St Mary's Hospital, c.1960s - originally Luton Workhouse [Z50/75/133]
Sunday 23rd August 1914 (Luton): The Territorials billeted in the town are having a practical problem due to the difficulty of getting clean underclothing. A Laundry Service Committee has been formed to help. Underwear is being collected from around town and a group of women have been put to work washing and mending it.
Extra billets have been found by sending forty of the territorials to the old Workhouse, where they are living in a separate section from the usual inmates, with their own entrance. Sixty more men are expected to join them. The Mayor has now agreed that their washing can be done in the Workhouse Laundry for a small fee.
Source: Luton News 27th August 1914
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