Our Thanks to the Readers of the " Spectator "
ON December 12th we published an article entitled " Brynmawr —A Derelict Town and a New Life," in which we appealed to our readers to contribute the sum of £2,000 for the use of Mr. Peter Scott and his colleagues, who were carrying out an admirable social experiment in the South Wales coalfield. The money was required for three purposes—(1) to provide further working capital for the factory which has been established at Brynmawr, and which, it is hoped, will be self-sup- porting by the end of the year, (2) to supply money for boots for the children of the unemployed miners, and (3) to enable the work of finishing the open-air swimming bath, which is being constructed by the unemployed at Brynmawr as a labour of love, to be completed. When we made our appeal, we were told that it would be impossible to collect money at the present time, however deserving the cause. Experience has proved once again that the readers of the Spectator are always ready with practical help for deserving causes. We have received the sum of £1,350 3s. 2d. We had hoped to be in a position to send Mr. Scott the full sum of £2,000, and perhaps some of our readers will still enable us to do so.
In the meantime, we wish to thank all those who contributed to the fund for their generous help. We hope that, if any of them should be in the neighbourhood of Brynmawr, they will take the opportunity of visiting the Service Centre, and of seeing for themselves what has been done during the past two years. The keynote of the Brynmawr experiment is that the unit of social organization- should be the neighbourhood rather than the State ; a principle which we hope may spread throughout the country.
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