| Description | The Working Life category contains objects related to any type of work undertaken for commercial gain, despite the setting (industrial or domestic). It has some overlap with Community Life, and objects are therefore classed by whether the work is provided as commercial (Working Life) or as a service (Community Life).
According to the SHIC system, it is divided into ten further sub-categories:
HMC/S/1/0 - General and unprovenanced
HMC/S/1/1 - Agricultural, forestry, and fishing
HMC/S/1/2 - Energy and water supply industries
HMC/S/1/3 - Extraction of minerals; manufacture of non-metallic mineral products and chemicals
HMC/S/1/4 - Extraction of metallic ores; manufacture of metals and metal goods; engineering industries
HMC/S/1/5 - Manufacturing industries not elsewhere specified
HMC/S/1/6 - Construction
HMC/S/1/7 - Transportation and communication
HMC/S/1/8 - Distribution; hotels and catering; repairs
HMC/S/1/9 - Other working life
Currently, all objects are catalogued under HMC/S/4. Future cataloguing projects at Headstone Manor & Museum will see objects sorted into their proper sub-categories.
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