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132 people have lived in this house from the year 1840 until now. There may be more, who never
appeared in the records. Customs clerk Richard Glenton walked
through this front door when the house was brand-new. Then came James and Ann Orr, former
servants who made a fortune. Wilfred Steele, the cotton broker who deserted his
family for a new life in America. Widowed Elizabeth Bowes rented
rooms to Danish immigrant
Edward Lublin
appeared in the records. Customs clerk Richard Glenton walked
through this front door when the house was brand-new. Then came James and Ann Orr, former
servants who made a fortune. Wilfred Steele, the cotton broker who deserted his
family for a new life in America. Widowed Elizabeth Bowes rented
rooms to Danish immigrant
Edward Lublin
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132 people have lived in this house
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from the year 1840 until now.
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There may be more, who never
appeared in the records.
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Customs clerk Richard Glenton walked
through this front door
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when the house was brand-new.
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Then came James and Ann Orr, former
servants who made a fortune.
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Wilfred Steele,
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the cotton broker who deserted his
family for a new life in America.
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Widowed Elizabeth Bowes rented
rooms to Danish immigrant
Edward Lublin.
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Movie Summary
Historian David Olusoga charts 180 years of British history as lived by the successive inhabitants of a single home in a British city - from its construction to the present day.
