Researching the workhouse : 1945  (online)

ONLINE EVENT

Many people might be surprised to learn that the workhouse system (then called Public Assistance Institutions) continued to operate as late as the Second World War. What happened in these institutions during this time, and how might staff and residents in Norfolk have been affected by the end of the war? Join Rachel Kidd, Curator at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, as she discusses new research into life and events in and around the Mitford and Launditch Union Workhouse in 1945, and shares how these stories were brought to life through funding provided by The National Archives.

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