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Peter Higginbotham
This copiously illustrated book takes the lid off the real story of prison food.
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A beautifully illustrated A-Z of the workhouses of the North of England.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the workhouse in one richly illustrated volume
An illustrated guide to the workhouses in London and the South East (Middlesex, Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Berkshire)
A comprehenisve illustrated guide to the workhouses in Wales and the border counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire
Voices from the Workhouse tells the real inside story of the workhouse - in the words of those who experienced the institution at first hand, either as inmates or through…
For two centuries, the shadow of the workhouse hung over Britain.In the early hours of 31 August 1888, the mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols - the first generally accepted…
First ever book to survey the whole history of children s homes.