... Workhouse Terror Born on one side of the dividing pale in a country parish, I never really knew or understood emotions and proceedings on the other side: working man's club the vicar, the Primitive and proceedings on the other side: the working man's ...

... made little cakes and fruit cake, which was cut up into slices for the workhouse treat, carrying it to the workhouse in wicker clothes baskets. It was a big event for the workhouse and the Town Band played to the inmates. At Christmas time, hundreds of ...

... Workhouse He told me before the war you could see up to 40 tramps leaving the workhouse in the morning, some passing his home going down by the riverside, not only to make tea but also to get money craftily hidden in forks of trees etc for the night, ...

... TO WORKHOUSE Mr. S. W. J. Green, a local Justice of the Peace and member of the Welfare committee as a Rugby representative on the council, formally opened the home, which has been occupied ...

... WORKHOUSE Easington MP John Cummings said it was further evidence that the Prime Minister wanted to return to Victorian values. It meant the workhouse for the poor and the best care for those who could afford 1. 1 fear greatly for the health of m‘y constitu- ...

... Her & aaama N‘\ £ AN “Afternoon at the Workhouse™ will be held at 1,15 pm on Saturday at the Social Education Centre, East Road, Sleaford. Go and join in a local history afternoon of lecture at the former workhouse orgainsed by the Sleaford History Group ...

... as 142,000 Scottish families could not afford to feed their 255.000 children an 1876 Workhouse diet at present Income Support levels. At today's prices, a Workhouse diet would cost £5.46 per week per children - 30% more than the estimated £4.15 that Income ...

... SHADOW OF THE WORKHOUSE NO one has ever accused Mr. Enoch Powell of lack of courage. Throughout his Parlia-i mentary career he has always fought for what he considers right.‘ His latest plan, as Minister of Health, to spend £60,000,000 in the next ten ...

... Eating at the workhouse The dining room of a former Wolverhampton workhouse is being converted into a modern * pay as you eat” cafeteria. The former workhouse is The Poplars at New Cross, which, until very recently. was used by Wolverhampton Corporation ...

... workhouse doghouse! Did you have a good time on Christmas Day? It’s a day unlike any other in the whole year. A special day, a family day. A time to relax and enjoy the closeness and security of family and friends. For some men and women in Rugby, December ...

... “WORKHOUSE NEXT” Robert Dorwood, of Richmond Street, Sunderland, was fined £3 and his licence endorsed for exceeding 30 m.p.h. in his motor van. . Dorweod’s van was followed by a police patrol car when speeds between 40 and 50 m.p.h, were recorded. R ...

... it was the old workhouse. But in a few years’ time people who are ready to go in there won't know it was a workhouse.” It was, commented the Chairman of the Council, Coun. Frank Gostick, an old peorle‘s home entirely. “I wonder if the people from the Ministry ...