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| DURING THE LAST HALF of the eighteenth century, many communities in England dreaded Sunday. It was the only day the children working in the factories had off, and not surprisingly they let out all their rowdiness and mischief on that day. From 1702-1801, the population of England had doubled; more and more people were moving to the cities and towns to find work in the factories. The traditional social and religious ties of village life were severed. Very often there was no place for the immigrants from the countryside in the churches of the industrialized towns, and a generation or two of children grew up without any religious or moral guidelines. Children Adrift Robert Raikes, owner and printer of the Gloucester Journal, pondered the fate of the young ruffians disturbing the peace on Sunday. He had visited the prisons of Gloucester and saw how easy it was for the children to slip into crime. Raikes knew the parents of the poor children were "totally abandoned themselves, having no idea of instilling into the minds of their children principles to which they themselves were entire strangers." Some other means of teaching these youngsters must be found, or many more would end up in prisons. Since the children of the poor worked in the factories all week, they could not go to schools and hence had no education. Raikes decided to establish schools for these children to attend on Sundays. He hired four women in the neighborhood to teach the children to read. With the help of Reverend Thomas Stock, Raikes was soon able to enroll one hundred children, from six years old to twelve or fourteen, in these Sunday Schools. Courtesy https://www.gospelcom.net/chi/GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps034.shtml | |
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| 1902 Coronation of King Edward VII Edward was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and ascended the throne on January 22, 1901 upon Victoria's death. Born in 1841 he had to wait a long time to succeed to the throne. He married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863 who bore him three sons and three daughters. The coronation was originally scheduled for June 26, 1902, but Edward had to undergo an emergency appendectomy operation, so the coronation was postponed until August 9, 1902. Courtesy http://www.miragebookmark.ch/be_coronation_edward_VII.htm | |
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| Note that the King Edward Favor on the right uses the same registration design as the joint portrait on the right. The Queen Alexandra Favor on the left also uses the same registered portrait. | |
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| This advertising favour or bookmark was produced for the Coventry cycle manufacturer Starley Brothers who proudly displayed "By Special Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen" indicating that he had sold product to the Royal Family. | |
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