> But for others, ending a marriage was just plain wrong. Henry Forrest of Stretford Road in Manchester stated his objection to even asking a divorce question on the census form.
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> Divorce was a “CURSE to the country” wrote the school teacher – who was 42, unmarried, and living with his five younger sisters and brother.
Lol, god damn, Henry.
>”Stop talking about your homes for heroes,” wrote Mr Bartley at the bottom of his form. “Start building some houses and let them at a rent a working man can afford to pay.”
>”Homes Fit for Heroes” had been the promise made by Liberal Prime Minister David Lloyd George, two years before at the end of the Great War. He had pledged to build half a million new homes for returning veterans.
>**Across the country, most tenants lived in privately-rented housing, often in squalid conditions.**
We forget how crap ‘the market is’ when it is in private hands. People deserve a standard of housing that they pay for. You have standards legally enforceable for most things why not do better with housing.
so 100 years on and nothing has changed on the housing front
Back in those days you were either “single” or “married”, there was nothing legally in between, and unmarried cohabiting was just not a thing at all. These “single” people weren’t necessarily single.
I’d like to look at this 1921 census. But either I visit Kew / Cardiff / Manchester, or I have to pay.
WHY? This smacks of double standards. Those that either live close by, or can afford to travel, can conduct research free of charge. The rest of us who inhabit the shires are forced to pay!!
Levelling up you say?? Reducing the carbon footprint of travel you say?? HMMM…
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> But for others, ending a marriage was just plain wrong. Henry Forrest of Stretford Road in Manchester stated his objection to even asking a divorce question on the census form.
>
> Divorce was a “CURSE to the country” wrote the school teacher – who was 42, unmarried, and living with his five younger sisters and brother.
Lol, god damn, Henry.
>”Stop talking about your homes for heroes,” wrote Mr Bartley at the bottom of his form. “Start building some houses and let them at a rent a working man can afford to pay.”
>”Homes Fit for Heroes” had been the promise made by Liberal Prime Minister David Lloyd George, two years before at the end of the Great War. He had pledged to build half a million new homes for returning veterans.
>**Across the country, most tenants lived in privately-rented housing, often in squalid conditions.**
We forget how crap ‘the market is’ when it is in private hands. People deserve a standard of housing that they pay for. You have standards legally enforceable for most things why not do better with housing.
so 100 years on and nothing has changed on the housing front
Back in those days you were either “single” or “married”, there was nothing legally in between, and unmarried cohabiting was just not a thing at all. These “single” people weren’t necessarily single.
I’d like to look at this 1921 census. But either I visit Kew / Cardiff / Manchester, or I have to pay.
WHY? This smacks of double standards. Those that either live close by, or can afford to travel, can conduct research free of charge. The rest of us who inhabit the shires are forced to pay!!
Levelling up you say?? Reducing the carbon footprint of travel you say?? HMMM…