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rev. j. scott lidgett (1854-1953)

photo: j. scott lidgettEstablished and ran Bermondsey (Methodist) settlement (1891-1949) with a range of clubs and groups for young men and women.

Argued for stronger action to advance the social, economic and spiritual conditions of the working classes.

An important Methodist theologian arguing for tolerance and Christian unity.

A strong advocate of the formation of the Wesley Guild (1890): ‘The sooner we recognize that recreation unorganised is a danger, the better. Some of us have seen poor and ignorant factory girls called to God first by giving them healthy physical recreation’. (The Guild had 152,000 members in some 2000 groups by 1900)

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