informs that schools for children on Sundays probably happened earlier but the movement started in 1780 when Robert Raikes opened a school in Gloucester.
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Sunday Schools (centenary)
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Committee and Friends of the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union
Hope UK is a Christian charity based in London which educates children and young people about drug and alcohol abuse. Local meetings started in Leeds with the objective to teach children the impor...
1 memorial
Christ Church School, SW3
Christ Church itself was built in 1839 and quickly established its Sunday School, initially only for boys and in rented premises in Flood Street. Then Lord Cadogan donated the land directly opposit...
4 memorials
1 memorial
Amy Johnson Junior School
Former primary school, presumably named for Amy Johnson, the connection being the (sort of) proximity of Croydon Airport.
1 memorial
Richmal Crompton
Writer. Born Richmal Crompton Lamburn in Manchester Road, Bury. She became a teacher, but had to give up when she contracted poliomyelitis, and was left without the use of her right leg. She was th...
1 memorial
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