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Workhouses of the North - Images of England (Paperback)
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Workhouses of the North - Images of England (Paperback)
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Friday nights were bath nights. Immediately after tea we were given
a good scrub with the brushes the girls used on the floor. No fancy
smelling soaps, just carbolic and should this get into your eyes it
really was painful. Then we were given a flannel nightshirt each.
Some only just covered our knees because they had already been cut
down to repair other nightshirts. Then we were lined up in front of
the Matron who gave us a dose of brimstone and treacle then off to
bed. Such was the fear and dread of 'ending one's days in the
workhouse' that even in recent years older people could recall the
feelings of horror that such a threat conjured up. That a system
introduced to help the poor and a destitute could become such a
reviled and feared institution is a mystery to most of us today but
a study of it can repay with a better understanding of a broader
social, political, economic and eve architectural history of
Britain. Increasingly today little remains of these great and
gloomy edifices, although some found new uses and survive. People
are often surprised to discover that a former workhouse building
still exists in the locality. This book takes a look at both
surviving and lost examples of workhouse buildings in the North of
England, covering the old counties of Cumberland, Northumberland,
Durham, Westmorland, Lancashire and Yorkshire. Family, local and
social historians will all find it a source of useful reference and
for the general reader it will provide an interesting account of an
institution that few were sorry to see the end of.
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