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  <dc:title>'NUWT Annual Conference 1940 Cheltenham - cancelled'</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Correspondence betweenA. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT General Secretary), NUWT members, Cheltenham Director of Education and various organisations and businesses in Cheltenham regarding holding the NUWT Annual Conference in Cheltenham in 1940.  This conference was cancelled due to war-time problems of evacuation, rationing and travel restrictions.
The correspondence includes:
Discussion of the problems and reorganisation in schools resulting from evacuation
Correspondence with Cheltenham Town Hall and Director of Education debating over whether there will be enough accommodation due to the large number of evacuees from Birmingham
Communication from the NUWT regarding their decision to postpone the annual conference
Details on suitable venues for use at the conference</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1940</dc:date>
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