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RepositoryLibrary
Reference NumberLC14517
Class270.2 STE
AuthorSteer, Mary H.
TitleOpals from sand : a story of early days at the Bridge of Hope / Mary H. Steer.
Date(s)2010
Descriptionxiii, 168 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
TypeBook
ISBN9781164263692
SeriesKessinger Legacy reprints.
PublisherKessinger
Publication Place[Place of publication not identified]
Publication Date[2010]
Notes"With preface by Her Grace Adeline, Duchess of Bedford"--Title page.

Reprint of the 1912 edition.

Contents: I. Autobiographical -- II. Ratcliff Highway in the old days -- III. Settlement in the district -- IV. The builders of the Bridge of Hope -- V. Experience brings encouragements -- VI. Miss Clara Lowe -- VII. Miss Ellice Hopkins -- VIII. Widening the bridge -- IX. The building of the Ratcliff Highway Refuge, 1888 -- X. Sidelights and fresh interest -- XI. Trying times -- XII. Workers and work -- XIII. Treasures of darkness -- XIV. The children's cottage homes -- XV. Feeble-minded and backward children -- XVI. Girl mothers -- XVII. The common task -- XIX. The loaves and fishes -- XX. Today.
SubjectReligious movements
Poverty
Homeless
Religious institutions
Women
Access StatusOpen
Places
CodeSet
NA3883Ratcliff Highway/St. George-in-the-East/Middlesex/England
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