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'A Cardiff Scandal: The Life of Honora Shaughnessy'. A new blog post about a girl, her bastard father, and how the workhouse let her down. It is a very upsetting life history of a vulnerable person with many distressing themes. https://t.co/Q4qYbO7KdH

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