The way we were... 100 years ago
When the 1921 census forms were delivered to 8.5 million homes, many used them to vent their anger - going beyond the required details of name, age, occupation, marital status and address.
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When the 1921 census forms were delivered to 8.5 million homes, many used them to vent their anger - going beyond the required details of name, age, occupation, marital status and address.
The records feature detailed census returns from Windsor Castle and Chequers to cramped family homes made available to the public for the first time since June 19, 1921.
Dame Helen's grandfather Pyotr Vasilievich Mironoff (pictured) took his son Vasily Petrovich Mironoff and the rest of his family to England in 1915 when he was sent there by Tsar Nicholas II.
The details of 38 million people in 8.5 million households from a century ago are now available online