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... of 'workhouse' The story behind— The nonpaying guest house riday the thirteenth or September might have been 1 unlucky for some people, but for Miss Enid Cracknell, who runs a guest house in what is called the heart of Kensington's bed-sitter territory ...

Published: Friday 20 September 1957
Newspaper: Kensington Post
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 596 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WORKHOUSE WALKABOUT

... WORKHOUSE WALKABOUT Mrs M. FORREST, Palmer Road, Whitmarsh, Leamington Spa, Warwicks, writes: IN an article entitled A Walk In A Workhouse, Charles Dickens portrayed perhaps the worst characteristics of that Victorian institution. He actually referred ...

Published: Thursday 27 July 1989
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 249 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

BACK TO WORKHOUSE?

... BACK TO WORKHOUSE? Sir. At last we know where we stand with our new 10t. I refer to the City of Westminster Old People's Association, and the Westminster City Council as a whole. What a bunch! What a contemptible thing to do: increase the charge of ...

Published: Friday 01 October 1965
Newspaper: Marylebone Mercury
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 169 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Workhouse jubilee!

... Workhouse jubilee! II is rift) years ago this March since the Government finally abolished the Workhouse., and I would be interested to hear from any of your readers who can remember the death • throes of awful institution, for an article I'm hoping to ...

Published: Friday 16 February 1979
Newspaper: Westminster & Pimlico News
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 67 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

From the Poor School to the Workhouse

... The incentives are addi tionally apparent this year, as these students arc the first to use the new Workhouse studio. In the long term, the Workhouse should fur ther establish the Poor School as a reputable training ground for the profession, and with ...

Published: Thursday 15 April 1993
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1111 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

Workhouse making docs and drama

... Workhouse making docs and drama WORKHOUSE Productions, the company owned by Michael Blakstad, former director of programmes at TVS, is making a series of six documentaries for Channel Four. The programmes cover the subject of, research and development ...

Published: Thursday 24 October 1985
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1125 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

The Poor School and Workhouse Theatre

... The Poor School and Workhouse Theatre Agents, Casting Directors, Producers, Freelance Artistic Directors and all job givers in the profession are invited to The Poor School's annual EVENING OF SCENES AND SPEECHES featuring this year's graduating students ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1996
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 198 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Back to the workhouse

... Back to the workhouse T LEAST there's one good Press that basics mean educa- thing about the string of tion, crime, community affairs, but scandals involving Tory MPs not morals. —it has highlighted the nonsense The truth is that 15 years of Tory rule ...

Published: Thursday 13 January 1994
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 342 | Page: 47 | Tags: none

The shadow of the workhouse

... The shadow of the workhouse 11E shadow of the workhouse still hung over our lives even in the 19205. I'll be in the workhouse, my mother would say, over )e household extravagance, and we had all seen the poor old ,01.1,house ladies and gentlemen,! ...

Published: Friday 10 August 1973
Newspaper: Marylebone Mercury
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 2191 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

The shadow of the workhouse

... The shadow of the workhouse HE shadow of the workhouse still hung over our lives even the 19205. I'll be in the workhouse, my mother would say, over some household extravagance, and we had all seen the poor old ssorkhouse ladies and gentlemen, as ...

SITE FOR WORKHOUSE

... SITE FOR WORKHOUSE His statue, erected by the Society of Apothecaries 20 years before he died—it is nice to show your gratitude while people are still living—stands looking over the Garden. Here, where we are now meeting. off King's Road, the land on ...

SITE FOR WORKHOUSE

... SITE FOR WORKHOUSE His statue, erected by the Society of Apothecaries 20 years before he died—it is nice to show your gratitude while people are still living—stands I looking over the Garden. Here. where we are now meeting, off King's Road, the land ...

Published: Friday 16 October 1953
Newspaper: Westminster & Pimlico News
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 227 | Page: 6 | Tags: none