Today we’re looking at one of the most powerful impulses for anyone leaving their child in someone else's care: protection.

Presented by Kathleen Palmer, former Curator of Exhibitions and Displays at London’s Foundling Museum.

Written and produced by Minnie Scott with Louis Mealing.

Music by Ben Jacob.

Audio production by Will Jacob.

Interviewees:

Indika, a trainee on the Foundling Museum’s Tracing Our Tales programme for care-experienced young people aged 18-29. View the token Indika chose here.

Owen Davies, a British historian who specialises in the history of magic, witchcraft, ghosts and popular medicine.

Lydia Carmichael, a former residential pupil at the Foundling Hospital.

View the token Owen and Lydia chose here.

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The tokens are your passport to Georgian London in our online exhibition, Tokens of History. Discover different facets of eighteenth-century society, guided by nine historians – including Owen Davies who you heard in this week’s episode.

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You can see Indika, Owen and Lydia’s tokens, along with many others, on display at the Foundling Museum 40 Brunswick Square London, WC1N 1AZ

Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm

Sunday 11am – 5pm

Take this Token and Tokens of History are supported by the Woven Foundation, previously the Artisa Foundation, and the Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation.