Sky TV when claiming benefit?

Yes, one of my great grandfathers is listed in the census as a pauper. He was blind and in his late 80s.

DJ they would also have had to work throughout the summer holidays. Laundry, sewing, gardening, growing vegetables. Nobody in the workhouse, regardless of age, was allowed the luxury of leisure.

I do know that, Monica.

I think it is a moot point whether the separation of children from their parents and their siblings of the opposite sex and 10 hours or more of work each day is a price worth paying for regular meals of doubtful quantity and quality.

Depends on the alternative.

I have a map of 1895 of the village where I live, and it has the Union Workhouse on it, with seperate exercise yards for them all.
I suppose in 1895, they were not children for long anyway.
I have a book about a village school in the East Riding, and every so often it says that certain children sent word that they would be unable to attend as they were going into the workhouse. The period was 1870 to 1880.

Thanks, Monica, as you have just made me look at them, and I have realised that that is when my relative was teaching in the workhouse.
I need to read the book more thoroughly. I always find things like this very interesting.

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