reminded me of What's my Line

The saggar maker's bottom knocker came to mind.

No idea what it means Tiger ( and I grew up in a Northern mill town)?but not so far back as 1922.
Possibly something to do with mills I should think.

I remember a ‘streeker’ from some TV prog. ages ago.
IIRC it meant someone who laid out dead bodies!
Not that it’s ever come up in a crossword but I live in hope.

One of the holiday jobs when I was a student in the early sixties was as a "folder and boxer" in a knitwear factory.

A relative of mine, when asked what he did for a living, used to reply 'I'm an apprentice tea stirrer's mate'.

luckygirl ????