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Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon

Claremont, 24 Apr 1907 – Belleville, 15 Apr 1928

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A life in time

  1. 24 Apr 1907

    Born in Claremont

  2. 15 Apr 1928

    Dies in Belleville, aged 20

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During his lifetime

He lived through 3 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Claremont.

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

The 1900s · Rupert is born in Claremont

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.

What people wore

Working-class menswear habits

Working-class men often wore their father's old suits for manual labor, leading to common sights of mismatched coats and trousers.

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.

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

In the news1900

Paris Metro opens in 1900

The first Paris metro line opened on July 14, 1900, allowing travel across the city in half an hour for 20 to 25 centimes.

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

Lighting in the home was rarely electric

Most late-Victorian and Edwardian families lacked electricity and relied on gas, or in rural areas, oil lamps and homemade rushlights.