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508. Six True Crime Stories from Victorian England, Told by My Dad

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

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The Difference Between a Workhouse and a House of Correction

Margaret Brennan appeared before the magistrates charged with absconding. She'd run away from the workhouse, but that wasn't actually a crime in itself. The house of correction was definitely a punishment regime. Of hard work for many hours a day. Life was hard back there. It was probably something between an orphanage at a workhouse.

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