The Together Trust Archive The Ninth Annual Report of the Manchester and Salford Boys' and Girls' Refuges and Homes, Strangeways (1879) Reference number: DA/2020/1/1 (1878) Original copies can be viewed at Manchester Central Library Rare Books Collection: 362.7M1 1870-81 © 2021 The Together Trust THE NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE :£t1ancuc,Stcr anb -SalforlJ ·BOYS' AND GIRLS' REFUGES AND HOMES, STRANGEWAYS, MANCHESTER. Q::rustccs . JOHN RYLANDS, Esq. HERBERT PHILIPS, Esc!. OLIVER liEYWOOD, ESlJ. WILLIAM SThIITIl, Esq. ·RICHARD HAWORTH, Esq. JAMES CHAPMAN, Esc!. HENRY LEE, Esq. RICllARD B. TAYLOR, Esc!. LEONARD K. SIlAW, Esc!. (!!;llllllnit! ct• . RJCHARD B. TAYLOR. H. B. H4RRISON. LOUIS 111. HAYES. T. H. RYMER. LEONARD K. SHAW, 11011. Sec. [;rcn.llrcr. JAMES C. STUART, Esq., 8, Kinl'(-street. SlIr(/eon-A.c'\'DREW BOUTFLOWER, Esq., Grent Ducie-street. Solicitor-To LISTER l'ARI~AR, Esq., 47, Princess-street. :;ljollOrHrn ,S!crclnrn. LEOKARD K. SllAW, B;oom HOll;:;, Clleethnm lIil!. ~l:ll1lms. iIIAKClIESTER A.c'\'D SALFORD BANK (Jnta Messrs. HEYWOOD Brother"). St. Ann's-streat Branch. ~n:tstcr nllll ~ltntroIT. Mr. nnd Mrs. BROWKE. M_~NCHESTER CIJ.\ . SEvEn, P1UX'l'ER, LI1'UOORAPHl.:l:, ETC., LOXG :\In,LG.\TL. 187\J. - ~-_.. The Ninth Annnlt! Meeting of the lIIA:o:ICnESTER A:o:ID SALFORD Boys' AND GmLs' REFUGES A:o:ID HO:IIES was held in the Memorial Hall, Albert Squal'e, on Monday, January 20th, 1879. Amongst those present were the Lord Bishop of Manchester, the Mayor of Manchester, Hugh Birley, Esq., M.P., Rev. Prebendary Macdonald, Rev. Canon Woodhouse, Peter MacLaren, Esq., Isaac Hoyle, Esq., H. J. Leppoc, Esq., Rev. William Mc.Caw, Councillor J. A. Birch, Charles Sever, Esq., Frederick Taylor, Esq., Edmund Whitworth, Esq. and athol'S. "If you look at the matter selfishly, it is very much your The MAYOR OF MA:o:ICnESTER took the Chair at 12 o'clock. intorest to give these Lads a lift, because they are exactly at The Meeting having bcon opened with prayer, the Annual an age when habits of industry and honesty on the one hanel, Roport was read by tho Secrotary, Mr. LEONARD SnAW, and the and of idloness and vice on tho other, arc permanently formed. Financial Statement of tho Troasmor by Mr. J. C. STUART. It 'i now OJ' neve?' for the?n. The noxt two or three years It lvas then ?/loved by IIuon BmLEY, Esq., M.P., and seconded by will pr bably docide whether thoy are as workers to increase Rev. Prebenuary MACDONALD,- the public wealth, or whether thoy are to lessen it by living upon it for the rest of thoir days as paupers, vagrants, or "That the Report and Treasurer's Statement now read bo adopted, printed, and circulatod, under the direction of tho possibly worse."-LoRD DERDY at Amma! Meeting, JiL?tuary, Committeo." 1873. It lvas move,! by the LORD BIsnor OF lli:o:lCBESTER, secondec! by Councillor J. A. Bmcn, and supported by Rev. WILLIA:II MC.CAW. "That the Committee for the cnsuing year be Messrs. R. B. Taylor, Louis Hayes, H. B. IIarrison, T. H. Rymer, and Leonard K. Shaw, and that the Treasmer be Mr. Jas. C. Stuart." Theso Resolutions were auoptei unanimously; ancl a vote of thanks to the :\layor for presiding concluded the proceedings. S ol,w" tho frioncll s 'hilclr 11 • Strl1Y a from tho Shopho]'cl's foW ; Aiding th ir gtmnliltll ltng ls, A ill tho dl1Ys f oW. ul l' tho a I1tl,-ilttmp 111' hWRyS, SURR U OED by many tokens of commercial "'loom an 1 of Out on tho cold wot stl1ir, . social di tre 5, the ommittee of the Boy' AND GIRLS' 'I'h 1'0 wh 1'0 th Ion som htmphghL '1'1' mblos with sickly ghu . REFU ,ES AND H ~lES, on this th ir ninth anniversary, meet rOV r 11 fathor'l; hI ssing; thc friends of the Homeless and D titute with feelings of Novor 11 mothor's nil' ; thankfulne ,not unmixed with a little anxiety: in looking VOl' It halld of soothing I',tSSOa. through tho uukompt h'tir. hac/.', thankfulness; for, notwithstanding the gloom, two N v 1', oxc pt in curs H, new branches,-th (,irls' Branch, Broughton-lane, and Au"llL f 1\ C a. thoy Imow: N v ; tho oarth's glad sUllshino,­ anoth r Orr han Hom for Little Bo)'s in eh etham,-have Ouly its uight of w . been added to our] nstitution; a larger numb r have b en Lona. us 11 hl1l1l1 to llC\lr til l1l, helpeel than in any I reviou. )' ar, anel we close the year Mothors with darlillgH hright . with