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| When Nora and her daughters lived there, No. 3 Gresley Road was divided into two separate residences. The electoral roll indicates that, from at least 1929, the Longman family lived in the other part. In the 1921 census John Henry Longman was 37-years old and employed making pianos; his 35-year-old wife Alice Louisa was occupied with home duties including looking after 7 year old daughter Edna and 1 year old son Frederick (known as Stanley).((1921 England Census for John Henry and Alice Louisa Longman)) From subsequent censuses, it appears that the Longmans stayed while another family moved in to the residence Nora and her daughters had occupied.((e.g. Electoral Register, islington, 1947, p.9)) \\ | When Nora and her daughters lived there, No. 3 Gresley Road was divided into two separate residences. The electoral roll indicates that, from at least 1929, the Longman family lived in the other part. In the 1921 census John Henry Longman was 37-years old and employed making pianos; his 35-year-old wife Alice Louisa was occupied with home duties including looking after 7 year old daughter Edna and 1 year old son Frederick (known as Stanley).((1921 England Census for John Henry and Alice Louisa Longman)) From subsequent censuses, it appears that the Longmans stayed while another family moved in to the residence Nora and her daughters had occupied.((e.g. Electoral Register, islington, 1947, p.9)) \\ |
| Islington in the 1920s-30s experienced rapid growth and social change. The area was home to the Gainsborough Studios, where many early British films were produced, and the site where Cossor built the world's first commercial television set. The location does seem more suited to Ruth than her mother and sister, but perhaps it was an area where one or both sisters found employment or found otherwise convenient for all their needs.\\ | Islington in the 1920s-30s experienced rapid growth and social change. The area was home to the Gainsborough Studios, where many early British films were produced, and the site where Cossor built the world's first commercial television set. The location does seem more suited to Ruth than her mother and sister, but perhaps it was an area where one or both sisters found employment or found otherwise convenient for all their needs. A smaller home also reflected the post-war reality that labour-saving devices increasingly replaced live-in domestic servants.\\ |