Picture No | 10222026 |
Date | 1842 |
Description | Attack on the workhouse at Stockport |
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Rioters attack the Union Workhouse at Stockport and distribute loaves of bread at the gate. The attacks were precipitated by severe unemployment and subsequent poverty and hunger.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 20 August 1842. p. 236 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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