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The Eleventh Annual Report of the Manchester and Salford Boy's And The Together Trust Archive The Eleventh Annual Report of the Manchester and Salford Boys' and Girls' Refuges and Homes, Strangeways (1881) Reference number: DA/2020/1/1 (1880) Original copies can be viewed at Manchester Central Library Rare Books Collection: 362.7M1 1870-81 © 2021 The Together Trust THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF TilE .. , :£lllancbe.!5ter Ultb ~alfotb BOYS' AND GIRLS' REFUGES AND HOMES, STRANGEWAYS, MANCHESTER. (i;,mstcts. JOHN RYLANDS, Esq. HERBERT PHILIPS, Esq. OLIVER HEYWOOD, Esq. WILLIAM SMITH, Esq. RICHARD HAWORTH, Esq. JAMES OHAPMAN, Esq. "I was a stranger, and ye took me in; HENRY LEE, Esq., M.P. RIOHARD B. TAYLOR, ",sq. LEONARD K. SHAW, Esq. naked, and ye clothed me." (!J;JlUlInU,!tt. RIaHARD B. TAYLOR. WILLIAM OLDHAM. LOUIS M. HAYES. LEONARD K. SHAW, Hon. Soc. (ii;WUllrtr. JAMES O. STUART, Esq., 8, King-street. SUI'geon-ANDREW BOU'l'FLOWER, Esq., Great Dncie-stroet. SoLicitol·s-Messrs. FARRAR nnd HALL, Fonntain·street. ~JlIlOnIQJ' 'sunhtr),!. LEONARD K. SHAW, Broom Holm, Oheetham Hill. ~:IIIJ\CtS. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD BANK (late Messrs. HEYWOOD Brothers), St. Ann's·street Branch. ~Jllstrr llllll tatron. Mr. and Mrs. BROWNE. MANOIIESTER: CHAS. SEVER, PRINTER, LITHOGRAPHER. &c" LONG ~IlLLGATE. 1881. The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the MANOHESTER AND SALFORD Boys' AND GIRLS' REFUGES AND HOMES was held at the Centml Befl/ge, Strangeways, on Friday, May 6th, 1881. The Rev. WILLIAM MO.CAW took the Chair at 6 p.m. o'olook. The Meeting having been opened with prayer, the Annual Report was I'ead by the Hon. Seoretl~ry,Mr. LEONARD SHAW, and the Finanoial Statement of the Treasurer by Mr. R. B. Taylor. .. If you look at the matter seljishly, it is very muoh your Moved by Rev. PREBENDARY MAODONALD, and seconded by Mr. ALDEmiAN HARWOOD. inte1'est to give these Lads a lift, beoause they are exaotly at an age when habits of industry and honesty on the one hand, "That the Report and Financial Statement now reaa be and of idleness and vioe on the other, are permanently formed. adopted, printed, and ciroulated under the direction of the It is now 01' never for them. The next two or three years Committee, and that the Committee for the ensuing year be Messrs. R. B. Taylor, Louis M. Hayes, William Oldham, and will probably deoide whether they are as workers to inorease Leonard K. Shaw; and that the Treasurer be Mr. J. C. Stuart." the public wealth, or whether they are to lessen it by living upon it for the rest of their days as paupers, vagrants, or Moved by Mr. GEORGE SMITIT, of Coalville, and seconded by Mr. possibly worse."-LoRD DERBY at Annual Meeting January, T. C. DAVIS-COLLEY. 1873. " That the neglected condition of many children still to be found on the streets and in common lodging-houses of all large oities, and in other places, is fraught with danger to the best interests of society, and calls for renewed efforts in order that by legislation and other means, the evil may be diminished. These Resolutions were adopted unanimously, after which the children of all the Homes assembled, to whom special addresses were delivered by Rev. Julius Lloyd, Messrs. Richard Johnson, Henry Beales, and Thomas Jackson, the usual votes of thanks closing the proceedings. 1 ' I r I I ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1880. AT the close of the eleventh year of the operations of the Boys' AND GIRLS' REFUGES AND HOMES, the Committee are thankful to be able to record that the Institution in its various branches is in a state of thorough efficiency; and " Work on, work on, nor doubt nor fear, that its operations throughout the year have been attended with a considerable amount of success, and, they would From age to age this voice shall cheer ;­ trust, of blessing. Whate'er may die and be forgot, The year which closed in January has, like those which Work done for GOD, IT dieth not." preceded it, been one of extension. At our last anniver­ Old MS. sary the Institution numbered nine establishments, but shortly afterwards a friend (after going all round the work and seeing what was being accomplished; seeing also that each Home was full) voluntarily placed in our hands the amount required to establish another Orphan Home. This Home was opened on June 4th by the Bishop of Manchester, so that this year we have to chronicle TEN HOMES as composing the Institution. The Central Refuge, Strangeways. Four Homes for Working Lads in Broughton. Four Homes for Little Orphan Boys in Cheetham. And One Girls' Home, Broughton-lane. EACH HOME BEING FULL. "-~.~-_:....:.:.:::. ~- :.._~~:...: ------ -- - - '" :.._:-_...:._,_.._-'._-' .. ..:.'.;. :;.::.:::,...,.:".....::".... 