[Aberdeen] : VSA, [2023].

236 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 16 x 21 cm.

Partial contents: Foreword - - The birth of VSA - - Queen Victoria accepts the position of patron - - Day nursery for under 5s in 1871 - - How was need defined in 1874 - - The Flower Mission - - The severe winter of 1874/5 - - Aberdeen Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society Formed in 1875 - - Charitable expenditure in 1877 - - Responding to emerging need - - The poor helping the poor - - Review of the Prison Aid Society - - Flower Mission expands into book deliveries - - Institute of the Deaf and Dumb - - Bedding and basket work by the blind 1889 - - The Denburn slums - - Reverend Webster - - Fresh Air Fortnight - - Elizabeth Hutcheon - - The problems of improvidence - - A fresh start - - A move to 38 Castle Street - - Vital volunteers - - Bannermill - - Intelligent funding - 1912 Central Collection Agency for Donations - - Benevolent Fund for Female Domestic Servants - - Children in need - - The problem of poverty is reduced by WWI - - The Great Depression - - Glimpses of sunshine and 1,100 pairs of boots - - William Sangster: one of Aberdeen's most public-spirited citizens - - Aberdeen Children's Shelter - - Beach Shelter for Children - - Services for elderly increase - - Update on the Children's Shelter 1928/9 - - Our donors in 1929: Lady Provost and 'Inasmuch' - - The Aged Poor - - The Secretary - - The Unemployables - - The Sick Man's Friend - - The Deserted Wives - - The Down-and-Outs - - The Great Depression - unemployment in 1930s Aberdeen - - Believe it - Aberdeen is generous! - - Ferryhill Home for Children - - King Edward VIII - patron of the Aberdeen Association - - Help comes in many forms; from glass eyes to food and bedding - - The loafer and the sensitive, the ragged and the hungry - - Free holidays in the country and three stowaways in Aberdeen - - The fiddler is happy again! - - The Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society - - Mrs. Bentinck and the 'ill-clad boys' - - The Aberdonians will support a foreigner every time - - Lady Lewis - the first female director of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - - Junk clearing helps Aberdeen poor - - Honesty pays - - The war years; adapting to meet needs - - Aberdeen Home for Unmarried Mothers - - Working man gifts £4,000 of shares to the Association - - Need in many forms; the bogey roll - - One lost bairn a day in Aberdeen - - Scots country dancing - - The children of Northern Rhodesia send a gift to the children of Aberdeen - - St. Clair's: Mission for Wandering Daughters - - 'A feast of dainties' and dehydrated bananas from Havana - - The child that never was - - St. Aubin's and Broomhill House open in 1947 - - Thinking beyond poverty; employing the association's first social worker - - James Farquharson - - The first marriage guidance council established in Scotland - - Poorhouses to be abolished - - The breed of girl - - The evil of radio and cinema - - Increasing need for mental health provision - - HM the Queen visits St. Katherine's Community Centre - - Help for a trawlerman and his wife - - Something to look forward to - - Helping people help themselves - - A mother's love in a poor home - - What are we here to do? - - A family in need - - Households run by a bad manager and older people in need - - The difference a holiday makes - - Is bigger housing always better? - - Outings for older people - - Over-60s for the Lad's Club - - Social workers' new unity of purpose - preserving family life - - Nothing to learn about waltzing - - 44 babies and 1 library born in a year - - The modern way is not so new - - Responding to need in 1953 - - A widow in need - - Without employment no man can regain his self-respect - - The problem family from the point of view of an obstetrician - - Importance of personal touch - - Do old timers show up youngsters at work? - - Re-seater for the boys' breeks - - Gala fundraising eve

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