... Workhouse The former Dunstable Workhouse in High Street South. It closed in 1836 when it was amalgamated with Luton. The row of buildings is now partly occupied by Dunstable Lock and Safe company. Grove House, built in 1750 as the Duke of Bedford The ...

... voucher \o.otonpumsh‘)u sold distinctive clothes.”’ - Everyone knew where the d.::lhu had come from, he ‘“We no longer have workhouse vouchers, but we do have the WRVS and “eanisations like the Lions, ’ ...

... block. And Clir Peter Roberts, also of Dunstable, said the 18 flats to be built opposite Chiltern Road had the look of a workhouse. But planning officer Christopher Valentine told them that government circulars advised councils not to get too involved ...

... Company and part of the original property owned by the charities which mkw the present one incl ‘‘a shed adjoining the Workhouse, and used as a storage for coals, orven or sold to some of the recipients of the Charities”’. ...

... O R RS UG DID you know that in the early 1900 s the Christmas dinner at the workhouse consisted of steamed pork, boiled kale and a Christmas pudding steamed with a few currants? The gift to the inmates was a twist of tobacco for the men and a boiled sweet ...

... in a glider or doing a parachute jump. ‘““But what she really wanted was to see all the changes at St Mary’s, which was a workhouse for a time when she was there. ““The hospital staflf were keen on the idea and made us very welcome. Emey didn’t recognise ...

... the local lock-up. Sized like an outside 100, the Houghton is lock-up could be found m end :?I row of cottages known as Workhouse Row. Bedford Square car park is now sited where the cottages once stood and the overnight jail was demolished h Rttty w 2 ...

... and the R&D block has gone up where old market buildings once stood. Nearby there used to be a tithe barn and the Luton workhouse. Mr Topping was rather sad to admit that no fascinating relics of ancient times had turned up during the course of work on ...

... and 19th centuries, included the Marquess of Bute — an eminent figure in Luton who helped build a National School and a workhouse that was later to become St Mary’s Hospital. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, and her son King James the First, are also ...

... redeemed within three months A change in the law limited cnarged to 20 per cent fifth of which to be donated hospitals and workhouses But bad dto hard and there are still people around who recaN pawning their children's boots in 1930s Joanne Baum proprietor ...

... imprisonment there of lace making poor is a recurrent theme There are references to working of twne tace being i II cnnren workhouses so could contribute towards their keep schools developed to teach these chldren who as soon as they were proficient had ...

... postcard shows a military funeral at All Saints Church, Houghton Regis, during the First World War. It is dated July 14,1915. Workhouse Row can be seen on the right. (Photo courtesy Mr L. Pinner). > ! Ry = e s Ry ™ af S 7fi‘ = s 2 Tl S o, *a P iy [l R e e ...