more chilelren und r our care than at any former I ity tho fri ndl.ss ,hil~1' 11, DOl' in 11 SI1V ,om' s . Ight! period: in looking .forman!, a litt! anxiety; for we cannot •ri nd with a hild in HOlt\" 11, shut our eyes to th fact that in the community among II R1', for it alIs to you, Bidding y u holp somo wl1nclo1'c], whom we live ther is not a much wealth to draw from as On to thoso mltn IOns too. there was a few years ago, and that when so mu h is being Fl1th 1', l1ua. frionds, and sistors, given to meet I e ial need , the more permanent forms of Holp us with h I\rt an~ Illtl1l1, Sooking tho frionclloss ollllclren, eli lre s whi h UIT un 1 u ar likely to suffer. Sw lliug the I1U"el b,tua. ! Still, when w rem mher th tep. that hay Ie 1our Tn ti­ tlltion to it pres nt position, we dare not us the langua"'e of dislru t; for IV think we an e the hand of God in every nlarg ment, and that in a h onwar 1 t P we have follow d and not gon before the leading of Providence. The d stitute cas s thal fill our Hom arc, to a large extent, not of our seeking. VOl' oll1e tim past our journ ys ._-_._--~.- I 6 7 to the lowest parts of our city have not been so much to in the scarcity of work which has prevailed throughout the seek out cases, as to investigate those that have already, in year, for- their want and misery, come voluntarily to our door. If, " Satan finds some mischief still therefore, our investigation proves the cases genuine, they For idle hands to do." come to us, established as we are to aid the destitute But whatever the cause, we trust the reproach may in the children of our city, with an almost providential claim on coming year be wiped away. our help. But the Committee did not deem the fact of having needy cases waiting to occupy a new branch, a suffi­ Numbers Applying a.nd Admitted. ciently clear indication that we were at once to open such a The applicants have been very numerous throughout the branch for them; a new Home involves a large preliminary year. Nightly has our aid been' sought, and though this expense in furnishing, &c.; we waited therefore until some Report only deals with those actually admitted, a large friend volunteered to provide this outlay. amount of time and anxious care has been bestowed in Well, this has been the history of each enlargement of investigating, and rendering the temporary assistance needed the Institution :-The destitute cases have been sent to us; by those whom we could ?lot admit. Many erring ones and then, when our Homes have been crowded out, God have thus been restored,-many wayward ones reproved,­ has inclined some heart to provide the means of establishing many hungry ones fed, and sad and sorrowful ones cheered a new one. Surely we shoulcl have been unworthy of the of whom this Report takes' no account; but which in th~ trust committed to us had we held back; and surely we retrospect forms no unimportant part of the work of a busy should prove still more unworthy and ungrateful if, having year. The numbers actually admitted have been 12r, of thus followed the leadings of Providence, we should now which- doubt that He in whose hands are the hearts of men will 62 had lost both parents, incline those hearts to give all that the work needs. 44 had lost one parent, Before briefly alluding to the work of the year, we would 15 had parents living somew/tere. say a word on a subject which has a direct bearing on our 121 work. Each year since the Refuge was established we have Their condition educationally showed a slight improve- been enabled to chronicle a steady decrease in the juvenile ment on last year. apprehensions for crime and depravity. The boys of 16 There were unable to pass Standarl I... 37 and under, apprehended by the police, who in 187 J numbered Unable to pass Standard ~ 35 1349, in 1877 only numbered 606! We rejoiced and felt Unable to pass Standard 3 26 thankful for this fact. Last year, however, the figures are Elementary Education fa:r 23 against us. In 1878 the number apprehended were 688. We regret this fact; probably the reason of it may be founel 121 8 on him this sentence, which we trust they have since seen Last year, out of a total admitted of 114, 40 were unable to cause to regret. The case called forth severe comments in pass Standard 1. This year, out of a total admitted of 121, the public press.