Outstanding book in every regard. The front cover should have a picture of a ‘Dr Who Tardis’ on the front…WHY?…because the author catapults you back
To Ray’s mind, Grangetown Local History Society’s greatest achievements are creating a digital archive, and expanding their reach from a group of friends in their
We’re excited to announce that Ray Noyes’ latest title, Workhouse has been released today as a paperback. It’s been a tough year, but we’ve made
Of course, the workhouse system did not last forever. People like Charles Dickens wrote of the terrible conditions they saw, and philosophers and social scientists
An interesting book. My mum used to talk about tiger bay and the fun she had , I wish I could go there but like
In the main, workhouses were managed by boards of guardians. Initially, you had to be a landowner to run a workhouse, although this requirement was
The conditions in workhouses were usually just as bad as we imagine. However, this was not always the case. The earlier rural poorhouses were founded
Lovely romance with a strong storyline. I really enjoyed this book. I read a LOT of romance books and I get a bit fed up
In Cardiff in the 1960s, the police at Bute Street (Tiger Bay) station were part of the social fabric of the area. Everyone knew everyone
There were two types of punishment in use in workhouses, often used just for the (non-) crime of being poor. These are explicit and implicit
It is crazy what we lived through under this mad man. The headlines made us normalise so much of his BS. Campbell expertly lays out
One night in 1860, in the dark, gloomy and dank Wharf Street police station in Tiger Bay, Cardiff were the usual array of destitute men,
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