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Re: More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #216 on: Saturday 24 January 09 12:18 GMT (UK) »
There were 6 philanthropists, 4 male and 2 female.
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Re: More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #217 on: Saturday 24 January 09 12:20 GMT (UK) »
Two males confessed to being a thief, worryingly both in Warwickshire  ;D
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Re: More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #218 on: Saturday 24 January 09 12:22 GMT (UK) »
90 Searchers and 44 Seekers, including Hiblelmine Floyd Robb.
What could they all have been looking for?

There were also two Shoe Finders. Were they employed to search for shoes that people had lost  ???

425 Wipers.....what on earth were they wiping.....on second thoughts don't even think about it  ;D

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Re: More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #219 on: Saturday 24 January 09 12:23 GMT (UK) »
29 people confessed to being a pimp (including 2 females), and I think one of the males could be a relative !  :-[  ;D
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Re: More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #220 on: Saturday 24 January 09 12:28 GMT (UK) »
Nathan Augustus Wood, age 32 from West Ham claimed to be a prophet.  Hallelujah !  ;D
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Re: More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #221 on: Saturday 24 January 09 12:31 GMT (UK) »
Three Slappers, one of them only 14 >:(

I see Amos Nightingale of Bermondsey was a Priestess  ;D

And 14 year old Esther Parrish of West Ham was a Cannibal  ;D  ;D
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Re: More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #222 on: Saturday 24 January 09 12:33 GMT (UK) »
13 people (a good mixture of males and females) were said to be professional virgins

The youngest was a 29 year old female, and the oldest was a 61 year old male  ;D
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Re: More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #223 on: Saturday 24 January 09 12:34 GMT (UK) »
There were 21 "special canvassers"  one of them being my great
-uncle in Norfolk.  All males aged betweem 31 and 69, all over the country. Wonder what they were "specially canvassing"??? Uncle Frank was a groom normally. ::)


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Re: More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #224 on: Saturday 24 January 09 12:37 GMT (UK) »
Wendy George CL (???) a 29 year old male from Shoreditch London was weird  ;D
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