Secrets Of The Workhouse.

[Brenden]

Did anyone else watch it - I caught up with it on itvplayer - now that was poverty and it was considered a crime - no social services then -

[anneasquith]

forgot to watch,, what station was it on ? thanks

[Old_Geezer]

Saw some of it. Many today seem to hold the same opinion. If you didn't make it then you're not good enough and it's your own fault.

[pusskin]

I found it really sad and hard to watch it.
We dont realise how lucky we are today, whether you believe it or not!

[Brenden]

Tues ITV 9 o'clock anneasquith, I watched the first of two episodes on ITV player. Seems like the hardships Dickens wrote about in his books were actually true.

[anneasquith]

thanks brenden,

[islasmum]

I felt very sorry for Brian Cox's relative (great-grandfather?) he just seems to have spent a good portion of his time going in and out of the poorhouse.
It seemed quite a shock to Barbara Taylor Bradford that her mother was illegitimate - wouldn't she have known beforehand? It will be interesting to watch the next episode.

[craft1948]

One of my nan's brothers died in York Union workhouse. He lived at home but had TB so was sent into the workhouse hospital.