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The real inside story of the workhouse in the words of those who experienced the institution at first hand. A wide variety of sources - letters, poems, graffiti, autobiography, official testimonies and oral history - is used to create a vivid portrait of what really went on behind the doors of the workhouse.

Where was my local workhouse? What records did they keep? What is gruel and is it really what inmates lived on? How did you get out of a workhouse? What famous people were once workhouse inmates? Are there any workhouse buildings I can visit? If these are the kinds of questions you've ever wanted to know the answer to, then this is the book for you. This fascinating, fully illustrated volume is the definitive guide to every aspect of the workhouse and of the poor relief system in which it played a pivotal part. Compiled by Peter Higginbotham, one of Britain's best-known experts on the...