Hidden Lives Revealed - Ragged schools

The Society's industrial schools were often run as a business, to generate funds for their home. The Lampson Home made a healthy profit by offering their laundry services to people in the local community.

Ref: WS172
Title: Lampson Home: Laundry
Date: Around 1904
Location: Lampson Home For Girls, Dulwich
Creator: Unknown, taken from Our Waifs and Strays, March 1904, page 263

Description:
The Society's industrial schools were often run as a business, to generate funds for their home. The Lampson Home made a healthy profit by offering their laundry services to people in the local community.

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