The People of Rainhill Asylum & life in Whiston Workhouse REPEAT FROM 2019

Schedule

Tue Mar 01 2022 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

Location

Momos Cafe CIC | Saint Helens, EN

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The history of mental health in St Helens
About this Event

What was it like in the ‘Asylum’?

How did the people of St Helens end up there.

What was Mental Health Services like in the late Victorian Era up to when it closed.

Were they a source of good or bad?

What was it like in there? Who was in there? For what reason were they locked away?

Why did people enter the workhouse

Rainhill Hospital explained for the first hour

Life in the workhouse for the second hour

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Where is it happening?

Momos Cafe CIC, Westfield Street, Saint Helens, United Kingdom

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Tickets

GBP 5.00

Claire Rigby

Host or Publisher Claire Rigby

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