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Workhouse Tour

Current location:
Men's airing yard
"Airing yards" provided segregated outdoor exercise areas for each class of inmate. This example, from St Marylebone workhouse, dates from around 1900, by which time conditions were less severe, particularly for the elderly.

From here you can:
Go to dining-hall
Go to bakehouse
Visit privy
Go to men's staircase
Go to front block

St Marylebone, c.1900 © Peter Higginbotham

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