Callan (Johnny B)

Ha, Johnny B. Spinning around young ones in a Caley big style.

Now, as part of our Johnny's series of podcasts sponsored by State Bodies, we're joined by a history book woman from the National Archives to talk about the census in 1926.

Suzanne Pencil is in the studio.

Suzanne, how's the form?

Thank you very much for having me.

I don't take your podcast.

It's too loud for the archives break.

Listen, Suzanne Ladd, 1926, 100 years ago, I'd say that was some crack.

So the life expectancy was 58 for men, 57 for women.

Cougars were considered old ones.

Jez, they must have started the Botox when they were eight.

Come here, the census now opened up.

You've done some research on our families.

I did.

We managed to find your family, Johnny Smacks.

They were all living way out in Ross Craig.

That's right, sausage country.

Your great-grandfather, Patrick Smacks, head of household, he had a farm of 0.1 acres, 16 children in a two-room house, and they were practically middle class because only half of them died.

Oh, no, Jesus.

Perished.