Thomas Coram: remind me please. A celebrated philanthropist: founded a hospital for the care of orphans and abandoned children in 1739.
So, a proto-youth work type targeting disadvantage then? If you must.
Coram's Fields in the Bloomsbury district of London was bought by local people in 1929 to preserve it as a public green space dedicated to children and young people. To this day, it is a well-tended park just one mile from Oxford Circus, populated by sheep, goats and bantam cocks, and the site of a nursery and a youth centre of Camden Youth and Connexions Service. "No unaccompanied adults", say the signs.
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