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... vice-chairman and chairma successively of Board of Guardians for Bedford He ever a friend poor The Bedford Union was the workhouse or House of Industry built on rising ground near the beginning the Kimbohon Road 1 7 and who gave name to principal thoroughfare ...
... It really that bad? not but according to contemporary reports wasn’t good either In Queen Victoria's Jubilee of 1887 main workhouses in the Bedford - Union in Bedford and establishment Ampthill which now The Cedars home for the elderly At it was reported ...
... him a few pounds or even a bed for the night if you’re so concerned” Scrooge turned and eyed both men coldly “Are there no workhouses?” he asked rhetorically The younger Cheeryble flushed He had political ambitions and had been quoted in the local paper ...
... long way since the early days For at Henrietta House the staff do everything they can to make it a from Gone is image of a workhouse-like institution and here to stay is reality of caring attention people now recognised as individuals There are no restrictions ...
... some highs and some lows THE ONLY movie I walked out of the musical Oliver It happened early when supposedly impoverished work-house children were singing “Food Glorious the energy of well-fed choir boys in a jaunty tune starvation in a slick to fill coffers ...
... with the poor is a recurrent theme There are frequent references to the working of ‘bone lace’ being taught to children in workhouses so they could contribute towards their keep Lace schools developed to teach these children who as soon as they were proficient ...
... SPRING PRODUCTION (APRIL 2nd to 7th) OLIVER Will be held at the GUILD HOUSE HARPUR STREET BEDFORD Oliver Artful Dodger Workhouse Boys and Bet Monday 8th January from 7 pm Wtn January Further details from: pm The Jamuna Restaurant and Take-away Service ...
... three months A change in the law limited interest charged to 20 per cent a fifth of which had to be donated to hospitals and workhouses arguably laying the ideological foundations of the welfare state Protection But bad memories die hard and there are still ...
... of its massive assets to house the homeless feed the hungry comfort the poor or care for the sick? But then are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons? VERIFIED FREE DISTRIBUTION TOTAL tliI44 mmumm UPVC WINDOWS to THE PUBLIC AND TRADE 1200 1200 Unit ...
... and too big for its purpose The building is a Grade II listed property which dates from the 1850s and is the only former workhouse remaining in the county A spokesman for Mid Beds Council was keen to point out it is not exempt from demolition “Listed buildings ...
... which date back to the 17th century Later Philip Humbly Banks a surgeon and medical officer for the Bedford Union the old workhouse lived here and had extensions built During the second world war it was used to house servicemen” Extensive conversions and ...
... TO LUTON TOWN 1st TEAM For more details of our charges and special rates call in now for a friendly chat: OPEN 7 DAYS The Workhouse Fitness Centre Unit Df Holly Street Luton Beds (01582) 410807 NEWMEMBERSl Valid until 30th June '95 ...