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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Kennington on Wednesday 02 November 05 21:13 GMT (UK)
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Hi
Whilst searching through Islington in 1861, I have been browsing the occupations too.
I have come across at least 4 comedians so far ;D ;D ;D ;D
Was this a well paid profession? It wasn't something I expected to find on the census. I have seen some actors, but they would be expected in London.
Mary ; ;)
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Hi Mary
My grans father is down as an actor in the 1901 census and his mother on a separate sheet for 1901 took in boarders and they are down as actors-comedians. This is in Lambeth, London
I cant wait till 2012 :'( when the next census release is due my grans mother was living at home during the 1901 count but later became a Tiller Girl playing alongside her lover for want of a better word (they never married) at the Drury Lane theatre London. What will she put?
Ken
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Hi,
I don't know if it was a paid profession but I've recently purchased a victorian glass negative that features a comedian performing in a London street. They don't look like beggars so I presume it was a street show of some sort?
Cheers
Vince
http://www.netxposure.net
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I found the will of a chap who died in Hull in 1796 whose profession was "comedian", so it goes back a long way.
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I'd love to hear some of their jokes. I bet we wouldn't get them ;D
Mary