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It might have been difficult for separate households to maintain privacy within the same dwelling. Smaller houses often didn\u2019t have an entrance hall, so in the typical ground-floor layout of two reception rooms inhabitants had to walk through one to get to the other. Even in larger middle-class houses it was not uncommon for two bedrooms in the rear return to be built without a corridor. Many clung on to the custom of a parlour for best, typically the front reception room.<\/p>\n
In 1921, 10 Guinea Street has a total of 11 rooms occupied by 10 adults and four children. In contrast, 62 Falkner Street, Liverpool, the property we explored in the first series, has widow Fanny Snewing (64), her son Charles (42) working as a grocer\u2019s assistant and daughter Lilian (27), both single, occupying 10 rooms. This gives a real indication of the family\u2019s wealth, which you would not expect if you went by Charles\u2019 occupation and is indicative of Fanny\u2019s inherited fortune.<\/p>\n
The servant problem<\/h3>\n
In larger middle-class houses, households were negotiating the impact of the \u2018servant problem\u2019. The press advocated on behalf of the \u2018New Poor\u2019 who were impacted by postwar inflation and struggled to maintain their prewar lifestyle. Good servants<\/a> were harder to find because many young women who had been employed in domestic service before the war rejected the hard, lonely work of domestic service. They preferred the better pay, conditions and companionship they had experienced in wartime work, which translated now into factory, shop and clerical work.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, domestic service remained the biggest source of female employment. However, more servants lived out and you will see this reflected in the census where the place of employment is given as a different address to the one where they lived. The idea of the modern, professional housewife running her labour-saving home with reduced paid domestic help or none at all emerged. Consequently, the kitchen was relocated from the basement to the ground floor. This is one reason why the number of rooms in a dwelling may differ between 1911 and 1921.<\/p>\n
The interiors of most houses in 1921 looked much the same as they had done before the war or earlier. Dark-coloured paint hid the dirt of coal fires and the street. Furniture was expected to last a lifetime after marriage, making timeless antique styles popular. Nods to fashion were more likely to be made with wallpaper and textiles. The spread of electrical appliances beyond irons and curling tongs was limited because in the late 1930s there were still numerous AC and DC systems in use, even in the same towns. If the household could afford a luxury, it was more likely to be a gramophone or a radiogram to enhance leisure.<\/p>\n
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