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AAW - Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
DOW - Diocese of Westminster
PAR - Parishes
32 - Clapton, St Scholastica
8 - St Scholastica's Retreat
Repository
Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref No
AAW/DOW/PAR/32/8/33
Title
General Correspondence regarding Residents' Issues and Events at the Retreat
Date
August 1966-October 1969
Level
File
Description
Covers the following topics:
Legal advice from Arnold Fooks Chadwick and Company Solicitors regarding the testamentary wishes of Miss Ryan Lewis [October 1969],
Stipulations that residents must have a next of kin, executor and will [October 1969],
Request for information from Evans Transport of Clerkenwell regarding coach hire fees to transfer 35 residents from Clapton, Hackney, East London to Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire [August 1969],
Letter to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [R.S.P.C.A.] regarding a feral cat colony [June 1969],
London Almshouses Gardens Competition September 1968 and July 1969,
Greater London Conference on Old People's Welfare-Day Release Course for Wardens/Caretakers of Sheltered Housing Schemes and Almshouses for the Elderley [Sepetember 1968],
Speculative letter from Major H Gilmore, Warden of Saint Scholastica's Retreat sounding out possibilities of placing individual residents elsewhere as their health and living needs change [September 1968],
London Borough of Hackney-trees in the grounds of The Retreat [August 1968],
National Association of Alms Houses-Rules for Garden Competitions,
Residency Qualifications [February 1968],
London Almshouses Gardens Competition Results for August 1966 and 1967,
Etc.
Format
Manuscript
Language
English
Album amicorum of George Strachan
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