Castleton Journey 1951
Alfreton Secondary Girls School
Category
Education objects
Date
1951 - 1953
Materials
Paper
Measurements
209 mm (height); 170 mm (width)
Place of origin
Alfreton
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671351
Summary
A blue covered exercise book, covered in brown paper. On the front cover is written in ink 'Alfreton Secondary Girls' School.' Then in blue biro 'Jenny Young/ Castleton Journey, 1951.' A label at the bottom right-hand says 'To be returned to, 18, JVC Cresswell'. It has twenty four pages alternating lines, plain with six black and white pictures stuck in. Pinned to the last sheet are five typed sheets.
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
On the front fly sheet: 'Jenny Young / Castleton Journey / 1951'
Makers and roles
Alfreton Secondary Girls School , engraver and publisher