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Page 82 - THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS - JULY 28, 1883
THE LITTLE BOYS' HOME AT SWANLEY

An Illustration was given in our last of the new buildings at Swanley Junction on the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, created in connection with the Cottage Homes for orphan little boys at Farningham, in that neighbourhood, of which the foundation was laid in 1866 by the Princess of Wales. Her Royal Highness, with the Prince of Wales, attended the opening of the new establishment at Swanley on Friday week.
They were received, at five in the afternoon, by the Earl of Aberdeen, chairman of the committee, the Countess of Aberdeen, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Earl Sydney, Canons Fleming, Phillips, and Smith, the Rev. Dr Edmond, the Rev. Newman Hall, Admiral Robinson, Mr Bompas, Q.C., and others.

The Earl of Aberdeen read an address to their Royal Highnesses, to which the Prince of Wales read a suitable reply. A gold master-key was then handed to his Royal Highness, and the party was escorted over the new buildings, the door of which the Prince unlocked. Returning to the platform, the Prince of Wales unveiled a marble tablet commemorating the occasion, and then declared "the buildings opened, and forever dedicated to orphan and fatherless boys." Prayer was offered by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Princess of Wales then graciously received purses from a number of ladies, who filed past and left their offerings on a table. The amount thus received amounted to more than £300.

Her Royal Highness afterwards distributed prizes to the boys, some of which, for "the best behaved boy, the best tempered boy, and the greatest favourite", caused much amusement.

The treasurer, Mr H. Willans, thanked their Royal Highnesses for their kind interest in the Institution.

The Princess of Wales planted a memorial-tree, using an ornamental spade, which was afterwards presented to her.

Tea was served to the Royal party in the head master's house, and they soon afterwards drove off, amid cheers of large numbers of people both within the grounds and outside. A guard of honour was formed from the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Queen's Own Royal West India Regiment, under the command of Captain Kidd.

The new buildings of which Messrs. Spalding and Auld are the architects, are shown again in one of our Illustrations. They will afford, when completed, accommodation for 200 boys, 25 boys in four dames' houses, 30 boys each in two assistant masters' houses, and 40 boys in the head master's house.

The completed portion opened by their Royal Highnesses comprises in the first block two dames' or mothers' houses, each to provide for 25 boys of tender age.

In the second block, or head master's house,, besides rooms appropriated to the head master, there is accommodation for 40 boys and two assistant masters.

In the third block on the first floor is the large school room with class-rooms, and on the ground floor are three large workshops, to be fitted with such appliances as may be necessary to give the boys a good technical as well as a general education.

The committee hope to complete their scheme as funds may be forthcoming to assist them; but their most pressing need is for the two assistant masters' houses.