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| Description | Scrapbook collated by Brian Simon with correspondence, articles and papers regarding various subjects, including:
Review by Brian Simon of 'Promise fulfilled?: An account of the changes in education in the Scunthorpe area from 1800-1970 with particular reference to those in the 1960s which brought about comprehensive secondary education'
Foreword written by Simon for Caroline Benn and Clyde Chitty's book 'Thirty Years On', with a book review by Pat Ainley
Review by Fred Inglis for 'Education and the Struggle for Democracy' by Wilfred Carr and Anthony Hartnett
Letter from Ruth Watts regarding the FORUM(?) conference and her recent work, May 1996
Letter from Robin Alexander, dated 15 May 1996, regarding the second edition of his book 'Policy and Practice in Primary Education'
Obituaries for Edward Blishen, writer, teacher and broadcaster, with a response by Brian Simon, letter from Nancy [Edward's wife] and letter from Michael Armstrong
Obituary for Ted Edwards, Chemist, printed in The Guardian 13 December 1996
Newspaper article regarding Ernest Simon's Freedom of the City of Manchester, 1960
Obituary for Raphael Samuel, printed in The Guardian 10 December 1996
Letter from Lesley Pedley, dated 12 Demember 1996, regarding Simon's piece on Robin Pedley for the Dictionary of National Biography
Letter from the Wythenshawe Parks Watch Association regarding an event they were planning to hold to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the handing over of the land to the Lord Mayor of Manchester
Articles regarding Anna-Jane Kennard (the love-child of H G Wells) who was a friend of Shena Simon; Miriam Rothschild, a family friend
Obituary for Margot Heinmann printed in The Guardian, 13 June 1992
'The Tory Bill' by Brian Simon, FORUM Volume 39, No 1 1997
Obituaries for Nanette Whitbread and Edward Blishen, FORUM, Volume 39 No 1, 1997
Obituaries for Manfanwy Piper
Obituaries for Toby Falk, art historian and librettist
Invitations to events including the NUS's 75th anniversary
Letter from Nora David, dated 18 March 1997, regarding the withdrawal of the Conservative Education Bill
Obituary for Lionel Knights, English scholar, printed in The Guardian 11 March 1991
Obituary for Robert Browning, classicist, printed in The Guardian 13 March 1997
Newspaper articles regarding the history of the NUS
Letter from Roger Luxton, Principal Inspector of the Inspection and Advisory Service at London Borough of Barking and Dagenham regarding how Simon's work has helped them in preparing their experimental reforms, with a reply from Simon |