Victorian Bournemouth (181) finds compassion on occasion softening the dark prejudice with which Guardians managed the local workhouse.
Tag: poverty
Victorian Bournemouth (180): workhouse Guardians
Victorian Bournemouth (180) observes how Guardians of its Union workhouse reacted to challenges occurring during the 1880s.
Victorian Bournemouth (174): infant mortality (1)
Victorian Bournemouth (174) explores parish records to understand how infant mortality blighted local society during that period.
Victorian Bournemouth (156): Q4 summary
Victorian Bournemouth (156) surveys articles published in the fourth quarter, covering different aspects of society at all levels.
Victorian Bournemouth (155): Workhouse Christmas
Victorian Bournemouth (155) explores press accounts depicting Christmas celebrations held in English workhouses during the 1870s.
Victorian Bournemouth (154): poor children
Victorian Bournemouth (154) explores the lives of children found in the Christchurch Union Workhouse school at Tuckton in 1881.