Any dying or extinct profession that you hardly come across nowadays?

The tailors who make shirts and trousers for individual measurement are fast becoming the vanishing lot now.I want my trousers to be of perfect fit.I don't know what I am going to do in my old age with those shabby ill fitting trousers. And I think the clock and watch repairers are in tow to vanish.The nest generation won't be seeing those watch repairer with that I don't know what stuck into his one eye which never ceases to amaze me since my childhood. Do you think the ring masters who make a dozen of lions to obey like a bunch of house cats with that stylish smack of their will exist for long.

Hi Mou very intrsting discussion and sure very important one too, as people attached with these profession, suddenly get jobless and striving hard for their earning Sure i can name few Profession as u mention 1) Tonga and Donkey carts 2) Mud pottery, which was once very common 3) street hawkers of difffernt things 4) Artists who use to engrave Marble and wood for House Decoration 5) Hand made kids toys 6) u will hardly find any cobblers now etc traditions arte changing, intrrests are changing, so r professions. want to add one things, these professions i mentioned are with tradition and culture of pakistan, these might have been vanished in some areas long ago Take care

The typist is a very true example of a dying profession Mimpi. The technological changes are bringing about this and it is sad. There are many more , for example , i have seen professional letter writers a few years ago and hardly find any of them. The printing industry too is going through a vast change with increased modernisation and seeing the decline in the professionals. The medical field is going through so much of change with increased focus on specialisation and increased cost of education that the next door family doctor is becoming hard to find. There are a few more mining, agriculture....and it's sad and although new professions are being created they always seem to require more and more qualifications and experience. A great discussion indeed.

Around here one will hardly ever come across a shoemaker or shoe-repairer. Whatchmakers. Blacksmiths.

Typesetters; the people who used to place each individual letter or word onto a metal plate to have the ink rolled over it and paper stamped down onto it. Although that profession still exists, it is all now done on computers so, to me, it's a completely different profession. The milk man; the guy who used to come every day with a bottle or two of milk early in the morning and leave the milk on your porch, the kind with the cream floating on top. Ye olde timekeepers... "Three o'clock and all's well!" Paper boys. I'm not sure if they still exist anywhere anymore, but I haven't seen an actual paper 'boy' for a long time! It's usually an adult driving by and throwing the paper towards your house from his car. ACTORS! It's scary when you see how far animation has come! Some animations are so realistic, it takes awhile before you realize they aren't actual human beings! I know actors will be around for a long time, but with animation becoming so realistic, more and more animated movies are coming out. Maybe actors doesn't really fall into this category, but the animated 'actors' are becoming more and more prolific! I'm sure there are hundreds of other professions that have gone by the wayside because of increased crime, more detail-oriented robotics and modern technology.

yeah, lighthouse keeper...my dream job.

Those tailer who handmake leather clothings. They are really rare. I know only one now.

The hand knitting of sweaters. I remember mom and other aunts paying for the hand knitted sweaters which a few effeicient women used to knit. Nowadays hand embroidered stuff is still to be found but hand knitted sweaters are just hard to come accross.

"George W, Bush Presidential Advisor" is pretty much extinct as a profession now you would think! There is definitely a decline in small business practices like typesetting, printing and cottage industry type professions as major chains have managed to mass produce items at a far cheaper cost. It's a shame really. Decades ago, it was considered vital to have a fallback qualification like carpentry, plumbing or electrician etc; yet these days, it is all about having a paper degree and an emphasis on trade skills is just not there anymore.

Very pertinent post. There are many professions, which are dying to ever evolving technology and advancement. Now a days, you would hardly find in big Metro cities, someone selling pitchers made up of earthen soil. I find good gents 'tailors' are getting extinct, because many men have started wearing ready-made clothes. Barbers could be find across the cities because they are always in demand and men cannot do without barbers, means a man cannot cut his own hair. Typist could also be found around Court premises, typing the letters for illiterate or semi-illiterate people.

Typesetters for the newspaper! That was a highly skilled profession that went almost completely under when computer typesetting came on the scene, I think!

Hi Mimipi, These days in the UK most houses have gas central heating instead of a large open fire so the chimney sweep is someone you do not need that much these days and also as most houses now also have slate roof the art of thatching is dying out also although there are still the skilled few that continue these trades as some houses are still thatched and some have open fires. Huggles. Ellie :D

there are alot of things in my hometown that are extinct. we do not have a jeweler, the closestone is 10 miles away & i think it's the only one there. he is high as cat hair on repairs to. i don't know anyone around that will repair shoes.we don't have a hardware store like we use to. if you can't find it at wal-mart u aren't going to find it. i don't always want to go to wal-mart but u have no choice.

I used to do some genealogy and some of western surnames came from professions that are no longer in existance. The name Smith a was usually the blacksmith. Webber was a male weaver and Webster was a female weaver. Baxter and Baker (although there are still some of these around) Fletcher who were arrow makers, the list goes on and is quite interesting. While some professions die out, some morph into a similar profession and some are entirely new being created all the time. Anytime a new invention or equipment is revealed, there is a need for someone to operate, fix or manufacter the item or process.