There are always different ways of organising development and we should perhaps recall that our particular models of practice have only prevailed for the past 50 years or so.
Not so long ago, quite out of the blue, I received a parcel that contained the slightly quaint memoirs of James Thomas MBE. Now well into his 90s, he was, in the post-War years, a pioneer in the Boys’ Clubs movement.
His memories proved captivating, reflecting at times my own geographical mobility and my journey in youth work practice. When James responded to my letter of thanks for sending them, he wrote that it was as if we had walked down the same valley, though on different sides and 30 years apart.
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