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Q: What jobs did the children do in workhouses?
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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.


Where did the poor children live in the Victorians time?

workhouses or the streets


What was the behavior of Victorians?

There were thousands of moods but children were mostly tempered (People in workhouses)


How long were the parents allowed to visit their children for in the workhouses?

Parents were only allowed to visit their children a few minutes.


What did they in in Victorian workhouses?

I'm pretty sure that adults and children are separate and they eat gruel:)


Rich Victorian parents jobs?

The rich Victorians Earned money by working in Cafes , workhouses and as a shop keeper!


How would children escape from the workhouses in Victorian times?

you couldn't although one boy managed it in 1845


Why was workhouses feared by people?

The people were treated poorly at workhouses.


What are synonyms of Union Workhouses?

Synonyms for union workhouses is Shelter, homeless ect.


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


Why did the Victorians have workhouses?

Victorians had workhouses as a solution for poverty relief and a way to provide work and shelter to the poor. However, they were also seen as a deterrent to idleness and were designed to be harsh to discourage people from seeking assistance unless absolutely necessary.


Are there no......asked Scrooge?

Are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons? And the treadmill is that still employed.