But I have a question. If William Snewing did runa saddlery business, how big was it? The...
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But I have a question. If William Snewing did run
a saddlery business, how big was it? The 1891 census simply tells us
he's a saddle-maker. So I'm looking back through
the archives for more clues. The 1881 census tells us
a little bit more. William is listed here
as employing 11 men. So this is clearly a proper
saddle-making business. And if we spin forward, 20 years
through time to the 1901 census, we can see that their son,
William Junior, who was then 23, has joined the firm
as a saddler's assistant. So this is a classic
family business
a saddlery business, how big was it? The 1891 census simply tells us
he's a saddle-maker. So I'm looking back through
the archives for more clues. The 1881 census tells us
a little bit more. William is listed here
as employing 11 men. So this is clearly a proper
saddle-making business. And if we spin forward, 20 years
through time to the 1901 census, we can see that their son,
William Junior, who was then 23, has joined the firm
as a saddler's assistant. So this is a classic
family business
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But I have a question.
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If William Snewing did run
a saddlery business, how big was it?
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The 1891 census simply tells us
he's a saddle-maker.
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So I'm looking back through
the archives for more clues.
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The 1881 census tells us
a little bit more.
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William is listed here
as employing 11 men.
00:00:27.092 --> 00:00:31.016
So this is clearly a proper
saddle-making business.
00:00:31.016 --> 00:00:35.096
And if we spin forward, 20 years
through time to the 1901 census,
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we can see that their son,
William Junior, who was then 23,
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has joined the firm
as a saddler's assistant.
00:00:44.999 --> 00:00:46.044
So this is a classic
family business.
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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.
