previously know about. there might be people in the household that you didn t know about, a relative visiting that you weren t expecting. there will be stuff that people are expecting to find, but there will also be, for some people, there are always going to be some surprises. many of those who filled out the census were war veterans. they d been promised homes for heroes, but millions returned to overcrowded slums. one householder wrote on his form, stop talking, start building . his name was james bartley, he was a gas fitter, and he lived with his wife and three small children in one room. meanwhile, the census shows, for those with money, life continued much as before. with social events and house parties. thanks to world war ii, we ll have to wait 30 years for another detailed look at people s lives. the next census release will be from 1951. sanchia berg, bbc news.
one householder wrote on his form, stop talking, start building. his name was james bartley, he was a gas fitter, and he lived with his wife and three small children in one room. meanwhile, the census shows, for those with money, life continued much as before. with social events and house parties. thanks to world war ii, we ll have to wait 30 years for another detailed look at people s lives. the next census release will be from 1951. sanchia berg, bbc news. english farmers and landowners could be paid to create nature reserves in a effort to be wild the environment. the subsidies will focus on environment of benefits rather than the amount of land owned was a our environment correspondent claire marshall has more.