I AM researching a book about the living conditions in workhouses and orphanages in the early 1900s. Was life hard? Was it sad? Was there cruelty in those establishments?
If you would like to share your memories write to me at 27, Birch Avenue, Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire PR1 OPB.
J. M. SHANSKY (Mrs)
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