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 The
Project to document
The
History of the Kingsley Halls!
http://www.muriellester.org See also my
personal pages for the Kingsley Halls at
Bow &
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To add to its 80th anniversary celebrations,
Kingsley Hall in Bromley by Bow was awarded a grant of £49,900 from the
Heritage Lottery Fund for a year-long project, Kingsley Hall and the Legacy
of Muriel Lester. This helped preserve the Muriel Lester Archive, making it
accessible to everybody, and so gain wider recognition for the achievements of
the two Kingsley Halls’ founders, Muriel and her sister Doris. |
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Muriel Lester’s personal papers are now at the
Bishopsgate Institute. The archive includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, publications
and photographs, and the papers of Doris Lester. It is a fascinating and
historically important record of the Lester sisters’ work in Bow and Dagenham,
and also of Muriel’s world travels in the cause of international peace. The
Muriel Lester archives are being made accessible through an on-line catalogue,
digital images and a new interactive website. Working with local schools,
the Tower Hamlets Humanities Education Centre produced a learning pack, and
Stitches In Time created a tapestry banner on the theme Symbols of Peace.
Access to the project and archive is via:
http://www.muriellester.org
For further information contact the Kingsley Halls Community Centres Heritage
Group
heritage@kingsley-hall.co.uk
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Volunteers were the heart of this project.
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I took part in conservation workshops
at Kingsley Hall in Dagenham. Working on the Muriel Lester archives, with
training and supervision by a conservator.
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I was part of a Kingsley Hall Oral History Group to record memories of
the Lester sisters and Kingsley Hall.
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Several events were held during the project and these can be
seen by linking from below
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The project was led by Alice Mackay, Project Coordinator, email:
heritage@kingsley-hall.co.uk
mob: 07985-962975
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Conservation workshops at Kingsley Hall in Dagenham. |
and the conservation team on a visit to
KH Bow 6 Mar 2009 |
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An event was held at KH Bow on Nov 29, 2008The afternoon ended with drumming
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An event in Dagenham on July 11,
2009 gave a chance to hear about progress on the project and to see the work
in process of the Lester tapestry |
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An event at Bow 22 Oct 2009
marked the formal completion |
I participated in the conservation workshops and oral history and developed this
web page about how my
family had been involved in Kingsley Hall at Bow & Dagenham |
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