tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post7268237632026053182..comments2024-03-28T16:41:29.596-04:00Comments on The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: The Foundling HospitalHeather Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-39807488196178260182009-12-18T13:26:07.975-05:002009-12-18T13:26:07.975-05:00I love the old Foundling Hospital! It's now a ...I love the old Foundling Hospital! It's now a museum and is situated behind Coram's fields (where the sign is). The main exhibit is fascinating - it tells how mothers bringing babies received different coloured balls: white if your child was accepted, red if under consideration and black if rejected. The statistics were awful!<br /><br />Next to the museum is the Coram group which consists of an adoption facility; something for children in homes; a SureStart centre for mothers of under fives; and Kids - a charity for families with disabled children - who my mum now works for and who have helped us lots.<br /><br />Thanks Captain Coram!Jessihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02093768339757970412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-6673424982855275552009-12-17T15:28:15.804-05:002009-12-17T15:28:15.804-05:00Another great post! Reminded me of singing the Fo...Another great post! Reminded me of singing the Foundling Hospital Anthem in choir - quite a fun song to sing, and even better followed up with Messiah (which was also performed at Handel's Foundling Hospital benefit concert). Charitable giving + music = awesomeness!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-17108354450373000862009-12-17T13:07:33.169-05:002009-12-17T13:07:33.169-05:00Glad you enjoyed!
@Paul, England's system is ...Glad you enjoyed!<br /><br />@Paul, England's system is like the US's now, with foster parenting. The old orphanages didn't have an emphasis on adoption; they just didn't expect anyone <i>would</i> want to adopt the orphans, it was merely an alternative to the workhouses. <br /><br />There's a <a href="http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk/images/childrenleavingthehospital.jpg" rel="nofollow">great picture</a><br /> of the boys being led out of the hospital for the last time in 1929. The 20's was such a destructive time for great Georgian buildings in London. Such a loss!Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-13714934332482431032009-12-17T11:17:34.037-05:002009-12-17T11:17:34.037-05:00Great post. I love Hogarth's portrait of Capt...Great post. I love Hogarth's portrait of Captain Coram and have always found the story of the Foundling Hospital interesting. Thanks!JNoPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640264295136056762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-67687332366761238082009-12-17T07:37:31.921-05:002009-12-17T07:37:31.921-05:00What a wonderful post, Heather. Do you know where ...What a wonderful post, Heather. Do you know where orphans go now in England if orphanages are banned? Did I misread that part?Paul Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09969557760934512569noreply@blogger.com