June 22nd 2010 - The FlorrieThe Florence Institute For Boys was built in 1889 soley paid for by a West Indies' Merchant, Sir Bernard Hall, as a lasting memorial to his daughter Florence, who died in Paris at the age of 22.
It was the first building in Britian to be built as a Boys' Youth Club. Fitted out with a gym and library, Bernard Hall built it, as the plaque on the building states, as `an acceptable place of recreation and instruction for the poor and working boys of this district of the City'. Funding dried up in 1987 and this outstanding Victorian building fell into disrepair. Funding has been promised and restoration work will hopefully get under way very soon.
It was the first building in Britian to be built as a Boys' Youth Club. Fitted out with a gym and library, Bernard Hall built it, as the plaque on the building states, as `an acceptable place of recreation and instruction for the poor and working boys of this district of the City'. Funding dried up in 1987 and this outstanding Victorian building fell into disrepair. Funding has been promised and restoration work will hopefully get under way very soon.
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