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http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html ... .shtmljust found this interesting site.

carith wrote: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html ... .shtmljust found this interesting site. Great stuff. The Hunslet Union badge was adopted by Hunslet RLFC.I'm a bit confused. Did the workhouse in Hunslet close and a new one open in Rothwell but still under the auspices of the Hunslet organisation?

They certainly liked their porridge!HUNSLET WORKHOUSE DIETARY, 1761. To Breakfast. To Dinner. To Supper. Fryday Milk porridge Pudding or dumplins with treakle sauce, with a small piece of bread and butter, or occasionally a pye of broaken meat. Milk porridge Saturday Milk porridge Drink porridge and bread Milk porridge Sunday Milk porridge Boyld beef or mutton with bread and beer, pottatoes or greens, broth served first. Broth Monday Broth or milk porridge Rice milk and broaken meat with drink. Milk porridge Tuesday Milk porridge Bread, cheese, and drink. N.B.—Instead of the above, two calves' hearts, boyld with two pounds bacon. Milk porridge Wedesday Milk porridge Dumplins with sauce and old milk. Milk porridge Thursday Water porridge Beef or mutton, boyled with pottatoes or greens. Milk porridge

That Rothwell one is round the corner from where I live. It's an old people's home now.