Hidden Lives Revealed - Ragged schools

Commentators of the time thought that street children were in great danger of succumbing to immoral influences. They believed that apparently harmless activities like playing cards, were the first step on the 'slippery slope' to serious gambling and even thieving.

Ref: WS130
Title: The Path of Danger - An Early Stage
Date: Around 1915
Location: Unknown
Creator: Unknown, taken from Our Waifs and Strays March 1915, page 64

Description:
Commentators of the time thought that street children were in great danger of succumbing to immoral influences. They believed that apparently harmless activities like playing cards, were the first step on the 'slippery slope' to serious gambling and even thieving.

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