I loved Rex's reference to the Sabden Treacle Mines. (More on the latter online at:
http://www.treacleminer.com/Mines/Sabden.html)
My husband wondered if the occupation on the baptism record might be short for 'Labourer in the Vineyard of the Lord' (from the Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard: Matthew 20:1-16), which he had noticed in an obituary as a description of a Baptist in India. This seemed plausible to me as I have recently been reading about the lives of my Nonconformist ancestors (in Rex's excellent booklets on the Haggate and Colne Baptist chapels, and in 'Benjamin Ingham: Preacher amongst the Dales, Forests and Fells by H.M Pickles).
However, the truth about the baptism entry is much more mundane. I found James Ormerod in the 1891 census, where he was described simply as labourer (so no help there). Looking up the baptisms of his other children in the household in 1891 was more fruitful, as was his 1901 census entry:
Emily (baptism not found)
Miranda, 1882, father's occupation: Skinner
Minnie, 1885, father's occupation: Jobber
James Wilmore, 1890 father's occupation: Tanner
1901 census, James's occupation was recorded as woolpacker at tanyard.
So, it seems Vineyard is a mistranscription of Skinyard!
A sad footnote is that baby Sarah died aged one at Colne in 1888 (Lancs BMD)
Ruth