Photographs / ALFRETON SECONDARY GIRLS SCHOOL 1952-53
J. R. Cresswell (fl.c.1930 - 1952)
Category
Education objects
Date
1952
Materials
Cardboard and paper
Measurements
293 mm (height); 395 mm (width)
Place of origin
Alfreton
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671346
Summary
Two pieces of stiff card covered in grey, with a yellow edge, held together with a red cord to make a folder. On the front is the title and drawings of the British and Belgium flags. Inside are photographs, letters and news cuttings describing a visit by the girls from Alfreton to Belgium in 1952 and a return visit by the Belgium school to Alfreton in 1953.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by N. C. Cresswell. Archival records information - "The collection was established as a result of isolated gifts in the 1940's, and the 'savings' of certain school records (now passed to County Records) during wartime paper salvage." "During the 1950s it was L.E.A. practice to hold an Easter Course for teachers, and the County (Derbyshire) Museum arranged a special exhibition for teach course. As by the mid 1950s quite a collection had already accumulated, it was decided to produce an exhibition on the history of education with special reference to Derbyshire. Consequently, further material was purchased, from which items were selected. The exhibition was subsequently shown at a number of centres, and after disbandment, additions continued to be made with the aim of eventually producing a reconstructed classroom as a base for research. The Derby Bishop Lonsdale College of Education has frequently made use of the collection in various ways."
Marks and inscriptions
Inside the cover: 'To be returned to 25 JR Cresswell'
Makers and roles
J. R. Cresswell (fl.c.1930 - 1952), engraver and publisher Alfreton Secondary Girls School , engraver and publisher