News
- 9th January 2012
- Updated pages for Kirkcaldy, Mile End Old Town, Westbury-on-Severn and Kings Norton.
- 3rd January 2012
- Link to transcription of Erpingham Union Guardians' minutes.
- 24th December 2011
- Updated Newcastle-on-Tyne page.
- 11th December 2011
- Updated Poplar page with Poplar Schools WW1 Christmas Newsletters.
- 9th December 2011
- Updated Prudhoe Colony page.
- 5th December 2011
- Updates and new pictures on St Georges (Westminster) page.
- 29th November 2011
- New pictures on pages for Aston, Pateley Bridge Liverpool Cottage Homes at Wavertree.
- 27th November 2011
- Some nice 1970s colour pictures of Oldham workhouse added.
- 22nd November 2011
- I have a couple of TV appearances coming up!
- 23rd Nov, 7pm, BBC2 - in an episode of Heir Hunters following a case linked to the Lambeth workhouse school at Norwood. Available afterwards for a while on BBC iplayer.
- 30th Nov, 8.30pm, BBC Wales - an edition of the celebrity genealogy programmne Coming Home- I visit a former workhouse with Neil Kinnock and tell him about an ancestor of his who ended up there. Outside Wales, I believe it's viewable on on Sky(972) and Freesat(964). It will also be avaialble for a while on iplayer.
- 9th November 2011
- Details now available of my forthcoming Workhouse Encyclopedia.
- Updates to pages for: South Met School District, Bristol, Conway, Easington.
- 9th July 2011
- New web page on labour colonies.
- Updates to pages for: Bridgend, Oldham, Wandsworth & Clapham, Wolverhampton.
- 5th June 2011
- My latest book Life in a Victorian Workhouse now available.
- 1st June 2011
- The revamped version of the Workhouse website goes live.
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