According to Slacks Streets of Douglas, on Kingswood Grove, which I am sure Tony will know, being an ex P.C., "..the Ellan Vannin Home, which until 1957, bore the Dickensian title of 'The House of Industry' ... . Older people still refer it as such. As for Poor House, is not a 'house of industry' another way of saying 'workhouse', which was a 'poor house' where poor people lived and worked (hard) for their keep? -susanne.