10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAGGED SCHOOL»
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ragged school in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ragged school and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The
Ragged School Union Quarterly Record
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS in aid of Ragged School, wiUbe^ ttonkMyT*
>ri«J the Offices of the Society, by the Secretary, Mr J. *"£**"*» 91 tow Strand; by
Messrs. Hatchard i&' Son, 187, HccadUly; Messrs. Nisbet & ; Co., 21, Ben>«» ...
2
Annual report of the
Ragged School Union
first this rule has been rigidly observed, and the large number of children in
attendance during the three years the school has been in operation, affords
evidence of the great necessity for a Ragged School in this neighbourhood.
There are now ...
Ragged School Union, 1857
3
Shaftesbury: The Great Reformer
Divine Master, for bodies as well as souls, by the medicines provided by the
Ragged School Union, they were the means of arresting in very many cases the
terrible disease which was rampant in the infected districts. By these means they
...
4
Children Living in Victorian Britain
The first ragged school (1818) began before Victoria came to the throne but the
idea had considerable impact during her reign. It is credited to John Pounds (
1766-1839), a Portsmouth shoemaker. The story goes that while working in his
shop ...
5
Victorian Chester: Essays in Social History, 1830-1900
Boughton Industrial School was eventually closed by the Ragged School Society
in 1908 due to declining numbers and became the joint responsibility of Cheshire
County Council and Chester City Council in 1911, serving as a reformatory ...
6
Sources for English Local History
There are also parliamentary papers which deal with vagrant children and '
ragged' schools.86 One important source for ragged schools, however, is the
magazine issued by the Ragged School Union under various names (Illustrated
Ragged ...
7
A History of Modern Leeds
A ragged school existed in Sussex Street in 1854 but it was not until 1859 that
really well organised ragged schools were established, one for boys and girls on
Richmond Hill and another for girls in Regent Street. They were as much mission
...
8
The Victorian Working Class: Selections from the "Morning ...
I was twelve months at the Exeter-buildings Ragged School, Knightsbridge. I
learned reading, writing, and Church of England there. I was brought up there to
the Church of England. I know I was, because I went to church with the
schoolmaster ...
P. E Razzell, R. W Wainwright, 2014
9
The Oxford Companion to Charles Dickens: Anniversary Edition
As the reformer and Ragged School advocate Mary Carpenter noted, 'The
struggling efforts of a few individuals were brought into a striking and brilliant light
by the magic pen of Charles Dickens who, by none of his writings, has reflected
more ...
10
Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
In an appeal for funds made by the Cork Industrial Ragged School, in 1859, it
was stated: 'surely Christians will uphold an institution thus calculated to meet the
wants of those who are emphatically “the dangerous classes”, and to rescue from
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAGGED SCHOOL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
ragged school is used in the context of the following news items.
Clogs from Victorian Ragged School in Manchester acquired by …
The building that once housed Charter Street Ragged School still stands at the corner of Dantzic Street and Little Nelson Street, in Angel Meadow on the edge of ... «Culture24, May 15»
School Days exhibition traces history of education in Victoria from …
Before 1872 the only education available for poor families was at the few so-called "ragged schools", set up in the late 1850s to teach underprivileged children. «ABC Local, Mar 15»
Maltsters gain revenge on Ragged to progress in cup
MALTSTERS won 2-1 at Ragged School in the fourth round of the FAW Trophy in a reversal of the previous week's Swansea Senior League division one result ... «Southwales Evening Post, Nov 14»
Readers recall all the happy times spent at Ragged
Mr Smith said: “Although I wasn't really connected with the Ragged School, I remember going to concerts and several pantomimes during the late 1940s and ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Oct 14»
Missioner served Ragged School for 60 years, only retiring at age of …
TIMES were hard for many in Blackburn in the 1880s and the Ragged School was born out of a desire to help the poor. Bygones has previously featured its work ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Sep 14»
New history curriculum threatens museums
School groups currently make up just under 10% of Beamish's annual ... the Ragged School Museum, which tells the history of the Victorian East End, has an ... «BBC News, Aug 14»
Falkirk's ragged school
The ragged school movement started in London but was taken up in Scotland by Sheriff Watson in Aberdeen and in Edinburgh by Rev. Dr Thomas Guthrie a ... «Falkirk Herald, Mar 13»
Top 10 Things To Do In The Borough Of Tower Hamlets
Inhabiting the Victorian warehouses where, in 1877, Thomas Barnardo opened a school for 'ragged', or homeless, children in the vicinity, the Ragged School ... «Londonist, Nov 12»
London's most unusual museums: 50 of the best - part two
Ragged schools were schools that sought to educate impoverished children in 1800s Britain; Mile End's Ragged School Museum considers what conditions ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 12»
The East End's Ragged School carries on
If you were to poll east London primary school children however, there is one that is sure to come up time and time again. The Ragged School Museum in Mile ... «Time Out London, May 12»
