A DICKENS’ RELIC.
Thfe British Ministry of Health took over an old workhouse and farm at Claydon, near Ipswich, last November, and converted it into a training place for settlement in the Dominions of some of the thousands of young men drawing the dole. The workhouse, built in 1776, is traditionally the place where Oliver Twist “asked for more.’’ The men—about 200 in number, 50 of whom are destined for work on Australian farms—have been at Claydon for four and a-lialf months. For hardening the muscles, renewing physical fitness, and restoring the men’s confidence, the experiment has proved a success.
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 136, 10 June 1926, Page 5
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100A DICKENS’ RELIC. Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 136, 10 June 1926, Page 5
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