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  1. Are numerous reminders of the Great Famine to be seen on the Mayo landscape:, workhouse ,sites, famine graves, sites of soup-kitchens, deserted homes and villages and
  2. In a separate incident, rioters in Manchester attempted to storm the hated, workhouse , A pitched battle resulted with Ch artists fighting the police, eventually the
  3. Going straight, he reconsiders and decides to remain a criminal. Back at the, workhouse , Mr. Bumble and the Widow Corner, now unhappily married, meet up with the dying
  4. Was removed, and the show now opens as it originally did in 1960,with the, workhouse ,children entering, singing Food Glorious Food. British comedian Rowan Atkinson
  5. Example of Irish Craftsmanship was made in Ferry between 1120 - 1123. A former, workhouse ,now known as the Sacred Heart Home is situated on the outskirts of the town
  6. A strong plagiarism upon St Paul's Cathedral ". With the demolition of the, workhouse , however, Barry was able to build the Gallery's first sequence of grand
  7. As servants in free settler households or sent to a female factory (women's, workhouse ,prison). There were five female factories in Van Diemen's Land. Convicts
  8. Hall to commemorate Dr John Harrison (who was a physician in Roscosmos town’s, workhouse , during the famine of the 1840s) it was used as a dance hall, cinema and
  9. Twist, the protagonist of the story. He is a lonely orphan boy born in the, workhouse , * Fagin, a conniving career criminal, takes in homeless boys and teaches them
  10. Centre, The Oracle, opened in 1999,is named after the 17th century Oracle, workhouse , which once occupied a small part of the site. It provides three stories of
  11. Massacre of the Innocents … (1986). Dr Rogers, who was employed by a London, workhouse ,in 1856 stated that conditions in the nursery were ‘ wretchedly damp and
  12. S signal achievements was the introduction of trained nurses into the, workhouse ,system in England and Ireland from the 1860s onwards. This meant that sick
  13. Years. Hundreds flocked to the workhouse for sustenance and refuge. However, the, workhouse ,could not cope with the numbers requiring assistance. This situation was
  14. Wales named after Stanley in honor of his birth in the area. It was the former, workhouse ,in which he spent much of his early life. Memorials to H M Stanley have
  15. As 1802 and 1819 Factory Acts were passed to regulate the working hours of, workhouse ,children in factories and cotton mills to 12 hours per day. These acts were
  16. Twentieth century this was totally rebuilt as an infirmary, with a much larger, workhouse ,newly erected nearby. This infirmary functioned until 1920,when it became
  17. Gave no relief to the women who required it. The prospect of entering the, workhouse ,was certainly something to be avoided. Lionel Rose quotes Dr Joseph Rogers in
  18. In the Famine. It is built next to the master’s residence of the Workhouse. The, workhouse ,building was constructed in 1840,in response to a sudden increase in extreme
  19. Records,e.g. Daughters of the American Revolution records * Poorhouse, workhouse , almshouse, and asylum records * Social Security (within the US) and pension
  20. Dover has one hospital, Buckland Hospital located in a former Victorian, workhouse ,on Come Valley Road. The town once had four hospitals, Buckland,Royal
  21. She was appalled by the conditions she witnessed first-hand in the Manchester, workhouse ,: Pankhurst immediately began to change these conditions, and established
  22. Lilian Lot),and Martin Horsey. Synopsis Act I The musical opens in the, workhouse , as the half-starved orphan boys are entering the enormous lunchroom for dinner
  23. Accept a small sum of money to leave their homes," cheated into believing the, workhouse ,would take them in. " West Clare was one of the worst areas for evictions
  24. And West Middlesex Hospital (History) The Brent ford Poor Law Union had a, workhouse ,built in 1838,on land to the east of Wickersham Road in Isle worth. At the turn
  25. And Holiday and her mother were sent to prison. After spending some time in a, workhouse , her mother was released in July, followed by Holiday in October, at the age of
