Charles and Mary
A drama made by Pudding Bag Productions and enacted by Year 6 children from Grace Dieu Manor School with music licensed by Blue Dot Sessions, ID 20820 Purchase number: 47f3c5aa00ca03efb6e519c4db43d12a.
Charles Booth was a Liverpudlian shipowner and importer but also a great philanthropist. He became famous for conducting a huge survey of poverty in London in the last quarter of the 19th century and produced street maps which were colour-coded to show the levels of poverty. He also campaigned to get state pensions for the poor. Mary, his wife, played a big part in this work. They lived with their children in Grace Dieu Manor from 1886. Charles died there in 1916. Mary lived on there until 1933 when she moved into a cottage on the estate. She died in 1939.