... SHADOW OF THE WORKHOUSE NO one has ever accused Mr. Enoch Powell of lack of courage. Throughout his Parlia-i mentary career he has always fought for what he considers right.‘ His latest plan, as Minister of Health, to spend £60,000,000 in the next ten ...

... Looking like workhouse Oxley (Wolverhamp's was once classed as 4 dential area. It has b deteriorating for along ! although still rated '€} To make itlook more 0f eyesore, _the council @ building front walls 1 houses; that makes 17 look more like a workhou ...

... OLD WORKHOUSE DESCRIBED AS ‘BIG EYESORE’ THE Old Workhouse at Trysull was “the biggest eyesore ™ in the district, and should be demolished to make room for a convalescent home or an old people’s home, Councillor W. C, Allport told Seisdon Rural District ...

... A case of Christmas Day in the workhouse! It’'s Christmas Day in the workhouse for league clubs up and down the country and Wolves, Birmingham and Albion are no exception. The importance of the holiday games, there are iwo in 24 hours, was highlighted ...

... 'Be'mg born in a workhouse was bad enough, but when he was sent to the Royal Orphanage at Wolverhampton it was a stigma he never over- ...

... PICK YOUR own Peas at Awbridge Farm, Trysull, mear Old ‘Workhouse. 27 RACING STABLE requires Experienced Single Stableman, good rider, not over 9st 7lb; top wages and presents; modern hostel. — Apply D. Candy, Kingstone Warren, Wantage, Berks. Uffington ...

... London School of Economics, comes as a reminder that banishment of the word “workhouse™ from official usage has not automatically caused such premises to evaporate., Workhouses were officially abolished in 1948, the year that ushered in the modern welfare ...

... Children study problem Pupils from five Wolverhampton schools spent today in the “workhouse” at a special conference to explore 20th-century social problems. The course, organised by social studies staff at Bilston College of Further Education, included ...

... Wc He takes 1 to play to the geriat books and children. “When I as a lay pre was still ¢ Workhouse,’ is why son people are 1o hospital, think they : workhouse.” Mr. Hawtl IR Brooklands-: dist Church the Mayfi Park. Before he nse walk isited the veek ...

... Stigma He was born in 1907 in a workhouse in Hereford, where his parents were master and matron. His father died when Gilbert was onl}i' five, and he spent his childhood and youth surrounded by females. He blamed this upbringin’fix for his homosexuality ...

... smoking, no television and everybody out to walk the streets during the day—whatever the weather. Buildings used include old workhouses, former pelice stations—and a former morgue. Bare walls, bare floors, no ...

... by Lvone and skin disorders, were so great that he was called The Elephant Man. After being abandoned by his mother in a workhouse, his only chance of earning a living was as a freak exhibit at fairgrounds and at circuses. Unfit for the public gaze, except ...