Hidden Lives Revealed

By Edwardian times, old attitudes about the 'deserving poor' were beginning to change. The work of organisations like the Waifs and Strays' Society alerted people to the problems of destitute children, whose poverty was through no fault of their own.

Ref: WS181
Title: Life on the streets
Date: Around 1915
Location: Unknown
Creator: Unknown, taken from Our Waifs and Strays, May 1915, page 114

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By Edwardian times, old attitudes about the 'deserving poor' were beginning to change. The work of organisations like the Waifs and Strays' Society alerted people to the problems of destitute children, whose poverty was through no fault of their own.

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