Services to the Poor: … … Commenting on the utility of the gardens, Sir Oliver remarked that in a number of ways they rendered services to the poorer members of the community. Every charitable institution in the city might utilize them for its inmates for two days in the year, and the elementary schools had the privilege of admission for their scholars once a year, and the Government allowed them to be brought in during school hours. He thought more use should be made of that opportunity. The education which Mrs. Pinsent recommended for the feeble-minded, applied all round – namely, more manual training, the education of all the faculties. By that means, education could be made more thorough, less laborious, and more attractive.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949