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Peter Higginbotham - Workhouses of the North: Images of England - 9780752440019 - KEX0304332
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Workhouses of the North: Images of England

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Description for Workhouses of the North: Images of England Paperback. The workhouse is an institution which has left a emotional scar on the British nation. Its study can illuminate the understanding of the social, political, and medical history of Britain. This volume focuses on the northern part of England, covering the old counties of Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire. Num Pages: 128 pages, Approx 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 306. Very good copy.The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.

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' ... Read more

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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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752440019
SKU
KEX0304332
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Peter Higginbotham
PETER HIGGINBOTHAM, who lives in Yorkshire, runs the website www.workhouses.org.uk. An expert on the subject of many years’ standing, his previous titles include The Workhouse Cookbook, Life in a Victorian Workhouse, Workhouses of the North and Workhouses of the Midlands and Voices of the Workhouse.

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