It is a theme that regularly stalks the blog and rightly so.
All the more important then that there should be historians beavering away at how these awful conditions were being challenged.
For me it was those with vision and determination who could see the possibilities of alternative societies based on justice, equality and respect who have a special place in my research. They formed the first trade unions, demanded the vote for all men and women and undertook the daily struggle to win a better world.
But then there were those with wealth, privilege and influence who did not want to change the prevailing social and economic set up but never the less saw that its many causalities needed help. Most involved themselves in charities seeking to ease the worst excesses of late 19th century capitalism.
And their efforts do need to be constantly looked at and brought out of the shadows, all of which leads me to the latest posting from the Together Trust which is the successor to the Manchester & Salford Boys’ and Girls’ Refuges which along with others worked at rescuing destitute and abused children from the streets of our city and offering them safe accommodation and training in a variety of occupations.*
They are always a good read offering detail in to the work of the charity and original photographs from the archives.
*http://togethertrustarchive.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/where-have-all-buildings-gone.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+TogetherTrustArchive-GettingDownAndDusty+(Together+Trust+Archive+-+getting+down+and+dusty!)
Picture; courtesy of the Together Trust
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