- AR479
- Collection
- 1943-1946
Club for women in the Services, opened 19 January 1943. Register of members 1943-46; album of photographs; loose photographs; 2 cuttings. 1 small box.
Britannia Club
Club for women in the Services, opened 19 January 1943. Register of members 1943-46; album of photographs; loose photographs; 2 cuttings. 1 small box.
Britannia Club
Croydon Centre for Unemployed Men Visitors Book
A visitors book from the Croydon Centre for Unemployed Men, with signatures of the visitors and where they were visiting from (area and/or organization). The hand written entries date from September 25th 1932 until June 16th 1939. The reasons for visits are not given, although many were from people hoping to open similar centres elsewhere. The visitors book includes the signatures of Edward, Prince of Wales (7 June 1933) and Prince George (9 June 1933).
Croydon Centre for Unemployed Men
Archbishop Tenisons, St Johns [Shirley] and St Peters Schools: Administrative Papers
Part of Croydon Borough Council
Archbishop Tenisons School, 1903 - 1924; Shirley Church of England School, 1903 - 1924; St Peters School, 1901 - 1923. Includes plan of extension to Archbishop Tenisons School, 1912.
Archbishop Tenisons School: Administrative Papers
Part of Croydon Borough Council
West Thornton [Boston Road] and Howard [Dering Place] Schools: Administrative Papers
Part of Croydon Borough Council
Includes site plans relating to both schools, 1892 - 1894.
Tamworth Road and Central Polytechnic Higher Elementary Schools: Administrative Papers
Part of Croydon Borough Council
Whitehorse Manor School and Tamworth Road [British] School: Administrative Papers
Part of Croydon Borough Council
Includes block plan of Tamworth Road School, February 1913, scale 41.66 feet to 1 inch.
Miscellaneous Records Relating to St. James' Church, Croydon
1) Attendance register, Kings Messengers (children), 1923-31 - gives home addresses and ages.
2) Church choir attendance register, 1938-53.
3) Correspondence relating to rebuilding of Church c Hall, 1944-60.
4) Estimate for building of Church Hall, May 1953.
5) Correspondence relating to Vicarage, 1957-63.
St. James' Church
Croydon Community Theatre Records, 1932-1936
Minutes and share certificates of the Croydon Community Theatre Company which administered the Croydon Repertory Theatre.
Croydon Community Theatre
Records of Woodford (House) School, of Woodford Old Girls Association, and material re Woodford House School, New Zealand.
Woodford School
Deeds and Documents Relating to Croydon: Plan St Jamess Churchyard
Proposed plan to turn an unused portion of St Jamess Churchyard into a public park. Includes colour plan of ground.
Eleanor Macdonald: Records Relating to Woodford School
Part of Eleanor Macdonald Obe
Eleanor Macdonald: Records of Croydon School of Fencing
Part of Eleanor Macdonald Obe
Howard School: Administrative Papers
Part of Croydon Borough Council
Includes plan of proposed entrance to school, February 1935, within front cover and papers relating to the installation of central heating in schools heated by open fires, 1934.
John Ruskin and Lady Edridge Schools: Administrative Papers
Part of Croydon Borough Council
Includes papers relating to proposed use of the Croydon British School, Tamworth Road building by John Ruskin Central School.
Part of Croydon Borough Council
St James (Church of England) School, 1903 - 1909; St Josephs (Roman Catholic) School, 1900 - 1923 and St Marys (Roman Catholic) School, 1903 - 1924.
Tamworth Road [British] School: Administrative Papers
Part of Croydon Borough Council
11 school exercise books, used while at Croydon Boys British School. These exercise books were used for Harold Bings homework; the British School was unusual among elementary schools in Croydon in setting homework in this period. the school was noted for an emphasis on artisitic production (drawing, painting, illumination, etc), which is a feature of these books. The books are marked by teachers, but also by the Headmaster, W H Jarvis, at his weekly inspection (normally with blue pencil in a circle).
Harold Frederick Bing
Croydon British Schools: School Building Grant Plans
Part of School Building Grant Plans
Scrapbook including concert, sports day and prizegiving programmes, newspaper cuttings and various other items to do with the school. Undated school prospectus and Old Girls Association publications from 1944, 1960 and 1961 in rear pocket.
Woodford School
Park Hill Reservoir and Water Tower: Photographs
Part of Photographs of Ronald a. Huitson
32 black and white photographs taken by Ronald Arthur Huitson (1916 - 1986) and his wife Muriel (1915 - 1987) of the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society during the course of the reservoirs demolition and the gutting of the water tower.
Log Books (3): 1863 - 1918, 1918 - 1955, 1955 - 1988
Admission Registers (11):
All Age School: 1879 - 1905
Infants: 1904 - 1928, 1928 - 1952, 1952 - 1956, 1945 - 1948 (under 5)
Post Infants: 1905 - 1927, 1927 - 1942, 1942 - 1959 (Infants and Juniors from 1955)
Primary: 1959 - 1979 (Juniors only since 1968), 1979 - 2000, 2000 - 2007.
The remainder of the collection has yet to be catalogued:
Governors Minutes: 1975 - 1998, 1986 - 1991, 1991 - 1994
Confirmation and communion books (4): 1913 - 1953, 1940 - 1960, 1957 - 1964, 1961 - 1987.
Detention Book: 1994 - 2001
Golden Book Awards 1997 - 1999
Vision Testing Book
10 certificates
1 vol Head Teachers Reports 1993 - 2001
Inspection Report 1992
13 Plastic Envelopes containing events.
1 Green Binder containing Diocesan Inspectors Reports, 1910s and 1920s, Letter congratulating Head on keeping school going during 1923 pay dispute, head teachers contract 1923, pencil notes on early date of RC education in Croydon, papers and photos of modern school production The Giant Slayer.
3 Team photos
2 School Journey Booklets: Dieppe 1970, Dieppe 1975.
3 Plastic Envelopes containing: behaviour expectations, Architects Brief, 1966/7; Notes for Teachers.
1 Order of Service, thanksgiving mass, Late Head Teacher, 17 Dec 2001
St Marys RC Junior School
Howard [Dering Place] and Ecclesbourne Schools: Administrative Papers
Part of Croydon Borough Council
Howard School, 1903 - 1924; Ecclesbourne School, 1901 - 1924.
St Marys (Roman Catholic) School: Administrative Papers
Part of Croydon Borough Council