Records of Wakefield Friends Adult School 1884-1974

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Records of Wakefield Friends Adult School 1884-1974

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GB 206 Leeds University Library

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Society of Friends England Yorkshire History Sources

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Wakefield Friends Adult School.

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An Adult School was set up by Friends in the Thornhill Street Meeting House in Wakefield in 1871; classes for women were also offered from 1895. By 1902, there were 116 men, women and children on the register. A Sick Club and a Savings Fund were in existence by 1884, and annual teas were being held. In 1888, a Young Men's Improvement and Debating Society was also formed, but held meetings irregularly. A branch school based in Westgate board school was opened in November 1894. There was also an a...