... Britain live in families drawig benefits that would not be enough to pay for the food gven to a child in a Bethnal Green Workhouse in 1876. NCH Action for Children, a charity organisation, used Poor Law regulations and historical records to calculate the ...

... losing her parents in a cholera epidemic, 16-year-old Cissie struggles to keep her five young brothers and sisters from the workhouse. With Tracy Whitwell, James Fox. The Knock. Drama series which enters the unique world of HM Customs and Excise Spitting ...

... ogre-like reputation for small boys. Certainly, life in Harryville has changed. Few would wish to return to the days when the workhouse was a possibility and cold water, outdoor toilets and oil lamps a matter of everyday existence. But there’s no harm in r ...