1921 census

[coombs]

In 2004 I was in the census department upstairs at the old FRC in Clerkenwell, God I miss that place. I was thinking back then while looking at the 1891 census about the 1921 census, and knowing I would have to wait another 18 years for it. Those 18 years flew by though.

[louisa maud]

I frequented the place for years, you never know, you  I might have sat next to you  on the fiche machine, I was lucky as my transport got me to London earlier than the cheap day return ticket people arrived,  happy days

LM

[coombs]

I frequented the place for years, you never know, you  I might have sat next to you  on the fiche machine, I was lucky as my transport got me to London earlier than the cheap day return ticket people arrived,  happy days

LM

Yes probably in the census room upstairs, or may have stood near you when looking through the huge BMD ledgers. For instance, getting the huge book of Births registered in July, August and September 1895 under surnames E to J for example, to look for a birth.

Often I would have spent the day either at Westminster Archives or LMA just round the corner looking for elusive London ancestors. At the reception at LMA 17 or 18 years ago there was a man behind it often, near the entrance doors who bore a bit of a resemblance to Nick Cotton from EastEnders. 

[candleflame]

In 2004 I was in the census department upstairs at the old FRC in Clerkenwell, God I miss that place. I was thinking back then while looking at the 1891 census about the 1921 census, and knowing I would have to wait another 18 years for it. Those 18 years flew by though.

I agree it’s been quite scary how the years have flown by and I still haven’t got caught up with presenting all my research neatly! No more censuses to look forward to , so maybe I’ll get the research all tidied up now lol.

[coombs]

In 2004 I was in the census department upstairs at the old FRC in Clerkenwell, God I miss that place. I was thinking back then while looking at the 1891 census about the 1921 census, and knowing I would have to wait another 18 years for it. Those 18 years flew by though.

I agree it’s been quite scary how the years have flown by and I still haven’t got caught up with presenting all my research neatly! No more censuses to look forward to , so maybe I’ll get the research all tidied up now lol.

Some of the London lot I was looking for in 2004 are still elusive. One ancestor who died in February 1851 in Marylebone, and said "not born in county" in 1841 census, the county of residence of course was Middlesex which much of London was in back then, as well as the Surrey side such as Southwark and Lambeth.