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Case 5929

2. Letter from the Honorary Secretary of the Rock Ferry Home 5 April 1897

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a fortnight ago the boy A who left the home a year ago for a working Boys' Home in Chester ran away from it and came back here. As we considered this boy had not been well treated we did not send him back. And we hope to be able to apprentice him to a trade here. When this boy was in the Home he was well behaved & obedient and the matron thought

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Image of Case 5929 2. Letter from the Honorary Secretary of the Rock Ferry Home  5 April 1897
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