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is a registered charity and still functions to help disadvantaged young people, carers and adults with disabilities in the United
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Glasgow. Bryden worked free of charge on Quarrier's projects over a course of some twenty-eight years.
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Sabbath School Home (1894), built from funds donated by Sunday School children across
Scotland, later serving as a home for adults with epilepsy. One of the few examples of Scottish Baronial architecture in the
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