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In a Victorian work house children, adults and elderly went to work in a workhouse if they were poor or badly ill. If they broke the rules then they would be put in a cage in a dark room, fined of even put into prison!
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoa Victorian workhouse is a house that people worked in during the Victorian times. People worked in them to earn money and so that they got a job. :)
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∙ 9y agoVictorian workhouses were for people who were poor and did not have a home. Laws stated that no person who was able to work, would get help unless they lived in one of these workhouses.
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What time did people sleep in the Victorian workhouses?
they woke up when ever they wanted to
When were Victorian workhouses opened?
The first Victorian workhouse was built in North London in 1823 and there was more children than adults working there
What did people wear in Victorian workhouses?
In the Victorian workhouse times the poor people had to wear a uniform so the outside knew they were poor and knew they were from the workhouse.
Who lived and worked in a work house in Victorian times?
Workhouses were where poor people who had no job or home lived. They earned their keep by doing jobs in the workhouse. Also in the workhouses were orphaned (children without parents) and abandoned children, the physically and mentally sick, the disabled, the elderly and unmarried mothers.
What crime did you have to do to be sent to workhouses in Victorian England?
None whatsoever. You had to be completely destitute, to have no place to live, no job, no family. Sometimes a whole family were forced to enter a workhouses, but the relatives were split up and put to work extremely hard. Their work was free, in exchange for some rags, 1-2 bowls of gruel per day and a bed covered with straw in an unheated room.
Who invented the Victorian workhouses?
victorian
When did Victorian workhouses get closed down?
1974
How big where workhouses in Victorian times?
big
What do workhouses have to do with the Victorian era?
none of your buissness
A fact about the Victorian workhouses?
they had lunch at twelve to one
What time did people sleep in the Victorian workhouses?
they woke up when ever they wanted to
What were Victorian prisons and workhouses like?
Victorian prisons were typically overcrowded and unsanitary, with harsh conditions and strict discipline. Workhouses were institutions where the poor and homeless were housed in exchange for hard labor, often under oppressive conditions and separation of families. Both institutions aimed to deter crime and alleviate poverty, but were criticized for their harsh treatment of inmates and residents.
When were Victorian workhouses opened?
The first Victorian workhouse was built in North London in 1823 and there was more children than adults working there
What did they in in Victorian workhouses?
I'm pretty sure that adults and children are separate and they eat gruel:)
How many workhouses were there in Victorian times?
as much as a donkey dances like a potato chip badger
What did people wear in Victorian workhouses?
In the Victorian workhouse times the poor people had to wear a uniform so the outside knew they were poor and knew they were from the workhouse.
How would children escape from the workhouses in Victorian times?
you couldn't although one boy managed it in 1845
