Unemployed: soup kitchen or quarries? (1908)

Post date: Feb 29, 2012 3:23:16 PM

Extract from Parish magazine of December, 1908

UNEMPLOYED.—At a recent meeting of the Parish Council a letter was read suggesting that steps should be taken to establish a Soup Kitchen in view of the prospect of many people being out of work this winter. It was felt that experience showed that a soup kitchen does not meet the needs of the case, and is open to abuse. A committee was formed, with the Vicar as chairman, to be called together in case of need to collect funds and to grant an adequate relief in special cases. In the meantime we are able to state that Quarries have been opened at Ditton, where married men out of work may possibly be able to get temporary employment by personal application to Mr. F. J. Allison, Clerk to the District Council,West Mailing.

See also Christmas charity at Wateringbury Place