100 Fishponds Road: Eastville Workhouse’s Paupers Remembered
- Synopsis
- In 2015 the Eastville Workhouse Memorial Group in Bristol unveiled a memorial for the 4,084 paupers buried in a mass grave at Rosemary Green. In this short video, Dr Roger Ball and a group of local residents reveal the story of how the Eastville Workhouse came about and what it tells us about social conditions in Victorian Britain. The film is also a very good example of how social media can be used to develop new tools and techniques to identify research opportunities and disseminate historical findings.[14 minutes]
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Year of release
- 2016
- Subjects
- Social Studies; History
- Keywords
- Bristol; poverty; Victorian life; workhouses; mass graves
Online availability
- URI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=gMobWOWh5RI
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Director
- Ben Pike
- Contributor
- Roger Dr Ball
Production Company
- Name
Bristol Radical History Group
- brh@brh.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.brh.org.uk/site/project/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- c/o Hydra Books
34 Old Market Street
BS2 0EZ
Distributor
- Name
YouTube
- Web
- http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window
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