GRASSMOOR CENTRAL/ GIRLS' SCHOOL/ Kingston-on-Thames/ 1938
Grassmoor Central Girls School
Category
Education objects
Date
1938
Materials
Paper, cardboard and photograph
Measurements
193 mm (height); 195 mm (width)
Place of origin
Alfreton
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671397
Summary
A photograph album. The cardboard cover is covered in a hand decorated cream and pink paper which has been varnished. The spine is covered in a light grey fabric. On the inside of the front cover the following is written in red pencil 'Grassmoor Central Girls' School, Kingston-on-Thames, 1938' along with a white glued in label with a return name and address. The pages of the book are brown with tissue paper pages between each. The book contains a selection of photographs and postcards showing points of interest on the school journey.
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 a label on the inside of the front cover: 'To be returned 12a/JR Cresswell' On a label on the inside of the front cover: 'FERNWOOD,/ASHOVER ROAD,/60 OLD TUPTON,/NR. CHESTERFIELD'
Makers and roles
Grassmoor Central Girls School , maker