And given that the snow is still tumbling from the skies and the night promises to see the temperature drop dramatically her post on the homeless of Manchester just over 140 years ago is a powerful reminder of what life was like for thousands of young people in the last quarter of the 19th century.
More so because it also looks at the reasons why so many charities working with and for children all began around the late 1860s and early 1870s, and as always it provides some fascinating photographs drawn from the Trust’s archive and offers links to other sites.
Opposite; boys at work in one of Refuge's homes
Picture; courtesy of the Together Trust
The Together Trust was the Manchester & Salford Boys' & Girls' Refuges established in 1870 to provide shelter, care, training and legal representation for young people in the Manchester & Salford area.
*http://togethertrustarchive.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/homeless-near-thousand-homes.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+TogetherTrustArchive-GettingDownAndDusty+(Together+Trust+Archive+-+getting+down+and+dusty!)
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