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A WORKHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT

... A WORKHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT. The inmates of St. Giles's Workhouse, Endell-street, n greatly enij yed the excellent entertainment which was organised for them by Mr Charles Collette, and given to them in a large room in the workhouse on Monday evening. Mr ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 683 | Page: 17 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE NEW FASHION FOR WORKHOUSES

... WORKUTOUSES. The BerntondseY guardians made further inquiry ?? into the circumstances atedin sending of two nirls from the workhouse dressed only in canvas fronths, with the words Bed wity drorkhouse rinted on them in large ters.o twerso letters were ...

Entertainment at Islington Workhouse

... Entertainment at Islington Workhouse. The annual entertainment given by Mr Herbert Sprake, the proprietor of Collins's Music Hall, to the inmates of Islington Workhouse, St. John's-road, Upper Holloway, took place on Wednesday afternoon. A stage was erected ...

Published: Saturday 24 January 1885
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 677 | Page: 13 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

COLLINS'S COMPANY IN THE WORKHOUSE

... IN THE WORKHOUSE- Mr H]. Sprake, the popular proprietor of Collins's Music Hall, rides a very handsome hobby, and for some years past has found pleasure at Christmas-time in ministering to the enjoyment of the aged inmates of Islington Workhouse. The eagerly ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1886
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 617 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

A WORKHOUSE STORY

... children in a van to the workhouse while she lay ill. Mrs. S. next, though too poor to provide such luxuries for her own children, under the circumstances felt justified in buying a few little cakes to take with her to the workhouse to the children of the ...

A WORKHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT

... A WORKHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT. The inmates of St. Giles's Workhouse, Endell-street, greatly enj *yed the excellent entertainment which was organised for them by Mr Charles Collette, and given to them in a large room in the workhouse on Monday evening. Mr ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1343 | Page: 17 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE ALLEGED PROFLIGACY IN A WORKHOUSE

... thes girl said it was so, and sent witness to know what he was going to do, PAs they would not take her into the Milo- end~ workhouse unless she told the fathetr's namoe. He said that that was not reoesmary, as many girls were ol- towed Into the Eethnal-green ...

ENTERTAINMENT AT ST. GILES'S WORKHOUSE

... ENTERTAINMENT AT ST. GILES'S WORKHOUSE. I Under the able direction of Mr John Maclean, of the St. James's Theatre, an entertainmenlt was given on the evening of New Year's Dav at the St. Giles's Weo2';'ousa as a special treat for the pauper inmates. The ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1884
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1414 | Page: 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

TWELFTH NIGHT AT ST. GILES'S WORKHOUSE

... TWELFTH ITIGHT AT ST. GILES'S WORKHOUSE. Again this year have some kind-hearted members of tile dramatic and musical professions worked together toprovide an entertainment oln Twelfth Night especially for the pailper inmates of that poor house situate ...

Published: Saturday 10 January 1885
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 801 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

CASUAL LITERATURE

... control of admission of tramps to workhouses in the hands of the police especially deserves consideration. Hc says The regular thieves and casuals hate the police, and that is the con- sequence that so few go to Poplar workhouse since t~he police supervision ...

CHILDREN OF THE STATE

... interested themselves in the con- dition of workhouses, the difficulties of providing for the education of pauper children and the lamentable failure of the system carried out in what are called workhouse schools are too well known. Still, as Miss ...