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Many of these places were built to the cross and Y-shaped designs of Sampson Kempthorne. They’re not the Magdalene Laundries, but under the Earl Grey Scheme, thousands of Irish girls were taken from these places to Australia. (-5[1])An 1845 scandal concerned (-5[1])the use of an iron rammer to crush bones in one of these places (10[1]-5[2])in Andover. (-5[1])These places, which were the main site of indoor relief, were nicknamed “the spike” (10[1])after equipment used to pick fibres out of oakum. Similarly to in (10[1])prisons, (10[1])men were often made (10[1])to (10[1])break up rocks (10[1])in these places following the passage of the 1834 Poor Law. (10[1])For 10 points, name these institutions (10[1])where destitute Victorians were made to labour. ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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