The Workhouse at Framlingham Castle
Speaking with Shadows
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The History of Workhouses
It's so interesting to find out the history of this building, because so often with places like castles in particular, what gets shown is the narrative of power and of royal or aristocratic history. And it's much more interesting to learn more about them as part of a wider system of how people looked after one another. It can be really hard to accept that there hasn't been a simple progression towards the development of more humane ideas. You definitely still see some of these victorian attitudes, or pre victorian attitudes,. Some for good, and, really sadly, some for ill atthe moment to day. At the centre of this you have people who are struggling the most out of everyone in
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