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Building on continuing research into the unmarked graves behind the site of Eastville workhouse, Bristol, this talk exposes the contrast in treatment between rich and poor in death.<\/p>\n<p>This meeting is organised by UWE Regional History Centre as part of its M Shed Seminar Programme, 2015-16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funeral ceremonies were very important to middle class Victorians, with detailed and often elaborate rituals to mark the passing of cherished family members and those deemed \u2018important\u2019. But for paupers who died in the workhouses, things were very different. 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