Item RSP/5/1/95 - Recollections of the pre-historic days of the Polytechnic, by THW Pelham

Reprint of an article for the Polytechnic Magazine, available for sale at the Polytechnic Bookstall and the Homes For Working Boys, 12 Buckingham Street, Strand.

Includes a description of Hogg's early philanthropic work, Pelham's involvement, the Shoeblacks Society, the Working Boys Home, the Sunday School, some of the boys of 1870, recreation, and the formation of the Youths Christian Institute.