Occupations you don't see so much of, any more

[MrMark]

Rag and bone men (although they're rumoured to be making a come-back)
Chimney sweeps
Bus conductors.
Milkmen (I know they still exist somewhere; just it's been ages since I saw one delivering milk)
Shop stewards in large Midlands car plants (often with the name "Red" as their first name)
Time and Motion experts.
Trolley dollies, bringing around the morning tea and barncake.

[DodgyAgent]

Rag and bone men (although they're rumoured to be making a come-back)
Chimney sweeps
Bus conductors.
Milkmen (I know they still exist somewhere; just it's been ages since I saw one delivering milk)
Shop stewards in large Midlands car plants (often with the name "Red" as their first name)
Time and Motion experts.
Trolley dollies, bringing around the morning tea and barncake.

Professional contractors is another

[downsouth]

Reputable Recruitment agents

[Cliphead]

Trolley dollies, bringing around the morning tea and barncake.

Cart tarts

[DodgyAgent]

Reputable Recruitment agents

There never was such a person

[Paddy]

Knocker Up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up

[PRC1964]

We have a chimney sweep come once a year (£45 an hour and as many biscuits as he can manage) next door still get their milk delivered though most of the road stopped when the last milkman flipped and smashed a crate full of bottles in the road and ran off leaving the milk float blocking the road.

I haven't seen the Eastern European "We clean your wheelie bin yeah" men for a couple of years though.

[Sockpuppet]

Time and Motion experts.

You don't work in manufacturing or logistics then. They all got rebranded "continous improvement".

[TriggerHippy]

We have a chimney sweep come once a year (£45 an hour and as many biscuits as he can manage)

At £45 an hour, I'm seeing a viable 'Plan B', considering Jobswerve is advertising roles for £8 to £10 per hour, providing you can provide umpteen references and pass the MIT doctorate examination that passes as the small aptitude test ...
All I need is a handful of scruffy urchins to send down the chimneys ... I wonder if the local orphanages have catalogs?

[NickFitz]

My mother has always claimed that my grandfather never had a steady job after he was made redundant from his post of lamplighter when the last of Liverpool's gas street lamps were replaced with electric