Christmas in the workhouse

I wonder how many of you watched a TV programme that dealt with the awful winter of 1947? It was fascinating for me to watch because it brought back so many memories of the dreadful time for my parent

One of the few benefits of the country’s transformation into a cashless society is that schoolchildren in receipt of free school meals are no longer made to standout from their peers. With senior scho

“You can’t live here. There are no shops,” my friend Jen stated. We were sitting in the van belonging to the pub I lived in, the Golden Cross, Slough, waiting for my parents who had an interview for t

Theatres offered something for everyone in the 19th century, presenting recitals and opera, Shakespearean plays, or lively mixed programmes of comedy, song and dance that attracted enthusiastic – and

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On 30 September 1888, the body of Elizabeth Stride, one of Jack the Ripper’s victims, was discovered in Dutfield’s Yard, off Commercial Road in East London. Situated just over a mile to the east was t