Remembering Gordon Crown (20-vi-1929 17-xi-1947)

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Remembering Gordon Crown (20-vi-1929 17-xi-1947)

Post by John Upham » Wed Nov 17, 2021 9:54 am

Remembering Gordon Crown (20-vi-1929 17-xi-1947)


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Post by JustinHorton » Wed Nov 17, 2021 10:30 am

Does it particularly increase our historical understanding to know the current prices listed by Zoopla for properties in L18
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Post by Andy Stoker » Sun Nov 21, 2021 6:23 am

"Does it particularly increase our historical understanding to know the current prices listed by Zoopla for properties in L18" Yes, I think so - the current prices are very high for Liverpool so we get some idea of the area in which Crown was raised.

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Post by John Upham » Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:07 am

Andy Stoker wrote:
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"Does it particularly increase our historical understanding to know the current prices listed by Zoopla for properties in L18" Yes, I think so - the current prices are very high for Liverpool so we get some idea of the area in which Crown was raised.
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Post by JustinHorton » Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:52 am

We could presumably get that by some phrase such as "he lived in a well-to-do part of Liverpool" unless we think that house prices eighty years later are a useful historical guide
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Post by Gerard Killoran » Sun Nov 21, 2021 5:25 pm

This ignores the effect of gentrification where the slums of eighty years ago are the desirable Victorian villas of today. Notting HIll is just one such example. Data is not information.

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