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Penny sit-up

be allowed to sit on a bench in a reasonably warm room all night. They were not allowed to lie down and sleep on the bench. A penny sit-up was the cheapest...

Last Update: 2024-03-11T18:40:41Z Word Count : 312 Synonim Penny sit-up

Bench

Look up bench in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bench or The Bench can refer to: Bench (furniture), a long seat Memorial bench, a bench commemorating...

Last Update: 2023-11-17T12:36:35Z Word Count : 378 Synonim Bench

Bombay High Court

AstraZeneca. The Bombay High Court sits at Mumbai, the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and has additional benches in Aurangabad and Nagpur in Maharashtra...

Last Update: 2024-03-22T13:02:00Z Word Count : 3965 Synonim Bombay High Court

Bench press

The bench press, or chest press, is a weight training exercise where a person presses a weight upwards while lying horizontally on a weight training bench...

Last Update: 2024-03-09T09:17:51Z Word Count : 2867 Synonim Bench press

Crossbencher

between and perpendicular to the government and opposition benches, where crossbenchers sit in the chamber. Crossbench members of the British House of...

Last Update: 2024-02-15T11:06:02Z Word Count : 1722 Synonim Crossbencher

Backbencher

file". The term dates from 1855. The term derives from the fact that they sit physically behind the frontbench in the House of Commons. A backbencher may...

Last Update: 2024-03-08T01:10:34Z Word Count : 884 Synonim Backbencher

Benchwarmer

Bench warmer (or benchwarmer) is a sports player who is not selected to play, hence sits on the benches and keeps them warm. It may also refer to: The...

Last Update: 2023-03-10T19:47:43Z Word Count : 105 Synonim Benchwarmer

Push-up

"lizards".) Pull-up (exercise) Dip (exercise) Bench press Calisthenics Handstand pushup Jumping jack Plank (exercise) Sit-up (exercise) World Push Up Championships...

Last Update: 2024-03-24T16:12:31Z Word Count : 4072 Synonim Push-up

Bench seat

forward-facing or rear-facing, is also a bench seat. The front bench seat typically allowed three people to sit abreast, or six passengers in most four-door...

Last Update: 2023-12-12T01:54:35Z Word Count : 899 Synonim Bench seat

Overhead press

dumbbell or kettlebell, and then pressing with one arm and then the other. Bench press Clean and press Push press Boly, Jake (16 March 2021). "The Overhead...

Last Update: 2024-01-23T17:35:55Z Word Count : 306 Synonim Overhead press

Hostile architecture

disabled to sit and stand up" but admitted in an interview that the perceived orderliness problems at the station building influenced how the benches were designed...

Last Update: 2024-02-28T05:49:33Z Word Count : 5199 Synonim Hostile architecture

List of weight training exercises

be done on a leg press machine. The bench press or dumbbell bench-press is performed while lying face up on a bench, by pushing a weight away from the...

Last Update: 2024-02-04T21:21:54Z Word Count : 2925 Synonim List of weight training exercises

Northlake, Illinois

different workout stations for pull ups, wall hurdles, squat bars, sit-up benches and there is also beautiful metal art work along the path. The park...

Last Update: 2024-02-24T23:24:29Z Word Count : 1081 Synonim Northlake, Illinois

Squat (exercise)

outwards. Box squat – at the bottom of the motion the squatter will sit down on a bench or other type of support then rise again. The box squat is commonly...

Last Update: 2024-03-27T02:15:02Z Word Count : 5157 Synonim Squat (exercise)

King's Bench Division

seemed, thereafter, to be that a central royal court, called The Bench, began to sit regularly at Westminster, leading, at some stage, to a separation...

Last Update: 2023-11-01T15:03:59Z Word Count : 3822 Synonim King's Bench Division

Bench grinder

A bench grinder is a benchtop type of grinding machine used to drive abrasive wheels. A pedestal grinder is a similar or larger version of grinder that...

Last Update: 2023-04-13T15:41:02Z Word Count : 1468 Synonim Bench grinder

Piano stool

Look up piano stool in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A piano stool, also referred to as a piano bench or piano chair (depending on style) is a seat...

Last Update: 2024-02-27T10:26:37Z Word Count : 969 Synonim Piano stool

Friendship bench

Friendship Bench programme is a Zimbabwean community-based mental health intervention where trained community health workers (known as "grandmothers") sit on...

Last Update: 2023-12-03T11:34:24Z Word Count : 979 Synonim Friendship bench

Right to sit

The right to sit refers to laws or policies granting workers the right to be granted suitable seating at the workplace. Jurisdictions that have enshrined...

Last Update: 2024-03-19T20:10:33Z Word Count : 7262 Synonim Right to sit

Nashville sit-ins

The Nashville sit-ins, which lasted from February 13 to May 10, 1960, were part of a protest to end racial segregation at lunch counters in downtown Nashville...

Last Update: 2024-02-13T22:59:42Z Word Count : 4507 Synonim Nashville sit-ins

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Penny sit-up

The penny sit-up was one of the first homeless shelters, created for the people of Blackfriars, in central London, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was operated by the Salvation Army to provide comfort and support to its destitute clients. What made this shelter unique was that in exchange for a penny, clients would be allowed to sit on a bench in a reasonably warm room all night. They were not allowed to lie down and sleep on the bench. A penny sit-up was the cheapest homeless shelter at that time. There were more expensive shelters available in London, such as a "four penny coffin" (where the clients were provided with a coffin-sized box so that they can sleep lying-down). By today's standards, the penny sit-up would be considered inadequate and callous. However, at the time it was considered a well-meaning, inexpensive, and compassionate attempt to deal with the recent explosion in homelessness caused by the rapid urbanisation of 19th century England. The Salvation Army believed these shelters provided relief from the harsh London winters and provided new followers of Christianity. Others, such as Professor Howard Sercombe of the University of Strathclyde, have argued that such institutions were more likely to have been designed to control the homeless, or at the very best were a compassionate response to the harsh "moving on" laws of the time, which made it illegal for people to remain vagrant upon the streets.


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