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Reference NumberS/MIS/3
Alternative Reference NumberL215
LevelFile
TitleMinute book of the Byron Street School Benevolent Association, Bromley
Date(s)1882-1888
DescriptionMinute book of general meetings and committee meetings. With newspaper cuttings and printed ephemera pasted in.
Extent1 volume
AdminHistoryIn September 1882 a group of former pupils of St. Michael's School, Bromley (the predecessor of Byron Street School) met to look into ways of helping "piteous appeals for help from Old Boys who had lost their places through illness & who were in great distress". Following this the Byron Street Benevolent Association was formed with its object the "temporary relief of any Old Byron Street School Boy in distress". Its first president was Sir Edmund Hay Currie
CustodialHistoryThis volume was donated to Poplar Public Libraries, probably before the Second World War. Its Tower Hamlets Local History Library accession number was L. 215 (class 820.2)
SubjectCharities
Unemployment
Bromley-by-Bow
Access StatusOpen
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