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Shadows of the Workhouse

eAudiobook
Jennifer Worth / Annie Aldington
In the 1950s Jennifer Worth was a district midwife in East London. She worked with an order of nursing nuns learning how to cope with midwifery in slum conditions. In the course of her training she met many interesting characters whose stories are told in this book. When the workhouses of Britain officially closed in 1930 there was nowhere for inmates to go. So workhouses merely changed their names and carried on much the same as before. The conditions rules and lifestyle that continued to be endured by the residents cast their shadows and shame over most of the last century.From the tragic history of dithering Jane to the larger than life Sister Monica Joan “the naughtiest old lady” the author had ever met this is a collection of fascinating lives.


  • Published by Soundings
  • Fiction/Non-FictionNon Fiction
  • Genre Biography
  • Target Audience Adult
  • Released 1st April 2012
  • Duration 10 Hrs. 10 Mins.
  • ISBN 0000000416490