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THE POPLAR WORKHOUSE INQUIRY

... THE POPLAR WORKHOUSE INQUIRY A GUARDIAN WHO HAD HIS HEAD PUNCHED. At Poplar Thursday, J. S. Davy, Government Board Inspector, resumed his enquiry into the local ration the poor law. Mr represented the Poplar Alliance, arid Come Grant certain the guardians ...

Published: Saturday 14 July 1906
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 490 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE POPLAR WORKHOUSE INQIORY

... THE POPLAR WORKHOUSE INQIORY. BOGUS OUT-OF-WORKS. WILL CROOKS VICTIMISED. the Poplar Workhouse inquiry on Tuesday, called attention the officers' ratiocs, the cost of which had increased from £1600 in 1836 to in 1905, increase not l«e accounted for the ...

Published: Thursday 12 July 1906
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1031 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

IRISH WORKHOUSE ADMINISTRATION

... IRISH WORKHOUSE ADMINISTRATION. ST nova Sir Philip Snyly, ebairmaa the Irish Medioal AMOMUM, ia letter to Irish Tiasae, asking pablis sympathy far a aowwirt to asseUorate the gaosral ooodit Irish wa»khaysas > that from rspliss raosirad to a circular ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1895
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 904 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A WORKHOUSE PARTY

... A WORKHOUSE PARTY. ROYAL GIFT TO A CLN'TEARIANT. Never waa a happier little teparty than that which took place on Tuesday afternoon (says the London Daily MIl I in one of the spotlessly clean dormitories of the Kingston Workhouse, tnd never was a brighter ...

Published: Friday 12 November 1897
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 718 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

Bring back ‘The Workhouse’

... them with Workhouse. The advantages of the workhouse are that you can keep all the old. infirm, disabled. mentally ill, down and outs, and one-parent families under one roof, thereby doing away with the need for a Welfare State. The workhouse would need ...

Published: Wednesday 20 April 1988
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 170 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

RIOT AT A WORKHOUSE

... RIOT AT A WORKHOUSE. On Saturday morning some GOO men engaged at the Dudley workhouse stoneyard flatly refused to their allotted task, which they considered excessive. In a body they marched to the chairman of the Board and demanded a reduction. Afterwards ...

Published: Monday 03 February 1879
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 72 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE FATAL WORKHOUSE FIRE

... THE FATAL WORKHOUSE FIRE The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances clonnevted with the fatal workhouse fire at- Stafford was opened yesterday. Alderman F. Greatrex, vice-chairman of the Board of Guardians, and Captain Longden, deputy chief constable ...

Published: Saturday 18 May 1901
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 210 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE LISBURN WORKHOUSE SCANDALS

... THE LISBURN WORKHOUSE SCANDALS. remarkable evidence was adduced adjourned Local Government Board inquiry Saturday into certain which liave been regarding the alleged mismanagement Liaburn The that the weight certain article* of food short, that grave ...

Published: Tuesday 31 July 1906
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 82 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

WORKHOUSE PETTY OFFICER

... WORKHOUSE PETTY OFFICER 72-year-old inmate of Morpeth Institution, Mr F. Banville, was yesterday appointed a petty officer there at a wage of 5/- a week by the Northumberland Public Assistance Committee. Alderman A. Patton said the area committee felt ...

Published: Thursday 03 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 126 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

‘Workhouse’ kids shock

... ‘Workhouse’ kids shock # Inverness single mum Nonna Mcßean described trying to feed herself, her mother and her two small children on a food budget of £33 a week as “a hard full-time job”. Miss Mcßean (26), 56 Craigton Avenue, works out a daily menu at ...

Published: Tuesday 01 February 1994
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 365 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

STRIKE AT A WORKHOUSE

... STRIKE AT A WORKHOUSE On Saturday morning about 500 of the stonebreakers at the Union orkhouse, Upper Gornal, ceased work. They declared that they could not do the work, it being too hard. They afterwards went into some fields and threatened to do violence ...

Published: Monday 17 February 1879
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 136 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SCANDAL AT A WORKHOUSE

... SCANDAL AT A WORKHOUSE. Mr George Collier, deputy coroner for East London, has held an inquest at the Poplar Town Hall, respecting the death of James Lovell, aged 48, a dock labourer, late an inmate of the Poplar Workhouse. The coroner said he had received ...

Published: Friday 17 July 1891
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 900 | Page: 5 | Tags: News