Sunday, 17 November 2019

1950: New Sheffield HQ - official opening



Source:
“GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION: THE OPENING OF THE NEW HEADQUARTERS AND SOME FUTURE PROJECTS.” Geography, vol. 35, no. 4, 1950, pp. 257–258. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40563062.

Updated March 2020

As David Linton said, in 1965
At the end of April 1950 it ended its twenty-year association with the Municipal High School of Commerce in Manchester and moved to Sheffield to enjoy the hospitality of the City Libraries. This was also the time for the arrival of Marguerita Oughton, who will be mentioned in a future post.

Linton, David L. “Miss Marguerita Oughton: An Appreciation.” Geography, vol. 50, no. 2, 1965, pp. 172–176. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40565934. Accessed 27 Mar. 2020.
I wonder where the "large globe" ended up?

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