Manchester High School For Girls
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Database : Newspaper Articles and Miscellaneous, 1818 - 1952

1942
NA 1942 St 1

Announcement of the death of Muriel Goodwin.

 

Misc 1940 St 1

16 February 1942

To Local Education Authorities. Administrative Memorandum No 353. Board of Education. War Allowance to Teachers

Regulations about war allowances to teachers.

 

Misc 1942 St 2

March 1942

Board of Education. Teacher's Service Books. Bulletin No 31

Regulations about teacher's war service records.

 

NA 1942 G 1

Girls Say Lift 10 p.m. Curfew

Report that Daphne Wilde, president of Leeds University Student Union, has called for the 10 p.m. curfew for women to be lifted. Includes a photograph of Daphne Wilde.

 

NA 1942 G 2

22 July 1942

Children in Council. Administration of a City

Report that girls from the school and other young people attended a meeting of Manchester City Council which was discussing the development of Wythenshawe.

 

NA 1942 G 3

A Meeting for School Children

Photograph of girls from the school and other young people attending a meeting of Manchester City Council which was discussing the development of Wythenshawe.

 

NA 1942 G 4

20 November 1942, Manchester Guardian

High School for Girls. Manchester Successes

Report of the number of girls who had achieved academic success and general comments on war work by girls. Includes a comment that Miss M G Clarke is a member of a committee set up to examine school curricula and exams.

 

NA 1942 G 5

September 1942, Manchester Evening News

She Has Danced Her Way into Three Wars

Report that Mary Ratcliffe, a dancer, has entertained troops in the Spanish Civil War, the war following Italy's invasion of Abyssinia and the Second World War. Includes two photographs of Mary Ratcliffe.

 

NA 1942 G 6

4 March 1942, Manchester Guardian

Manchester High School Girls' Savings

Report that the school has raised £1,411 for the "Warship effort."

 

NA 1942 E 1

Thanksgiving Day in Manchester

Report on the Thanksgiving Day celebrations for American soldiers which took place in Manchester. Pupils heard an address by Miss Dorothy Whiteley

   
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