Life Solved
Secrets of the 1921 Census
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January 2022 brought a very exciting moment for interwar historians – professional and amateur alike. The 1921 Census includes a survey of 38 million people living in England and Wales. This period followed a global pandemic and saw economic instability between two world wars. A team of hundreds of conservators have been working to conserve and digitise these 30,000 bound volumes of documents. Now they’re available to us all online.
This time on Life Solved, Glenn Harris chats with Deborah Sugg Ryan, Professor of Design History and Theory and Dr Melanie Bassett, Research Fellow in Public Engagement about the insights revealed by these documents, and a few of the mysteries they've been following through the archives too!
You can find out more about University of Portsmouth research at port.ac.uk/research
Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan @deborahsuggryan
https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/deborah-sugg-ryan
Dr Melanie Bassett @melanie_bassett
https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/melanie-bassett
Where can you access the 1921 Census?
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20s-people/the-1921-census/where-can-i-access-the-1921-census/
Findmypast has access to the census
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/1921-census
Melanie is also website manager of Port Towns and Urban Cultures
Deborah’s exploration of home history
https://moda.mdx.ac.uk/a-place-we-call-home/house-histories/1921-census/
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