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1904 transcript of Platelayer’s return. Kilburn Platelayer’s Weekly Budget 1904 A London platelayer and his wife and family of a 5-year old , a three-year old and a 13 month-old infant. Kilburn Platelayer’s Weekly Budget 1904. The comment at the bottom reads:
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Kilburn Platelayer’s Weekly Budget 1904A London platelayer and his wife and family of a 5-year old , a three-year old and a 13 month-old infant
Kilburn Platelayer’s Weekly Budget 1904 • The comment at the bottom reads: ‘Now I have 4 shillings left to be spent in providing for sickness, clothing, soap, oil, starch, blue-blacking, coal, wood, matches and other little items. Then how do you think we live? Not live but linger…’ • A number of the original returns include a commentary by a household member (about 1 in 4).