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Victorian ode on jail, death and workhouse

... Victorian ode on jail, death and workhouse IN Victorian times Scarborough had Its own resident poet. He was called Matthew Harman, and he worked as a fisherman before he discovered a talent for pootrr-wrltlng — or maybe discovered that being a poet was ...

Published: Friday 02 September 1994
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 302 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

littl velx suit becomes a workhouse

... littl velx suit becomes a workhouse Lambeth Workhouse became home for Charlie, THE KEYSTONE FILMS lsu'u:;ing a Lving (1 Kid Auto Races st Venice (split reel) Mabel’s Strange Prediesnent(lreel‘ 'B:fivean Showers (1 A Film Johnnie (1 reel) Tango Tangles ...

Published: Saturday 19 November 1977
Newspaper: Star Green 'un
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3744 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

THE hospital was originally built as a workhouse for the Poor Law Guardians, and the first master was appointed in

... was originally built as a workhouse for the Poor Law Guardians, and the first master was appointed in 1839. By the early 19305, when Halifax General Hospitalformerly St. Luke's—became a municipal hospital, the title of * Workhouse ” was dropped and the new ...

Published: Saturday 16 April 1966
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 157 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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Published: Friday 18 June 1993
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 187 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

) Where the workhouse used lo be, pause and stifle ? discontent. Stroll along some time and see how the

... ) Where the workhouse used lo be, pause and stifle ? discontent. Stroll along some time and see how the scene is ) different, imagining what squalor meant. Sick of struggling with money? Income fair but prices deard Cross over. Gone for good. How funny ...

Published: Thursday 23 June 1966
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 156 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

M Lane by MICK JEFFERSON 1 Aeral view gives odd historical perspective

... coloured print of “Scarborough New Workhouse” is just one and Is around 130 years old. It was in 1859 that the Scarborough Workhouse moved to new, purpose-bulit bulldlngs in what was then Dean Street. The town workhouse and gdm—soundlng house of comrection ...

Published: Friday 18 June 1993
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 216 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Green light for 13 new homes THE Environment Secretary has given the go-ahead for new houses in West Vale

... for new houses in West Vale. He has given planning permission for 13 homes between Hullen Edge Lane, Feather Bed Lane and Workhouse Lane. His inspector, Mr E. W. Smith, conducted a public inquiry in Clay House, West Vale, into appeals against two refusals ...

Published: Friday 07 March 1986
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 105 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Today’s picture

... Today’s picture 'IN Workhouse Hill, Barkisland is the pinfold, the subject of our picture. It is part of the| garden of what is now a private\ residence, but was formerly the| local workhouse. Over the ‘house door is a tablet inscribed as follows: This ...

Published: Friday 11 November 1966
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 290 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

X 1

... in the workhouse, there to be set on work and to be corrected and punished according to the good and wholesome laws of this our realm of m%land. Then there is mention—forbidding indeed in the context of 1963 —of hours of work at the workhouse “from six ...

Published: Wednesday 09 January 1963
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1155 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Visits

... Visits Mr Biggins said that unfortunately in the past people have had a ‘‘workhouse image'' of homes in their minds. This image, which was changing with time, could not be further from the truth. Today most homes are light and airy ...

Published: Thursday 10 September 1987
Newspaper: Bridlington Free Press
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 41 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

ENCOUNTER

... ENCOUNTER THE BIG MATCH LIVE THE RETURN OF THE ANTELOPE. The Lilliputians plot to rescue orphan Emily Wilkins from the workhouse DISNEY FAMILY MOVIE: ‘Help Wanted Kids: The first part of an entertaining U.S. family film ...

Published: Thursday 28 January 1988
Newspaper: Beverley Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 36 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

g o W% o e . L ’&'\' P g ePR o – TR ee . PP '

... and age. The two charities—workhouse and almshouses/school — were carried on independently. for rather more than a century, until 1777 when they were united and vested as an entity in 16 governors. At this time, the workhouse was taken over by the Halifax ...

Published: Wednesday 16 January 1963
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 255 | Page: 3 | Tags: none