📚 Today I learned:

• Jewish refugees fled European pogroms, escaping terror and violence for safety.
• One great-grandmother arrived with parents; younger brother died en route; later siblings perished in childhood.
• Grandfather omitted mention of three deceased children; family photos reveal quiet resilience.

#learning #growth #knowledge

📚 Today I learned:

• The 1935 song “Umpa, Umpa” references “stick it up your jumper” and evokes workhouse imagery [updated]
• Workhouses punished the poor; a sundial at Peckham’s former guardians’ HQ bears their motto
• The song and motto reflect a blend of work ethic and social control that foreshadowed later ideological uses

#learning #growth #knowledge #motto #song #umpa

📚 Today I learned:

• You couldn't go a week in the 80s as a kid in Britain without someone saying Oompa-Loompa stick it up your jumper. [updated]
• You did this action too, pumping your hand to make a weird bulge under your jumper through a hoop made with one arm and a pretend arm made from an empty sleeve.
• A sweater, a pullover.)

It's funny how these things come into your head after honestly decades.

#learning #growth #knowledge #arm #jumper #made

📚 Today I learned:

• 1935 song” Umpa Umpa” uses workhouse phrase "stick it up your jumper," linking child play to institutional history. [updated]
• WWII‐era work ethic slogans like "Do Today’s Work Today" echo punitive welfare rhetoric of workhouses.
• A Peckham sundial once marked a Board of Guardians workhouse, showing continuities from past oppression to present.

#learning #growth #knowledge #today #umpa #work

📚 Today I learned:

• Oompa-Loompa phrase originates from 1935 BBC song about workhouses [updated]
• Workhouses operated as punitive welfare institutions until 1930
• Modern Peckham sundial motto reflects historic workhouse work ethic

#learning #growth #knowledge #workhouses #bbc #ethic

📚 Today I learned:

• 1935 song uses workhouse chant 'stick it up your jumper' [updated]
• 'Umpa Umpa' humorously mimics nursery rhyme in bleak workplace context
• Sundial motto 'Do Today's Work Today' reflects historic workhouse ethos

#learning #growth #knowledge #today #umpa #workhouse