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The shame and sadness of the workhouse

... The shame and sadness of the workhouse Mr John Walton, of Anvil Street, Brighouse, gave me an interesting book and said, ‘‘“What do you think about this?’’ It was the complete printed minute book for the Halifax Union, or the Gibbet Street Institution ...

Published: Friday 22 July 1983
Newspaper: Brighouse Echo
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 443 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Workhouse tobacco vote

... Workhouse tobacco vote Ruswarp Store Mart Wednesday. Forward: 184 cattle comprising 44 geld cows and cattle by weight, 21 strore cattle, 106 calves, 9 dairy cattle and 2 cows with 2 calves at foot; 186 sheep and 36 pigs. Comment: Dairy cows and heifers ...

Published: Friday 13 January 1989
Newspaper: Whitby Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 966 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

Workhouse museum major attraction?

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 06 January 1989
Newspaper: Ripon Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 250 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

A far cry from the workhouse

... A far cry from the workhouse About a third of the children also have physical handicaps. taurant in two minutes tlat when we take a group of the children “We can never teach them in the accepted sense. What we have to do is teach them social skills and ...

Published: Friday 23 July 1982
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 773 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

® SHAROW View :':‘wfuturo workhouse museum?(R7443)

... ® 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 ...

Published: Friday 09 June 1989
Newspaper: Ripon Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Friday, 28 December, 1888 Christmas at Workhouse

... Friday, 28 December, 1888 Christmas at Workhouse Cleveland Auction Mart, Tuesday. Forward: 178 cattle including 29 barley bulls; 1,302 sheep, including 14 ewes; 156 pigs, including two sows and boars. Best prices — Steers, T. R. Dennis and Son, Husthwaite ...

Published: Friday 30 December 1988
Newspaper: Whitby Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 756 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

® HARDISTY Hill Workhouse ... from aon old print.(S)

... HARDISTY Hill Workhouse from aon old print.(S) labour was a workhouse which then stood high on Hardisty Hill, overlooking the Washburn Valley. Its site was by the roadside, opposite the present Yorkhams factory. Long after the workhouse was abandoned ...

TN Senior appointment Former workhouse‘one ‘matter of urgency’ of greatest obstacles’

... TN Senior appointment Former workhouse‘one ‘matter of urgency’ of greatest obstacles’ Appointing a “‘senior manager”’ at the psychiatric unit is seen by the review team as a matter of urgency. They stated that the immediate past situation could be summed ...

Published: Tuesday 16 December 1986
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 423 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

illustrated talk on the relatively short history of Starbeck. : It was in the early 19th century that a workhouse

... illustrated talk on the relatively short history of Starbeck. : It was in the early 19th century that a workhouse for paugers and children was built which brought people to live in the vicinity. Around that time a local committee was formed which was ...

Published: Friday 18 May 1984
Newspaper: Ripon Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

& ] THE STIGMA attached to Sharow View as ‘‘the old workhouse” has forced the closure of a day centre

... & ] THE STIGMA attached to Sharow View as ‘‘the old workhouse” has forced the closure of a day centre for the elderly. The Ripon Age Concern committee hoped week. It was closed last the day centre would be- week after only four come a calling place months ...

Published: Friday 19 March 1982
Newspaper: Ripon Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 179 | Page: 1 | Tags: none