Subtitle: A Romance of Faith. William Quarrier (1829-1903) moved to Glasgow from Greenock with his mother following the death of his father. His reflection on his childhood: When a little boy, I stood in the High Street of Glasgow, barefoot, bareheaded, cold and hungry, having tasted no food for a day and a half, and, as I gazed at each passer-by, wondering why they did not help such as I, a thought passed through my mind that I would not do as they when I would get the means to help others. AT 17 he was working as a shoemaker having served his apprenticeship and became a devout Christian. In 1871 he opened a night refuge for homeless children in Renfrew Street, Glasgow. In 1876, starting with charitable donations, he began to build cottages on a piece of land in what is now Inverclyde for homeless children. By the 1890s there were thirty five cottages in what was now called 'Quarrier's Village', housing over 1500 orphaned and bereft children. Each cottage had a 'mother' and 'father'; each child was taught self-reliance and life and trade skills and educated at the village school. Originally known as the Orphaned Children Homes of Scotland, this foundation became known as Quarrier and is still functioning at the original village. Early black and white photographs and numerous fine sketches.