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Offline SteveJW

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The Retreat
« on: Wednesday 06 March 19 17:19 GMT (UK) »
Can anyone provide details of The Retreat, Battle RDC, Sussex
I have a distant relative residing there in 1939, it looks as if it is an institute, as there is someone whose occupation is Institute Manager.
A picture would be nice
Thanks Steve
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Re: The Retreat
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 06 March 19 17:53 GMT (UK) »
From an article in the Sussex Agricultural Express, 11 June 1937:

A gratifying change has taken place in the public outlook towards anything connected with a Poor Law Institution.  It is no longer a stigma to have been born in a "workhouse".  That name has been scrapped long ago, and institutions are known by pleasanter names.  The one at Rye is "The Retreat"; at Battle it is "The Stone House"; and at Ticehurst it is "The Furzes".  The horrible word "pauper" is banished for ever.
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Re: The Retreat
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