GC10C9V Hidden Lives: Pyrford's Waifs & Strays (Unknown Cache) in South East England, United Kingdom created by 4 Badgers

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4 Badgers: Yep, this one's definitely disppeared now. No sign of the container anywhere in the vicinity [:(]

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GC10C9V ▼

A cache by 4 Badgers Message this owner

Hidden : 1/14/2007

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The co-ordinates are not for the cache. They are for Pyrford Village War Memorial Hall which is situated in the heart of this little village.

Between its foundation in 1881 and the end of World War One, the Waifs and Strays' Society cared for around 22,500 children. The Society opened its first children's home at Dulwich in 1882, and by 1918 it had run nearly 175 homes all around England and Wales. Some of these homes were only open for a few years, while others operated for decades.

They varied from small cottage homes in rural locations to homes in the big cities of London, Leeds, Birmingham and Liverpool. Industrial homes would teach children a trade, so that they could support themselves in later life. Children with disabilities were integrated in homes, but the Society also had specialist centres that could specifically care for their needs. All ages of children were cared for by the Society.

As early as the 1880’s Edward Rudolph had realised that there was a lack of medical centres that could cater for the needs of the poorest children. He initiated a fundraising campaign in memory of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee to open homes that could address this need.

The original home was based in Tooting, SW London, but soon moved to Byfleet and later to Pyrford, where it was managed alongside a Home for Boys. In 1923 the two Homes were amalgamated, meaning that all of the children could benefit from the surgeon based there.

The name of the Home was changed in 1948, and it closed later that same year. The site is now a residential area with roads named after the original homes and surgeon.

There is a memorial to the site of the Homes which you need to find in order to work out the co-ordinates of the final cache.

Contrary to a number of the 'found' logs, local knowledge is not required to locate the memorial

On the memorial there are nine lines. Line three has W letters. Line four has X letters. The first year in line nine equals Y. The last year in line nine equals Z.

The cache can be found at:

N51° 19.(Z – W) - 1869
W000° 30.(Y - X) - 1755