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12 The Paisley Daily Express Monday February 7 1994 Kids were better off in an 1 876 workhouse! AS many

... Paisley Daily Express Monday February 7 1994 Kids were better off in an 1 876 workhouse! AS many as 142000 Scottish families could not afford to feed their children an 1876 Work-house diet at present Income Support levels according to children’s charity NCH ...

Published: Monday 07 February 1994
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 834 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Pensions Review in 1954

... Summerskill replied that this Government hal removed a horror that faced their grandparents—the workhouse. “We are slowly but surely shutting up the workhouses in this country. ““The recent increases in pensions are only an interim scheme and there will ...

Published: Tuesday 22 May 1951
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 107 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SAYINGS OF THE DAy

... This is an age of nylens, pyions and skylons, — Professor A, g Richardson. The Government has removeq the horror of the workhouse.pr, Edith Summerskill,*M-P- Sunday observance is Still one qf the sources of _ the Lcoumryvs spiritual and moral health.—Rey ...

Published: Wednesday 23 May 1951
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 184 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

14 The Paisley Daily Express Tuesday March 1 1988 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ..

... what if it isn't the seaside we're having a ball without the beach 'Can I have some more please? it's not Oliver in the workhouse but this appealing lad could win any heart with his eyes r Davis AND TENNENT CALEDONIAN BREWERIES LTD INVITE YOU TO ENTER ...

Published: Tuesday 01 March 1988
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 290 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

6 The Paisley Daily Express Wednesday February 2 1 994 UK and World News MOTHER PLEADS: FIND MY SON’S BRUTAL

... Poor can’t afford ‘workhouse’ diet! MORE than one-and-a-half million of Britain’s poorest families cannot afford a Victorian “workhouse” diet for their children according to a new charity report An 1876 gruel and pea soup work-house diet at today’s prices ...

Published: Wednesday 02 February 1994
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 2170 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Lamentable Lamont Aussie lesson A news report from Australia informs that on March 7 more than 400000 ..

... reap the rewards as their temperature drop is not Why don’t our government stop pussy-footing about and just reopen the workhouses Again this will encompass their care for our mentally ill the single parent burden The unemployed could go back to breaking ...

Published: Tuesday 23 March 1993
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1905 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Daily Express Saturday February 27 1 993 I I I I I I I I I II I I I

... sung Sunday iruiuy vnurcn moss aircci ai W Smil h and Ralfotir fSnMi will David Hamilton of St Mary's Hamilton WORKFARE OR WORKHOUSE? Jamos Keir Hardie (18 56-1915) was a pioneer in social reform and workers' rights and conditions a son of Scotland who should ...

Published: Saturday 27 February 1993
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 2221 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

The Paisley Daily Express Thursday June 27 1991 5 IF you go town to Barshaw Park on Saturday you’d better

... around 22 He is six feet tall slimly built and was wearing a baseball type cap hooded top and denim trousers Some of the workhouse girls and boys in the show Let’s Itoist again A SCHOOL musical involving a cast of 60 has been hailed a huge success Now ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1991
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1037 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ONLY NATURAL L. S. HOWARTH

... different. Obwously, the haute couture meant no more to her than it did to an Iskimo. Lipstick-makers could languish in the workhouse for all she cared. Her clothes were plain. In fact, ILionel decided—an ideal woman. The afternoon’s walk only confirmed his ...

Published: Saturday 19 May 1951
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1253 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BBC-1 SCOTTISH 725 NEWS Weather 730 1ZNOGOUD 745— WILLY FOG 810 — THE RACCOONS 835 — ADDAMS FAMILY 900 —

... documentary about the anigmatic hare 1245— OLIVER TWIST Charles Dickens' novel about an orphan who flees the brutality of the workhouse Starring Alec Guinness (1948) 235— BLITHE SPIRIT Acclaimed screen version of Noel Coward's stage comedy Starring Rex Harrison ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1996
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1320 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

COUNCILLOR SHOCKED BY STATE OF PRIMARY catering open day really took off for a group of Renfrewshire senior ..

... Councillor Bob Wilson clearly shocked by the conditions at the East End primary compared the state of the school to a Victorian workhouse “All you would need to do is dress the children in Victorian costume” he said after visiting Williamsburgh with other members ...

Published: Friday 23 October 1987
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1303 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

2 The Paisley Daily Express Wednesday J une 1 1 988 Your at-a-glance guide STV What to watch tonight Where

... Intelligence 'and One Law for the Poor' tells how the 19th-century Anatomy Act made it legal for 'unclaimed' bodies in the workhouse or hospital to be delivered for dissection maSH -THE SINGING DETECTIVE Repeating Dennis Potter's highly acclaimed award-winning ...

Published: Wednesday 01 June 1988
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1492 | Page: 2 | Tags: none