Jimper’s Jottings November rarely saw the first of the winter winds and rain, bonfire night in Rye was lucky as we had a five hour window of dry weather. With the celebrations over the rain fell from the sky in torrents and the wind rose to storm force. Few
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This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Workhouse, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. Among the pieces gathered here are “Pauperism in Rye” and “Jimper’s Jottings December 2008”, each adding its own detail to the story.
Pauperism in Rye
Late Victorian & Early Edwardian Rye By “Rya” Pauperism remained an unresolved social problem at the opening of the twentieth century. Social reform in this county was confined to filing the most glaring gaps in the existing social system. The bed-rock of social provision was to be found in the Poor Law, first enacted in … Continue reading Pauperism in Rye