Showing posts with label 1934. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1934. Show all posts

Saturday, 20 August 2022

From the archive: Lord Meston's Address in 1934

I visited the GA Archives in Solly Street earlier this week and made some good discoveries.

One of the things I discovered was from Lord James Scorgie Meston, who was President in 1934.

Lord Meston's Address to a GA group in Glasgow was published in the Scottish Educational Journal in 1934.


Here is the address, in two pages.


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