Census 1911

I live in a very nice area of London, but sometimes I get annoyed by "youths" who are clearly up to trouble. Near my house there's a small, but picturesque pond, which is full of ducks. In amongst the noise of the planes going to Heathrow, I can often hear the ducks minding their own business, quacking away. HOWEVER, as many of you probably experienced, the first full week of January was freezing and below 0 degrees in lots of areas. We were the same. This meant, of course, that the pond froze over and the poor ducks couldn’t swim anywhere.

However, some “youths” thought it would be really cool to throw rocks at these poor ducks and dance on the ice too. What could I do about this? Well, as usual I got involved, but for once I decided against shouting at them. Instead I told the “youths” that they should get off the ice immediately, as I’d seen a crack on the other side of the pond. Well, it worked. The “youths” moved sharpish and have yet to return. I really don’t understand what goes through peoples heads to think it’s OK to throw stones at innocent and defenceless ducks?

OK, rant over. And now for something completely different.

I am loving being a blogger. OK, I know I've only just started, but I have already become fascinated by it all by looking at other peoples blogs. One blog has taken my interest the most. I have been interested in my family tree for a number of years, and was most excited by the news that the 1911 Census is now LIVE! I had a look at some blogs on the 1911 Census, and found just one: http://familygrowsontrees.blogspot.com/2009/01/1911-census.html

It’s an extremely interesting blog, and includes a link to an excellent article by the BBC. I may even consider asking these people to do some research for me. I know a lot about my family, but there's still so much for me to find out. Well done to them for creating the blog!

The weather is still cold in Britain and I’m looking forward to spring – my favourite period! In my next blog, I’ll try not to moan so much, but it really is hard not to!

Until next time!