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Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse

Paddington, 8 Feb 1902 – 3 Jul 1992

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Facts and their sources

  • Born8 Feb 1902, Paddingtonnot verified1 source
  • MarriedRonald Armstrong-Jonesnot verified1 source
  • Died3 Jul 1992not verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 8 Feb 1902

    Born in Paddington

  2. 7 Mar 1930

    A son is born

  3. 3 Jul 1992

    Dies, aged 90

Family

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Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Paddington.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1900s · Anne is born in Paddington

In the news1908

Old Age Pensions Introduced in 1908

In 1908, Parliament approved means-tested old age pensions of up to five shillings a week for people over 70.

Getting around

Horses ruled the early 1900s streets

Before World War One, horses dominated town streets, pulling everything from carriages and taxicabs to delivery carts and buses.

At the table

Buying Meat for Home Cooking

Because many working-class homes lacked ovens, families often bought 3/4 pound of leg of beef and 1/2 pound of beef suet for meat puddings or rissoles.

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.Around the world · 1903–1906

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (credited as photographers) [1], [2] · public domain

What people wore

Domestic servants' uniform requirements

Female domestic servants were required to purchase their own uniforms, which consisted of striped cotton dresses for morning chores and a black dress with a white cap and apron for afternoon duties.

Music

Pianos as status symbols in 1916

In 1916, a single gramophone cost as much as 200 music hall tickets, making it a luxury item, yet families often saved for years to purchase a piano as a symbol of respectability. By 1914, there were three million pianos in Britain, and in 1916 alone, 40,000 were sold.

Daily life

Water was often collected from outside taps

Many homes lacked running water, requiring families to collect it from an outside tap shared with neighbours and heat it on the stove for bathing.