![]() Then the forlorn bewilderment of it struck me for there we were made to separate, Mother going in one direction to the women's ward and we in another to the children's. ![]() But on that doleful day I didn't realize what was happening until we actually entered the workhouse gate. ![]() His mother, Hannah Chaplin, found it increasingly difficult to find work on the stage and in 1895 the family entered the Lambeth Workhouse.Ĭhaplin later wrote: "Although we were aware of the shame of going to the workhouse, when Mother told us about it both Sydney and I thought it adventurous and a change from living in one stuffy room. His father, Charles Chaplin, deserted the family and eventually died of alcoholism. Both his parents were music hall entertainers and Charlie started appearing on the stage while still a child. Charlie Chaplin was born in London on 16th April, 1889. ![]()
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