Hand-Book compiled for use on our Third Educational Journey. THE PEAK DISTRICT Longshaw Lodge, Nr. Grindleford. May 8th-15th May 1936 Kingston Church Central School
D. C. Keen
Category
Education objects
Date
8 May 1936 - 15 May 1936
Materials
Paper
Measurements
243 mm (height); 192 mm (width)
Place of origin
Kingston Church Central School
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671391
Summary
A green cloth and green paper binding. The paper has a zig-zag pattern on it. The binding is pierced with two holes through which a green cord is threaded. Inside are printed handwritten pages on a variety of subjects associated with a school trip to the Peak District. This includes reports on geology, history, industry and others. Written in purple ink and illustrated with hand drawn sketches. Inside the cover is a stylised painting of a mountain in purple and green. The frontispiece shows a geometric border in green and purple surrounding the title 'Hand-Book compiled for use on our Third Educational Journey. The Peak District, Longshaw Lodge, Nr. Grindleford, Day 8th---15th May, 1936, Kingston Church Central School, Arranged by D.C. Keen'.
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 cover: 'Miss J.R. Cresswell, 'Fernwood'. ASHOVER ROAD OLD TUPTON NR. CHESTERFIELD DERBY' Inside the front cover: 'J R Cresswell'
Makers and roles
D. C. Keen, author