  26. That no able-bodied British man can receive assistance unless he enters a, workhouse ,(a kind of poorhouse). * August 15 – The South Australia Act allows for the
  27. Davis, at one point holds 1,700 inmates, twice its designed capacity. *1852 - A, workhouse ,is built on the island to hold petty violators in 220 cells. *1856 - The
  28. Officer to the Barton Aegis Union, which involved tending patients in the, workhouse , There are many testimonies from his patients that he was a good doctor, for
  29. Facilities. Percy House Military Hospital (History) Within the old union, workhouse ,complex stood a school, facing Wickersham Road, called Percy House - Percy
  30. After her re-admission to the Cane Hill Asylum, her son was left in the, workhouse ,at Lambert in south London, moving several weeks later to the Central London
  31. Cornwall; Newton Abbot, Devon; Huntley, Lincolnshire; Livestock, Devon *The, workhouse ,in Lough borough, Leicestershire (1837–38) *Workhouses (1838) in: Amer sham
  32. Of land would be eligible for public assistance either in or outside the, workhouse , This clause had been a successful Tory amendment to the Whig poor-relief bill
  33. When he was ten, his mother and two siblings stayed for a short while in this, workhouse , without Stanley realizing who they were. He stayed until the age of 15. After
  34. Oliver and use him in their funeral business. * Mrs. Corner, the matron of the, workhouse ,where Oliver was born, later marries Mr. Bumble. * Charlotte Sowerberry, the
  35. All counts. The site only allowed for the building to be one room deep, as a, workhouse ,and a barracks lay immediately behind. To exacerbate matters, there was a
  36. High Street. The hospital, originally built in 1841 as the Hackney Union, workhouse , finally closed in 1995,its poor reputation contrasting with that of the new
  37. Fluctuated between 70 and 130: the new building was compared unfavorably to a, workhouse , and as it was built over an underground stream, epidemics of typhus and
  38. Cannot respect the law as it exists today. " She was sentenced to 30 days in a, workhouse , The publicity surrounding Sanger's arrest, trial,and appeal sparked birth
  39. The Comstock Law. Refusing to pay a $100 fine, she spent two weeks in a prison, workhouse , which she saw as an" opportunity" to reconnect with those rejected by
  40. Labourer at the end of a long and blameless life something better than the, workhouse , society will not have discharged its duties to its poorer members ". On 24
  41. Jail extension and alterations (1839) in: Buckingham, Buckinghamshire *The, workhouse ,in Butterworth, Leicestershire (1839–40) *School and Master's House
  42. Under the Poor Law systems of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland a, workhouse ,was a place where people who were unable to support themselves, could go to
  43. Ready for use and might be seen on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at his, workhouse ,in Salisbury Court, London,over against the Old Playhouse. One of his engines
  44. But housed up to 1,600 people during the famine years. Hundreds flocked to the, workhouse ,for sustenance and refuge. However, the workhouse could not cope with the
  45. The midst of our civilization, and at the close of the nineteenth century,the, workhouse ,is all that can be offered to the industrious laborer at the end of a long and
  46. A burglar and her eventual murderer. * Mr. Bumble, the pompous beadle of the, workhouse ,in which Oliver was born. * The Artful Dodger, the cleverest of Fagin's
  47. Herbert Fans. Bruce was sentenced, on December 21, 1964,to four months in a, workhouse ,; he was set free on bail during the appeals process and died before the appeal
  48. This simple method of enactment was called" passing paupers through the, workhouse ," — a man went in, a pauper came out. These factors combined to drive thousands
  49. By Mr. Bumble and the Widow Corner, the heartless and greedy caretakers of the, workhouse ,(" Oliver! "). Mr. Bumble and Widow Corner are left alone, and Mr. Bumble
  50. To pay a maximum of 13 weeks arrears ’. Sheffield required women to enter the, workhouse , whereas Halifax gave no relief to the women who required it. The prospect of

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