| Description | Fred Hawksworth. born 1901. Describes workhouses. Not as bad as printed. His parents kept the workhouse at Fir Vale. Talks in some detail of the conditions. School, Church and Sunday School. 'The Victorians'.
Leo Eustace Nelson, born 1893. Childhood memories, family moved to Manchester for father to find work. School days, the pawnshop. Early work, going to work in a foundry. Describes what a steel works was like, condtions of work. Leisure, rambling. 'The Victorians'. |