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How do we know about life in Coalbrookdale and other industrial areas in Victorian times? Books, diaries and other paper sources are really useful. The trouble is that they do not tell us much about ordinary people and how they lived. One document which does tell us about everybody is the census. You are going to study the 1851 census for Coalbrookdale with a little help from two guides.
Activity 1: Find your guides
The point of this activity is to get familiar with how the database works. You will have to use your intelligence as well as the search facilities in the database.
| Clues to guide 1 | How many people could it be? | Clues to guide 2 | How many people could it be? |
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| Guide 1 is a girl | | Guide 2 is a boy | |
| If you are in Year 9 she is about the same age as you | | He is too old to be in Year 9 but he is under 20 | |
| There are six people in her family | | There are five people in his family | |
| She was born in Madeley in Shropshire | | He was born in Madeley in Shropshire | |
| She has left school | | He works as an iron moulder | |
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