Philanthropist who founded workshops for disabled girls. Moved by the plight of destitute disabled women on the streets of London, John Groom founded a mission to help them. The women supported themselves by producing hand-made flowers. In 1932 the mission moved to new premises called the Crippleage in Edgware.
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John Groom
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