On Monday I blogged about debtors’ prisons, which people often confuse with poorhouses, the subject of today’s cheery blog. Debtors’ prisons and poorhouses were not the same thing, but were equally dismal places.
Poorhouses, or almshouses, existed in England from… Read More
Up until the late 1800s, milk vendors in London’s St. James Park brought their cows to supply milk on demand to nursemaids and children out for their daily walk.