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Whole families were sent there if they could not keep themselves.

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What age did you have to be to go into a workhouse in the Victorian age?

In the victorian times you hadto work till the ageof 18 years old


What did rich Victorian girls where at the workhouse?

rich Victorian girls didn't go to the workhouse so that's the end of that question


What are Victorian workhouses?

In Victorian times if you did not have a job you had to work at the workhouse, were the women did domestic jobs such as cleaning and the men broke stones. The workhouse was cruel place and the last place you would of wanted to go. You had to eat there and you only got potatoes and bread for the whole day.


Did bill sikes go to the workhouse?

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How long did Victorian times go on for?

It went on for 81 years


Did parents have to pay for their children to go to school in the Victorian times?

Schools were not free until the end of the Victorian era in 1891


How much did you have to pay to go to school in victorian times?

1 shilling


Why did people go to the workhouse?

Because people didn't have any food or money so they decided to go to the workhouse so they could have a home to live in.


Why did the first petrol car only go 4 mph in Victorian times?

The automobile was in its infancy stage during the last of the Victorian age.


Did the children in the Victorian times have a choice to go to school?

no if they were poor they did not go to school. If the children were rich then they could go to school.


What weather is it in victorian times?

Weather is weather ! They had the same seasons as we do, so go figure it for yourself.


Did you have to pay to go to school in Victorian times?

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