Bedminster Union Workhouse Talk
Talk about Bedminster Union Workhouse. ‘The Life and Death of Hannah Wiltshire‘ Accusations of murder and cover up were reported in the press during 1855 Thursday, 7th March 2024 at 19:30 This talk by...
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Eastville Workhouse, the mentally ill and systemic murder mysteries
Eastville Workhouse buildings at twilight in the late 1960s. The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act aimed to prevent the mentally afflicted from being incarcerated in workhouses for long periods. However,...
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The Workhouse by acta Company and Pick N Mix Theatre
Inspired by Rosemary Caldicott’s Life and Death of Hannah Wiltshire BRHG are pleased to announce that Bedminster based acta and Pick N Mix Theatre have researched, written and produced a play based on...
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A retelling of the investigation into the events that took place at Bedminster Union Workhouse in 1855. Step into the haunting history of The Bedminster Union Workhouse with an immersive play brought...
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The last piece of the jigsaw
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them[ 23 ] Introduction One evening in 2010 some members of Bristol Radical History Group (BRHG) were poring over some old maps of Eastville and...
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