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... The workhouse Whether this was out of use or another was required was not stated when, in 1684, it was ordered that another workhouse and house of correction was to be set up. Money and rents which the Corporation decided upon were to be put to use to ...
... Workhouse shadow Without a pension of any kind, unless a working man could find employment into an through old age, the shadow of the workhouse loomed ever larger. Sometimes independence was maintained by a multitude of small things bringing in pennies ...
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... Workhouse INnto workshop IT WAS a couple of years ago that Thirsk workhouse was called “a derelict monstrosity” and councillors expressed the need to do something about the old building which did nothing to enhance Thirsk's eastern approach. Since then ...
... Tales from the workhouse BY RICHARD TAYLOR CHAIRMAN RIPON MUSEUM TRUST WORKHOUSE LIFE WHAT a wonderful weekend we have had at the Workhouse! For the first time since it closed as an institution, the vagrants' wards have been alive with the sounds and ...
... Return of the Workhouse — as museum piece ? RIPON Civic Society wants to see a revival of the Poor Law Workhouse in the city — as the centrepiece of a museum based on the old geriatric hospital at Sharow View and coupled to a development scheme to make ...
... Workhouse museum major attraction? a SHAROW View could become Britain's first workhouse museum, says a Ripon historian. needs and would benetlit from a centre to do justice to the rich heri ta%e of the city t Mr Peter MacNamara, a lecturer in history ...
... Workhouse museum cash hope CELLS formerly used to house tramps have moved a step nearer becoming a Victorian Workhouse museum. Ripon Museum Trust plans to turn part of the gatehouse block at Sharow View, Allhallowgate, into a centre focusing on the Poor ...
... ® SHAROW View :':‘wfuturo workhouse museum?(R7443) Tourism RIPON offers great potential for tourism, argues the trust, being In the centre of a number of major attractions such as the Dales, ~ Lightwater Valley and Newby Hall. Richard Taylor suggested ...
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... 'NEXT WEEK: Bringing the workhouse back to life Friday, September 19, 1997 Page 3 Top class school GOVERNORS at West Tanfield C of E Primary School are delighted after an OFSTED inspection team praised standards at the village school. Standards are in ...