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... 'IN the ’Eighties smallpox was brought into the town by a tramp in the workhouse and the inhabitants went about in fear and trembling of catching the disease. ; People were afraid toreceive change in the shops, and shopkeepers afraid to take money from ...
... reminded of the days when our roads were thronged with such men, calling at the workhouses (called ‘The Spike’) for a night. 1 remember Mr. and Mrs. Brind at the Bi{;gleswade Workhouse, when was a member of the Guardians Committee, used to have quite an influx ...
... the builders on the work they had done. Some members of the public had described the centre as looking like a prison, a workhouse and a barracks, but when he had shown a number of old fieople around it, they thought the flats were lovely. “And this is ...
... commemorate? happens to the Christmas tree in Trafal- gar Square after the festivities? 7. Who wrote * Christmas Day in the workhouse”? 8. What did Scrooge give to Bob Cratchit? 8. Who was Good King Wenceslas? 10. For what do swimmers compete in the annual ...
... suggestions. bLoth of which would be Dbeneficial. The original capital of £734 had resulted from the sale of the old Southill Workhouse., and had been invested in 1930 through the Biggleswadc Union Sirce then the balance of the stock had fallen by over £3OO ...
... suggestions. Loth of which would be beneficial. The original capital of £734 had resulted from the sale of the old Southill Workhouse, and had been invested in 1930 through the Biggleswadc Union Sirce then the balance of the stock had fallen by over £3OO ...
... the Mission Band sought permission of the Guardians to hold a monthly Sunday evening service at what was then called the Workhouse, and request was granted. Services have been ' held there ever since, and to commemorate the jubilee a special service was ...
... they plaved a friendly game X with Poltton;)nrclmstmas Day !, Teleoh d ° —they lost 41, g elephone Open during s AT THE WoRKHOUsE |} Nurmbeb y makba” the lunch ? C,;l]n-lstmads Dvaytlsmiil \\'a‘.;alio Y 2302 — N ] h fi 4 happy day at the ork- | 3 ’ DU ...
... lafger iype latily nouse in - excelleny conaition. nusll, s peds, 2 rec, kitchen, batbrm, Ample car space. Gresnniouse, Workhouse, Lurge gare den gould be used wk storake yard, L 5050, CLAPHAM, Well maintalned semi-det house. Hall, lounge, ainer, 4 beas ...
... by Coun. T. J. Bennett. He told the meeting that it looked like a barrack block and said, If ever a place looked like a workhouse it is this. He has not yet met an aged person who relished the idea of going into it. He agreed that the internal aspects ...
... heavy fire at the County Council meeting on Friday, when one councillor claimed it would be reminiscent of a 19th century workhouse, and another said that the hostel children would be ostracised by, the village schoolchildren. Bedfordshire County Council ...
... North = Bedfordshire parishes piGUER 1t a% a 3 address 1n joined in the Bedford Union -—.othsay Hoad, and = controls and a workhouse was provided other properties in the town, for the whole Union at what Itsd ?be{Ct'S are It}l(g’ all that later became St ...