From: rail@greywall.demon.co.uk   
      
   On 10/01/2022 23:34, cecilia wrote:   
   > When might mother's occupation appear on a full birth certificate in   
   > England in the years between WW2 and 1984?   
   >   
   > In thje last few years, I have come across three GRO birth   
   > certificates from London registration districts where  the mother was   
   > the informant and no father was named.   
   >   
   > It's not always possible to be sure of what's in an image in a   
   > television programme, but in each case there seemed to be, after the   
   > mother's name, an occupation and an address - presumably place of work   
   > since it differed from the residential address in her entry as   
   > informant.   
   >   
   > How normal was it to include cccupation of the mother if she was the   
   > only parent listed?   
   >   
   > How common was it for any parent's details to include a place of work   
   > as well as an occupation?   
      
   My father's birth certificate gives his father's place of work: Civil   
   servant (War Office), though that may be an anomaly.   
      
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