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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hill the Unitarian, who intended 'to carry out a system of training similar to that proposed by Robert Owen, of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town during the First World War and later used as a flying training school. The factory became a repair unit for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… conceptions that while the school provided adequate training for university, it failed 'those that are intended … an open playground, and was organized under the Glasgow Training System. Government inspection was applied for, and … school opened in 1959. Adult education and vocational training was provided by West Oxfordshire Technical College, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with an unusually 'quiet and rural character', an 'air of cleanliness and prosperity', and 'uniformly … Springfield Oval in the late 1930s at the request of the Air Ministry, chiefly for civilians employed at the new Brize … between late 1916 and its official opening in 1918, when training squadrons moved in. 294 The airfield and its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of each of them latticed' presumably to admit light and air, and valued with buttery shelves and settles. 59 In 1612 … of whom 157 were killed. From 1914 the Witney Volunteer Corps drilled at the Corn Exchange, and regular troops were … The airfield had only a short operational life, hosting training squadrons from March 1918, but the British, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… resentment, manifested in 1865 when he held open-air hymn services for the cottage dwellers of Lowell's Yard, …