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   J. P. Gilliver (John) to All   
   The 1931 census ...   
   02 Nov 21 11:30:21   
   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   ... was destroyed in a fire. (Not a good idea to store it over a   
   furniture warehouse, but hindsight is easy.)   
      
   I've seen the letter written at the time, recording that the destruction   
   was pretty complete, but I wonder - what _happened_ to the debris? There   
   must have been a lot of it, in sheer volume - the 1921 was 8 million   
   housholds, so I assume the 1931 more. Did it go to landfill? Fertiliser?   
   What?   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
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