DaveN 1,118 Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Tomorrow (Tuesday) on channel 5 at 8pm There's a programme called "Secrets of The National Trust with AlanTitchmarsh" and he is at Southwell Workhouse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 The Southwell workhouse is well worth a visit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,240 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 It’s on my doorstep. I’ve not been for years and when I did go it was fairly bland but then what do you expect of a workhouse? I gather it’s been jazzed up a bit now so I must have another look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 968 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 I took my grandchildren last year. Don't get me wrong I'm glad it's been preserved but it was thoroughly boring, for me and the boys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 I went in the late 60s/early 70s when it was a place for people in desperate situations to stay. A refuge for some. It was a last resort place and we would leave with a very sad feeling. Thankfully the person we visited got assistance in getting a home. I haven't and never will forget the place, I visited a couple of times. The name at the time was Greet House or something similar. Once you have visited a place like that, it really makes you appreciate what you have, no matter how meagre, it is a home. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 I believe Bagthorpe in Basford was also originally a workhouse. My great grandmother Lucy Saunt was taken to Bagthorpe Hospital in the 1920s, where she died. I was told she suffered from dementia. Bearing in mind that she had given birth to 12 children, 6 of whom died as babies, one died of a brain tumour at 15 and another was blown to pieces by a German shell in 1915, I'm not surprised the poor woman had mental problems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 I'm with you there letsavagoo, we went with family from Canada about ten years ago it was so boring I was embarrassed to have taken them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,529 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: I believe Bagthorpe in Basford was also originally a workhouse. My great grandmother Lucy Saunt was taken to Bagthorpe Hospital in the 1920s, where she died. Indeed. The buildings originally constructed as Bagthorpe Workhouse formed the basis of what is now the City Hospital. The north entrance has survived relatively unchanged. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Very true, CT. Lucy's death certificate gives her place of demise as 700 Hucknall Road. Her cause of death as cerebral thrombosis and senility. It was certified by T W Sheldon MRCS. She was 74. My mother, who didn't remember her grandma, said that Lucy's remaining children told her they were taking her out for the day ...and Bagthorpe is where they took her! Mum said that, when she was a child, the very mention of the name struck terror into people! I'm not surprised. Lucy became a widow in 1925 and obviously struggled to look after herself. She had a tragic life, poor lady, as did so many others of those times. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Website about the workhouses in Nottingham. http://www.nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/themes/poverty.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,702 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 6 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: ...... and another was blown to pieces by a German shell in 1915, I'm not surprised the poor woman had mental problems. Jill , was the son called Archie living at 120 Birkin Ave ? If so there's a photo of him from 1915 I could post . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Yes, David. Archie Saunt is my great uncle. He has always fascinated me but I have never seen a photograph of him. In fact, I think I've just found him. If I hadn't found this on the Nottinghamshire website, I'd have said it was my grandfather, Louis, Archie's older brother who survived the war. They look like twins. My mother said Louis kept a framed photo of Archie on his bedroom wall, in which Archie wore his KRRC uniform. She said he looked exactly like her father. I do not remember ever seeing the photo. This image shows that he was a snappy dresser, just like Louis, who always wore stiff collars and a bow tie. I am thrilled to have found this missing piece of my family jigsaw! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,702 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Same photo , the only doubt I had was that it said Archie was killed by a sniper rather than a shell .Either way tough luck ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 We know he was killed by a shell as Louis literally scraped up what was left and buried it in a sack. He fashioned a rough wooden cross with his brother's name on it. I was told a photograph of this grave hung next to the one of Archie in uniform on my grandad's bedroom wall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,702 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 How tragic . No wonder your grandmother had mental problems . Maybe the caption on the photo was "sanitised" for the public's morale . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 On 3/20/2018 at 11:29 AM, carni said: I went in the late 60s/early 70s when it was a place for people in desperate situations to stay. A refuge for some. It was a last resort place and we would leave with a very sad feeling. Thankfully the person we visited got assistance in getting a home. I haven't and never will forget the place, I visited a couple of times. The name at the time was Greet House or something similar. Once you have visited a place like that, it really makes you appreciate what you have, no matter how meagre, it is a home. This is my post in the Southwell Workhouse Thread. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,299 Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 It was closed today when we visited. The place looked so foreboding and left us with a feeling of dread. So worth a visit really. Without going in, it left us with an awareness of what the workhouse period was all about. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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