Was there a specific reason for asking/recording number of "Rooms with one or more windows" in the 1911 Census
thanks
Trish
1911 - Windows
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Re: 1911 - Windows
Hi Trish,
This was a question first asked in the 1861 census, and reflected concerns about housing conditions:
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/ ... 861-census
Ross
This was a question first asked in the 1861 census, and reflected concerns about housing conditions:
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/ ... 861-census
Ross
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Re: 1911 - Windows
Thanks Ross - I thought the window tax was gone by then - which was mentioned in your link
Trish
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Re: 1911 - Windows
In 1861 there were 121 windowless houses in Edinburgh. In 1911 there were none.
http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/Pag ... pageseq=12
Alan
http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/Pag ... pageseq=12
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Re: 1911 - Windows
Thanks Alan - your search skills are legendary on TS.
My family were living in a house where 2 rooms had windows.
I find it interesting that apartment buildings are being built today where some of the rooms do not have windows. Back when I was involved with building or buying a house - every room had to have a window. The more things change, the more they go back to the past.
Trish
My family were living in a house where 2 rooms had windows.
I find it interesting that apartment buildings are being built today where some of the rooms do not have windows. Back when I was involved with building or buying a house - every room had to have a window. The more things change, the more they go back to the past.
Trish
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Re: 1911 - Windows
So right, Trish. It seems, we go backwards in some regards. Multiple dwellings are the most common places here these days, with electric fans used for ventilating washrooms placed along inside walls, but I'm not a 'fan' of this practice.
Frances
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John Kelly (b 22 Sep 1897) eldest child of John Kelly & Christina Lipsett Kelly of Glasgow
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I now live in one of those Frances. 2 bathrooms with fans and, as I call it, a hole in the wall laundry also with a fan. At least we still have windows in the bedrooms and living area!