Telling the story of 12 young people given a better future by a Manchester charity in 1882

Austin, one of the twelve

Now here is a little of the lives of some of the young people who were given the opportunity of a better future with the help of the Manchester and Salford Boys’ and Girls’ Refuges.

During the late 19th the provision of help for those who were on the margins of poverty or had fallen over the edge was pretty much limited to the Poor Law, charities and wealthy well meaning individuals.

And if you were young, destitute or at the mercy of improvident parents struggling to survive in our city you might well have come to the attention of the Manchester and Salford Boys’ and Girls’ Refuges.

It is an organization I keep coming back to no less because of the excellent blog produced by the archivist of the charity.

This week’s edition focuses on twelve young individuals and the strength of the story is that it has been drawn from the archives of the Trust which just leaves me to point you to the link.*

Picture; Austin – one of the twelve, courtesy of the Together Trust

*More on the Moody party, http://togethertrustarchive.blogspot.co.uk/