10-02-2024, 09:44 PM
As part of my research for an article I have been writing for a forthcoming Association Magazine, I have been looking at the 1921 UK Census records and the residents of the Longbridge Estate. For those unfamiliar, this was built by Herbert Austin to the north of the factory towards the end of WW1 to house around 7000 employees. These houses are still lived in. Whilst I have not carried out exhaustive research, the variety of the employees jobs at the Works is fascinating but perhaps more interesting is that quite a few add a note in the employment column saying ' out of work '. I am presuming this means they were laid off and obviously reflects the downturn in business at Austin's in 1921 when it was thought the Company might go under.
One family I found has one of their daughters listed as being ' governess to Lady Austin. '
One family I found has one of their daughters listed as being ' governess to Lady Austin. '