Ref: AR01
Title: Formby Home for 30 Infants
Date: Around 1909
Location: Victoria Home, Formby
Creator: Unknown, taken from Liverpool Diocese Annual Report, December 1908, front cover

Description:
In the year of this Annual Report, the Victoria Home had eighty-seven pounds fifteen shillings and one penny invested in stock of the Midland Railway - which would pay a return of 2.5% per year. Homes would often rely on such investments for a steady income.

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