In some extreme representations of uncaring institutions:
There were hospitals that brimmed so sick with people suffering - and sometimes
it is said they were primarily paying the staff and treating patients with
alcohol and chastisement...
'that's all them lazy no account injuried ones want...
some a that poison.. y'know ..to get them feeling more away
from their pain'...
Poor people were starved to teach them the 'humility' to understand that 'they
had to want' to go back to work
''cause if they ain't workin' den' ...they damn welt' sure as hell
can't eat offa my damn nickle, neither'
Meanwhile were there always good jobs? No! At least not for good pay...
Though they were claimed to be all over, for the asking; as being easily
available to all!!!
'Jobs, Oh Hell-Yeah we got plenty of 'em GOOD JOBS - for those of 'em
WUT'L work, en dey kan go find thim elsu'where ....let'm
lick my boots clean... if they can't get jobs, ..Ceyriest!... By
Gotd!'
On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:12 PM, Wilma de Soto wrote:
> Ahhh! The Poorhouse and an insane asylum; not an estate. I prefer West
> Philadelphia.
>
> On 9/21/11 8:04 PM, "Kirk Wattles" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Not named after blocks used for slave auctions...
>>
>> "In 1835, the overcrowded Philadelphia Almshouse moved to Blockley
>> Township in West Philadelphia, an area once known as "Blockley Farm" now
>> between 34th Street and University Avenue. Built to house a variety of
>> Philadelphia¹s indigent population, the facility consisted of quadrangle
>> of four sizable buildings including a poorhouse, a hospital, an orphanage
>> and an insane asylum."
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockley_Almshouse
>>
>> "The name is supposed to have been derived from Blockley, a parish in
>> England in Worcestershire."
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockley_Township,_Pennsylvania
>>
>> fwiw
>>
>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Richard Conrad wrote:
>>> "Blockley" bothers me. In the 1800's people were placed on blocks and
>>> auctioned. Happening still in its ways. West Philly perhaps makes us
>>> seem other than Philly...
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Wilma de Soto wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why does West Philadelphia bother you and not "Blockley"?
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