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Excerpt from A Sketch of Ancient Barking, Its Abbey, and Ilford When he returned to Ilford in 1849, he took a deep interest in the moral and social welfare of the youths of the village. In this he was much assisted by Miss Eleanor Thompson, of Clements, who built, for him and his young friends, the Reading Room. Here he was able to expand his usefulness by evening classes; singing, elocution, and other species of instruction, with periodical entertainments &c., the chief of which 'were the Penny Readings, from the profits of which the Soup Kitchen was established, and its funds from year to year received much support. In commemoration of the opening of the Reading Room Mr. Tuck was presented with a 35-guinea harmonium, subscribed for by several gentlemen, Mr. I. S. Thompson heading the list with ten pounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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