Rural Life: Early 1900s

Rural Life: Early 1900s

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Most people lived in countryside

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Many people involved in farming

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Many people were poor

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Many were seasonal migrants to Scotland or

England

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Many forced to emigrate to USA or UK

Rural Life: Early 1900s Housing

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Lived in small, thatched 3-

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roomed cottages

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Kitchen was main room -

lamps or candles

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No electricity

open hearth fire

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Main fuel was turf or wood

Very little furniture -

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Cooking done on open fire

wooden tables, chairs and

- iron pots and pans

dresser

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Lighting was either oil

No piped water supply relied on pump or a well

More prosperous farmers

lived in 2 storey houses

with slate roofs

Rural Life: Changes in Housing

More modern bungalows were built

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Many houses built by local county councils

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Nearly all houses had running water, bathrooms

etc.

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