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October 23

Central Council for the Care of Cripples

Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People says:

"Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People was founded in 1932 by Dame Georgiana Buller, the Vice Chairman of the Central Council for the Care of Cripples."

So what was the CCCC, and what happened to it? I can't find anything about it later than the mid-1950s. Marnanel (talk) 16:45, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

It was still going under the original name in 1958. [1] Making some assumptions, it seems to have morphed into the Central Council for the Disabled by the 1960s, [2] and might now be a charity called Disabled Living, but the evolution is less than clear. Alansplodge (talk) 21:07, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Central Committee for the Care of Cripples, afterwards Central Council for the Care of Cripples, afterwards Central Council for the Disabled (London) from 1963 [3]

As to what it did:-

The Central Council for the Care of Cripples, located at Carnegie House, 117 Piccadilly, London, is a federation of local organizations there. It was founded by Sir Robert Jones in 1919 for the purpose of organizing a national scheme to deal with the cripple problem as a whole throughout the United Kingdom, with their main objectives: (a) to organize the provision of facilities for the early discovery and the prompt and efficient treatment of children who would otherwise become cripples. (b) to promote schemes for the treatment, education, training, employment, and general welfare of all cripples. (c) to assist in the formation of local Associations to carry out these objectives. (d) to investigate the causes of crippling and to promote and support measures for their elimination. (e) to act as a central coordinating body for all organizations working for the benefit of cripples and as a central bureau of information on all matters which concern the welfare of cripples. They list four "cardinal points" in their policy: prevention, early discovery, treatment, education, and vocational training. [4]

My guess is that at some, if not most of these functions were taken over by the National Health Service in 1948. Alansplodge (talk) 21:07, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Central Council for the Disabled merged with British Council for Rehabilitation of the Disabled in 1977 to become Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR, of key fame). See Disability Rights UK for what is the current body. See also Remap history page. DuncanHill (talk) 22:01, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Why is this gun shield a stepped frustum with a slit instead of an unstepped frustum with a slit?

frustum

To save concrete? To ease concrete mold making? To make the fort art deco? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:14, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

They were built to the Regelbau standards. See also some more examples of Nazi bunkers. Nanonic (talk) 18:42, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

A smaller British example from 1940.

See also embrasure:

A stepped embrasure was often utilised on pillbox bunkers of the 20th century. This allowed for a relatively wide field of fire compared to a traditional embrasure while also minimising the shot trap result created by the sloped opening.

In other words, the steps prevented enemy shells and bullets from being deflected into the opening. A smooth sided one would act like a big funnel. Alansplodge (talk) 20:38, 23 October 2021 (UTC)