YOUNG RESIDENTS, C1897
▲ Families entering the workhouse were split up, with children – such as these boys at Crumpsall Workhouse in Manchester – assigned to their own section. Children under seven, at the discretion of those in charge, were sometimes allowed to accompany their mothers in the women's ward, but for the most part, children only saw their parents during a designated ‘daily interview’. From 1834, workhouse children were required to receive at least three hours of schooling per day, and most workhouses had their own school blocks.
