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Booth's Life and Labour Survey

In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Booth's survey, The Life and Labour of the People in London, published in 17 volumes from 1889 to 1903. Booth (1840-1916), a Liverpudlian shipping line owner, surveyed every household in London to see if it was true, as claimed, that as many as a quarter lived in poverty. He found that it was closer to a third, and that many of these were either children with no means of support or older people no longer well enough to work. He went on to campaign for an old age pension, and broadened the impact of his findings by publishing enhanced Ordnance Survey maps with the streets coloured according to the wealth of those who lived there.

The image above is of an organ grinder on a London street, circa 1893, with children dancing to the Pas de Quatre

With

Emma Griffin
Professor of Modern British History at the University of East Anglia

Sarah Wise
Adjunct Professor at the University of California

And

Lawrence Goldman
Emeritus Fellow in History at St Peter’s College, University of Oxford

Producer: Simon Tillotson
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https://booth.lse.ac.uk/learn-more/what-was-the-inquiry
MAPS
https://booth.lse.ac.uk/map/14/-0.1174/51.5064/100/0

How were POW deaths recorded please?
Did Basil survive the War?

Basil Frederick Wilson
Captain Staff Officer
Birth 8 Feb 1908 Poona India
Singapore Regiment Hq 28 Bde
Father Roger
Mother Blanche

Description56: Japanese Index Cards of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, World War II: Wilburn-Wilson

Perhaps John G ROMERIL was born in USA?
WWII soldier?


John G Romeril
married in JUN 1944 MARYLEBONE to
Marriages Jun 1944   (>99%)
Vivien F HEAL

HEAL    Vivien F    Romeril    Marylebone    1a   1051    
ROMERIL    John G    Heal    Marylebone    1a   1051

Both on passenger arrivals New York.

Name
Vivian R Romeril   Different
dd mm year New York, New York, USA
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John G Romeril   Same
dd mm year New York, New York, USA

Is it possible to follow this man who may be the 1951 HAMPSTEAD marriage witness V F WRIGHT.
He is on the 1939 Register married to a wife? Nelly.
At present, I do not see him in 1901 or 1911.

Victor Henry Frank Wright (Free Lance Musician)
1893–1954
Birth 28 OCT 1893 • Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Death 16 MAR 1954 • HAMPSTEAD, London, England

Possible wife:
Nelly Theodorine Victorine Hanson
1901–1991
Birth 1 MAY 1901 • Liege, Belgium
Death 7 MAY 1991 • Auckland, New Zealand

Excellent listen for us all who thought we knew who we are [or were]!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vqqf

Passing is a term that originally referred to light skinned African Americans who decided to live their lives as white people. The civil rights activist Walter White claimed in 1947 that every year in America, 12-thousand black people disappeared this way. He knew from first-hand experience. The black president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People had blonde hair and blue eyes which meant he was able to investigate lynching in the Deep South, while passing in plain sight.

In a strictly segregated society, life on the other side of the colour line could be easier. But it came at a price.

Here, Gary Younge, Professor of Sociology at Manchester University, explores stories of racial passing through the prism of one of his favourite books, Passing, by Nella Larsen.

The 1929 novella brought the concept into the mainstream. It tells the story of two friends; both African-American though one 'passes' for white. It's one of Gary Younge's, favourite books, for all that it reveals about race, class and privilege.

Gary speaks with Bliss Broyard, who was raised in Connecticut in the blue-blood, mono-racial world of suburbs and private schools. Her racial identity was ensconced in the comfort of insular whiteness. Then in early adulthood Bliss' world was turned upside down. On her father's deathbed she learned he was in fact a black man who had been passing as white for most of his life. How did this impact Bliss' identity and sense of self?

Gary hears three extraordinary personal accounts, each a journey towards understanding racial identity, and belonging. With Bliss Broyard, Anthony Ekundayo Lennon, Georgina Lawton and Professor Jennifer DeVere Brody.

Excerpts from 'Passing' read by Robin Miles, the Broadway actress who has narrated books written by Kamala Harris and Roxane Gay.

Producer: Caitlin Smith
Executive Producer: Tony Phillips