Manchester, Blind Asylum c.1885
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18307
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If we look very closely, we can see that what we have here is actually three buildings. This complex included the Deaf and Dumb School, and Henshaw's Blind Asylum, complete with its own chapel. In 1810, Thomas Henshaw left £20,000 for the care of the blind, but the cost of the building had to be raised by public subscription, and it was 21 June 1837 before the building opened. At the time of our picture, Henshaw's had been going for almost fifty years, and had fostered about 1,000 blind persons. Henshaw's is still going today, and is doing great and much-needed work. In 1885 the Deaf and Dumb school had 36 boys and nearly 200 girls in residence. It was always a Children's School - an adult Deaf and Dumb Institute later opened at All Saints, Manchester.
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