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BARROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
Catalogue reference: BDSo 85
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This record is about the BARROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB dating from 1866-1979.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BDSo 85
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Title (The name of the record)
- BARROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1866-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minute and address books
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Barrow
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Barrow Working Men's Club, Cumbria</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 20 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Donated by Ms. P. Southern 4 September 1998
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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A Working Men's Institute held its first meeting on 17 October 1866 with the aim of establishing a Reading Room. On applying to James Ramsden to chair the Institute, he proposed that the variety of similar establishments in Barrow be amalgamated. This amalgamation subsequently took place at a public meeting in the Strand Assembly Room on 5 November 1866, chaired by James Ramsden. The new institution was to provide "social recreation combined with mental and moral improvement for the 16,000 inhabitants now located here [Barrow]", and was named The Barrow Working Men's Institute. The Institute went into liquidation in 1997.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/15df8990-f094-40cf-ae77-1cf56e7f7a23/
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BARROW WORKING MEN'S CLUB