6 7 We commenced the year 1880 with a total of 200 As to ed1~cation. Their condition was as follows :_ children under our care in the Refuge and its branches. Entirely ignorant 19 1st Standard . During the year, out of the large number who sought 2nd Standard. 17 our aid, 101 of the most needy were admitted. ................................. 25 srd Standard ................................. 26 It would very much under-rate both the work and the use­ 4th Standard .................. fulness of the Institution if it were supposed that no help was 12 5th Standard . .................. afforded to those who, from various causes, were not deemed 2 eligible for admission. Very often these cases, from their 101 peculiarity, involved more labour and anxiety in giving If we add these 101 children to the 200 in our Homes them the help they needed than those whose condition and u~Je when. the year began, it gives a total of 301 ,,0-, r OUt' care surroundings at once marked them out as suitable for d:urmg the. twelve months'and of th ese we are able to give admission. In this Institution we feel we cannot deal in the followmg account :_ a cold and official manner with the poor children and We have retained under our care and training at young persons who, either in their wretchedness or way­ R~fuge and Branch Homes 201 wardness, seek our help and guidance. Each case is Placed III situations away from our care doing well 1 separately gone into, and the temporary aid-whether it be Restored to Friends 4 lodging, clothing, food, employment, counsel, or warning­ Sent to Training Shi~ .. :::::::::::·:.. ·······.. ····.. ·..· 23 which their case seems to require, is, as far as possible, Sent to Industrial Schools . 14 Died 4 afforded. But, leaving these cases amongst the unwritten records of Canno·;·~~~~~~~· ~~;i~;~~~~·r~~~· ;~;.::::::::::::::::::::: I; our work, we proceed to speak of the 101 children Total. '" 301 admitted. Physically, they were of the usual type-dirty, ragged, th It wi!l not be necessary to speak in detail of, or describe e vanous branches which compose the Institution. and neglected. As to parentage- 42 had lost both parents, The Central Refuge, Strangeways 43 had lost one parent, Still confmues th e head-quarters of the work where' the 16 had both living somewhere. raw human rnat'enal'IS fi rst received from off 'the streets 101 and where the impressions first received will to a larg~ I r 8 I 9 ,I extent determine the boy's future course. Most thankful One of the features of this branch of our work has been are. the Committee that these early impressions are chiefly I that a number of the elder lads having become self­ in the hands of such earnest and devoted labourers as their I supporting, are being gradually provided by the Committee master and matron, Mr. and Mrs. Browne, who lay them­ with safe lodgings. As each one is moved out, his place is selves out specially in those early days to win to all that is taken by another from the Refuge, and thus room made at true, and pure, and good, the unpromising material with the Refuge to rescue another from the streets. which they deal. The two divisions of which we have so far spoken, As we said formerly-work, bright, active, cheerful work, contain the boys who are able to work. Their earnings is one great means used at the Refuge in reclaiming the form a very important item in the income of the Institution wild street boy; and to one or other of the employments and we cannot but think constitute a strong appeal to th~ C'arried on in our workshops the boy is at once put on public to provide willingly the balance required, seeing il admission, and begins very early to learn the great principle is "helping those who are really trying to help themselves." of "Self-help." The total earnings for the year have been...£ 2 ,3 I 2 13 6 Schooling in the morning, employment during the day, Of which amount the boys have paid and again school in the evening, varied on alternate nights towards their support 2,19° II with recreation, makes up the daily life at the Central The difference between these two amounts, after allowing Refuge.::: a portion for pocket money and lawful recreation, is placed in our Savings Bank towards their clothing. The Homes for Working Boys, The Homes for Little Orphan Boys, Of which there are four, and which form the second branch At Johnson-street, Queen's-road, Cheetham, for children of our operations, have pursued their course of quiet useful­ who have lost both parents and are otherwise quite ness during the year. They are conducted on the family destitute, form a very interesting and important branch principle -17 to 18 boys in each Home, who, having passed of our operations. We have now FOUR of these SMALL through the parent Refuge, are now employed in one or FAMILY HOMES, each containing 12 fatherless and mother­ other of the various trades of our city.
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