Life in the workhouse: everything you wanted to know
From daily routines to whether inmates really ate gruel, Peter Higginbotham responds to listener questions about the workhouse
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From daily routines to whether inmates really ate gruel, Peter Higginbotham responds to listener questions about the workhouse
What was the daily routine in a British workhouse? Who would end up there? How accurate was Charles Dickens’ depiction of workhouse life? And did the inmates really eat gruel? In the latest in our series exploring history’s biggest topics, Peter Higginbotham responds to listener questions and popular internet search queries about the workhouse.
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