http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Andover/Andover.shtml
From 1834 when they were established, to 1930 when they were finally abolished, the workhouses terrified poor people. They were the only solution for unemployed people who could find no-one to help them, but it meant being separated from children, husband or wife, and subject to a humiliating régime, often half-starved in the first decades.
This website shows photos and information about British workhouses, and also includes "workhouse memories" - some of them by famous people, like Charlie Chaplin, who spent some time in a workhouse.
From 1834 when they were established, to 1930 when they were finally abolished, the workhouses terrified poor people. They were the only solution for unemployed people who could find no-one to help them, but it meant being separated from children, husband or wife, and subject to a humiliating régime, often half-starved in the first decades.
This website shows photos and information about British workhouses, and also includes "workhouse memories" - some of them by famous people, like Charlie Chaplin, who spent some time in a workhouse.
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