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AR113
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- 1921 - 1997 (Creation)
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Croydon Foreign Language Club was founded in October 1920 on the initiative of John Marshall Silver (c1888-1961), a teacher. It was modelled on the Foreign Circle at Bradford, with which he was familiar.
The aim of the Club was always to provide an environment in which foreign languages could be heard and practised. (Tuition was never offered, on the grounds that this was better provided by other types of organisation.) The central activity was always a programme of lectures in foreign languages, normally engaging native speakers. There were also, at different periods, plays, excursions, and social events. The Club always took pride in the fact that (unlike other language clubs) it was not tied to a single language, but catered for several. These included French and German invariably; Italian and Spanish less regularly; and Russian sporadically from the mid-1960s onwards. It usually met in Croydon Library. The Clubs activities were suspended from 1940 to 1945 but resumed after the war. The Club was wound up in 1997.
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Transferred by Mrs MM Jones in 1997 following the final meeting of the Croydon Foreign Language Club.
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Accession Number: A113
Croydon Foreign Language Club Records 1921-1986
Minutes and other records of the Croydon Foreign Language Club
Item date: 1921-1986
Depositor's Name: Mrs MM Jones
Accession date: 29 Sep 1997
Administrative history: Croydon Foreign Language Club was founded in October 1920 on the initiative of John Marshall Silver (c1888-1961), a teacher. It was modelled on the Foreign Circle at Bradford, with which he was familiar. The aim of the Club was always to provide an environment in which foreign languages could be heard and practised. (Tuition was never offered, on the grounds that this was better provided by other types of organisation.) The central activity was always a programme of lectures in foreign languages, normally engaging native speakers. There were also, at different periods, plays, excursions, and social events. The Club always took pride in the fact that (unlike other language clubs) it wasjnot tied to a single language, but catered for several. These included French and German invariably; Italian and Spanish less regularly; and Russian sporadically from the mid-1960s onwards. The Clubs activities were suspended from 1940 to 1945. The Club was wound up in 1997.
Access conditions: The above material is placed with Croydon Archives Service as a gift. Power to destroy ephemeral material is not given. Power to transfer elsewhere is given. The material will be made available for consultation by bona fide researchers.
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Minutes and other records of the Croydon Foreign Language Club
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GB-352-ar113
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Dates of creation revision deletion
24/06/2015