Nominations are invited for the posts of
Chairman, General Secretary and Treasurer. Nominations forms are available
from the General Secretary, (address inside the front cover
of the members' magazine).
Members are advised that motions for
discussion at the AGM should be notified to the Secretary no later than
Friday 21st December 2007
The Meeting
The Venue
The Speakers
The Fair
The Programme
The
Meeting
We hope to welcome as many members as
possible to our Annual General Meeting, hosted by the Bishopsgate
Branch. It is not often that we meet as one group, rather than in our
separate Branches.
There is no need to book in advance, nor is
there any charge to members for attending the event. We hope that you will enjoy the
Fair and the two speakers that we have arranged.
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The
Venue
Eastbury Comprehensive School is centrally
located within the direct vicinity of Longbridge Road and Barking Park.
Easy access is available by both public and private transport. Recent
building works means that it offers bright, modern, purpose-built
facilities, ideal for functions, meetings, conferences and performances.
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The
Speakers
Stephen Pover,
Archivist for Dr Barnardo's
A short film will illustrate the theme of this talk along with some of the
enormous archive collection of contemporary photographs in the Barnardo's
collection.
The archive handles some 2,000 requests
annually, searching photographs of former residents as well as responding
to the needs of the media, publishers, photographic & film archive
researchers, historians or just about anyone interested in our archive
material.
Dr John
Nicholls
Born in London in 1949, has lived and worked here for most of his life. He
is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church and is currently
serving as Chief Executive of the London City Mission (LCM). He has a
special interest in history, and is the co-author of "Streets Paved with
Gold - the story of the London City Mission."
LCM was founded in 1835, its mission to
take the Christian message, together with practical care to the people of
London with a special focus on homeless people and deprived
neighbourhoods.
Through this work it has created a
fascinating archive of social conditions in London, through the whole
Victorian era, and on through the 20th century. Its written records are
supplemented by a large collection of lantern slides and other
illustrations.
