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Radio Merseyside,08 Sep 2025,10 mins

Workhouse to NHS: Liverpool’s hidden link revealed

Hidden Merseyside

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On the site of today’s Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral once stood Britain’s biggest workhouse. Harsh, unforgiving, and home to the city’s poorest, but it also became an unlikely stepping stone to the NHS. Historian Peter Higginbotham reveals how. Picture courtesy of Peter Higginbotham

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