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Radio Merseyside,08 Sep 2025,10 mins
Workhouse to NHS: Liverpool’s hidden link revealed
Hidden MerseysideAvailable for over a year
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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