Rent Books?

[andy.s]

I realise this may be a stupid question, and i also know that people on here have done exhaustive research on the London census of 1880/ 1890...and i presume in dealing with folk who lived virtually hand to mouth permanent residencies are probably few and far between, but does any one know if records were kept at lodging houses, or rent books were used by the people in certain buildings in the area?

[Mike Covell]

It's quite possible Andy, but with the passage of time, the blitz, urban renewal, and momento collectors, it's highly unlikely that any are still in exsistence.

[andy.s]

take your point Mike..it was just a thought, a friend of mine for some obscure reason used to collect Sheffield rent books and Sheffield Wednesday football programmes although it was some years ago and we all thought him ridiculously odd, we were mightily impressed when he could name a Wednesday football side that turned out in 1889...and produced the leaflet to prove it

[Mike Covell]

Sheffield is much further north and was less affected by the Blitz. I am living in Hull and we were hit badly due to the fact we were a major port back then.

[andy.s]

i believe hull was hit worse than most other cities outside of London, if i remember my history correctly..Sheffield suffered because of the steel works and the fact it had the only "Drop hammer" in the country...used i believe for Spitfire crankshafts...made funnily enough in Germany lol

[Sam Flynn]

i believe hull was hit worse than most other cities outside of London

Swansea got blitzed pretty badly. One particularly heavy bombing raid caused an estimated 5 million pounds' worth of improvements.

[Crystal]

Er, well, it is possible that they did survive, if they existed, but I doubt whether you'd find them now except by chance. I think its unlikely that they ended up in a public repository for archives, for example, unless the owner of the property was important enough. You never know, I guess. I might have a quick check when I've finished my coffee.

[John Bennett]

I realise this may be a stupid question, and i also know that people on here have done exhaustive research on the London census of 1880/ 1890...and i presume in dealing with folk who lived virtually hand to mouth permanent residencies are probably few and far between, but does any one know if records were kept at lodging houses, or rent books were used by the people in certain buildings in the area?

I've posted an answer on this subject on the 'General Discussions / Common Lodging Houses' thread as it's more to do with them.

http://forum.casebook.org/showthread.php?p=72999#post72999

JB