Re: 1911 census: Improved penmanship
- From: Slarty <plink.1.RoyTubb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:13:01 +0000
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:31:21 +0000, Graham P Davis wrote:
In another posting, someone commented on the copperplate handwriting of a
forbear. From my experience over the past few days of looking at over forty
census sheets, this state of affairs seems quite common. The quality of
writing is, on the whole, much better than on the transcriptions.
How very true!
I have a selection of images completed by my grandparents in 1911 and,
although I'm not sure if they're strictly speaking copperplate, they are
without exception beatifully written, clear, and even somewhat artistic in
the flourishes which they added.
Not so suprising perhaps when your grandfather was a printer's compositor,
but my wife's grandfather had only got off the boat from Italy in 1901. At
that time he seems to have been working with brothers/cousins making/
selling icecream. Oh, oh Antonio, and his icecream cart! By 1911 he had
already started up in business as a greengrocer and fruiterer. A business,
under his relatives which continued in South East London until well after
WW2.
I have a good deal of respect for the quality of ordinary peaoples'
education then, brief though it was by comparison with today's. I don't
think I shall start down the road of taking these comparisons any
further.... :-)
Cheers,
Roy
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