"his was the record of a life crowded with good work"

I don’t have much truck with that sort of history that bangs on about the great men and women who shaped the past.

So I was pleased yesterday to read about two unassuming  people who had a significant impact on the lives of homeless children here in Manchester in the last quarter of the 19th century.

The silent partner - Richard Taylor,* is from the latest edition of the Together Trust’s blog on the work of the Manchester & Salford Boys’ & Girls’ Refuges.

It begins to explore the motivation which led Leonard Kilbee Shaw and Richard Bramwell Taylor to start their work with those young people who lived on the streets of our city and offers also a short biography of the two.

And as such is a welcome addition to what we know about those men and women who got involved in these children’s charities.

*http://togethertrustarchive.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-silent-partner-richard-taylor.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+TogetherTrustArchive-GettingDownAndDusty+(Together+Trust+Archive+-+getting+down+and+dusty!)

Picture; Richard Taylor in 1873, (2nd row left hand side, courtesy of the Together Trust