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The following work was conceived for two
reasons;
a) It became necessary to present a special study
for my finals, which must be largely gathered from original
material and
b) a need to gather together, and record much documented
material and memories that would otherwise be scattered in a
variety of places or completely lost and forgotten. Here I must
thank Mr. Fred Goodwin1 and
Miss A. M. Wright. Both these people allowed me to take up their
time and also to record the conversations they had with me. Mr.
Goodwin was at the school as a boy in 1895, and Miss Wright was
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My search for the material, which fills the
ensuing pages, took me to a variety of places and caused me to
write around fifty different letters, some to the most unlikely
places. My travels have taken me to Tuddenham in Suffolk, where
I spoke to Miss Wright; to London to the National Society, and
here I must thank the very kind secretary who made me so
comfortable and showed me several books which otherwise would
have been missed. In London I also visited the Ministry of
Education Library who were very helpful and allowed me to see
the file relating to the school.
1 See appendices nos 6
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