Workhouse shirt
Category
Costume
Date
1914 - 1918
Materials
Cotton
Measurements
1500 mm (Width); 900 mm (Length); 670 mm (Width)
Place of origin
Cheshire
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The Workhouse, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
NT 493212
Summary
A cream cotton workhouse shirt made in Cheshire between 1914 and 1918.
Provenance
Machine made in Cheshire 1914-1918. Donated in 2006 by Mr. Roy Philips who was a member of AHRCO, the association of Health and Residential care officers, originally known as the Workhouse Masters’s and Matron’s Association.
Marks and inscriptions
Label inside back neck: 'Cromaco brand'; 'M'