Christmas Day in the Workhouse

Illustration and verses from In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse - written by George R Sims in 1877. This sentimental poem about the supposed cruelties of the workhouse system became enormously popular. Having been refused a handout of food from poor relief officials, a destitute man returns home to find his starving wife has died

1877 Attic Crockery Cruel Cruelties Cruelty Destitute Handout Inequality Pauper Paupers Poem Refused Returning Sentimental Shabby Shaft Shelf Sims Slum Starving Unequal Verses

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