The beginnings of a new workhouse culture??
Shamefully under a labour council but the labels really don’t mean very much.
We shall watch with interest as to how this is set up and how much the residents are exploited.
Meanwhile, arm yourself with essential reading like Jennifer Worth’s excellent but heartbreaking book, ‘Children of the Workhouse’ and the horror tales of a former workhouse resident in her Midwife books.
Just 70 years ago.
Lack of dignity, decency, laced with abuse and sheer brutality and torture the norm.
