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So glad it has been saved. I only saw my email from them today as i have been away.

Lets hope its can be put back as it was.

Oh and a big thank you to all those who signed the petition.Still need others to sign just to keep it going.

http://www.clevelandstreetworkhouse.org/Cleveland_Street_Workhouse/Welcome.html



Hazelx

Have signed the petition, Treehunter.

Two of the hospitals I have worked in had workhouses, and both have been demolished. One for a new housing estate ( the wards demolished also). Don't expect the houses to last as long as the very basic, but most useful workhouse.

The British government announced Monday it has given protected status to a former workhouse thought to have inspired Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” a move that should save the building from the demolition.
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Hazelx

put this to the top so if anyone missed be for can still sign if you want to

Thank you

Hazelx

Thank you everyone.

If you know of any other website broad you can put this on please do.


Hazelx

I have Signed TreeHunter
Hazelx

I've signed - I have ancestors who were in there, although I'm not sure they would think that's a reason to save it:)

I have just signed it will pass it on to my friends and family

Cheryl

Signed and passed on to friends.

Here's a link:

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/39594.html

http://www.clevelandstreetworkhouse.org/Cleveland_Street_Workhouse/Welcome.html

And thank you AnninGlos
for putting that info on for me.

Thank you for signing.

I saw it in Family History Monthly magazine.Febuary 2011.

Please get people to sign it.

Hazelx

Thanks for making us aware of this petition. My 3 x gt grandma died in the Strand Workhouse and as such I have a particular interest in the building remaining as an important part of London's social history.

I have signed.

Couldn't get the petition with the site you gave but got the petition up with searching for Stand Workhouse ..
Sign petition


Sue

Just to add a bit.

One of the last surviving workhouse buildings in London - the former Strand workhouse on Cleveland Street - needs your support to save it from the bulldozer.

The building was originally erected in 1778 as a parish workhouse for St Paul, Covent Garden, then was taken over by the new Strand poor law union in 1836, later becoming an infirmary for the Central London Sick Asylum District. It was used until recently as an out-patients annexe for the Middlesex Hospital but is now empty and under threat of demolition. During its unparalled 230 years of service to the London's sick, the workhouse was closely involved in pivotal developments in the evolution of health care. A vigorous campaign to preserve this unique building is now underway.

It is also thought to be the workhouse that Charles Dickens based some of his works on.



I have signed the petition hazel

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To save the Stand Workhouse

http://tinyurl.com/38yxz3g

This is one of the last surviving London workhouse on Cleverland Street.

I have put this on records office as well

Hazelx