These files are drafts and notes of speeches made by Lady Plowden, some relating to personal interests, but others relating to organisations with which Lady Plowden had an official connection. These papers were however filed by Lady Plowden in a separate "speeches" file, organised approximately by year rather than organisation, and this order has been retained. For this reason there may be some crossover with speech files which Lady Plowden kept within her general filing systems for particular organisations.
Rural Life in England, undated, approximately 1950 - 2000
Brtitain, Land of Change and Development, undated, approximately 1950 - 2001
Americans in Britain, undated, approximately 1950 - 2002
Talk on America for Barnston WI, 1957
Insights on the British point of view, 1960
Chester ESU, 1960
Challenge of Leisure, 1960
Ilford Townswomen's Guild, 1960
Speech notes, no title, appears to be the final meeting of the Central Advisory Council for Education, post the completion of the 'Plowden Report', circa October 1966., October 1966
Bristol WEA, 7 June 1967., 7 June 1967
Bristol Primary and Secondary Heads, 1967
National Council of Women of Great Britain, 1967
Bolton Teachers, 1967
Enfield Teachers, 1967
Middle School - Froebel Institute - Course for Teachers, 1967
Middle School, 1967
Hackney NUT, 1967
Wellgarth Nursery Training College, 1967
Dublin National Teachers Organisation, 14 March 1968., 14 March 1968
Dublin National Teachers Organisation, 14 March 1968., 14 March 1968
Murrey Schools Association, 10 May 1968., 10 May 1968
Corporal Punishment, for the publication 'Kaleidoscope', notes dated 13 May 1968., 13 May 1968
Opening of Exhibition of work in Primary Schools, 23 May 1968., 23 May 1968
Vauxhall JM Prize Giving, 27 June 1968., 27 June 1968
Town and Country Planning, July 1968., July 1968
Middle School Conference, Froebel Institute 22 July 1968., 22 July 1968
OMEP, Provision of Play for Young Children, especially those in Deprived Circumstances, 13 August 1968., 13 August 1968
ACE Conference for Primary Head Teachers, 27 August 1968., 27 August 1968
Conference of Heads and Senior Staff of East Riding, 4 - 7 September 1968., 4 - 7 September 1968
Opening of Vittoria School, 10 October 1968., 10 October 1968
Bow Boys School Prizegiving, 17 October 1968., 17 October 1968
Parents National Educational Union AGM, 17 October 1968., 17 October 1968.
Parents National Educational Union AGM, 17 October 1968, 17 October 1968
National Women Citizens Association, 18 October 1968., 18 October 1968
Opening of new building at Rachel McMIllan College of Education, 21 October 1968., 21 October 1968
Holland Park Prize Giving, 24 October 1968, 24 October 1968
Dulwich and Camberwell CASE, Education Priority Areas, 4 November 1968., 4 November 1968
Opening of AA Course - The Improvement of Old Buildings, 5 November 1968., 5 November 1968
NW Polytechnic, Some Reactions to Plowden Report, 20 November 1968., 20 November 1968
NUT Dinner, 21 November 1968., 21 November 1968
The Importance of Childhood, 1968
Dulwich Wood Nursery PTA, 1968
Council for Educational Advance, 1968
Bow Group, 1968
Cheshire, 1968
North of England Conference, Liverpool, 1968
Susan Belgrave, Volunteer Reading Help, 1968
Reply to Mrs Virginia Bottomley, 1968
Opening of ST Ethelburga's Primary School, 1969
Opening of St Julian's School, 1969
Current Trends in Primary Education - Conference for Headteachers, ILEA, 1969
National Society AGM, 1969
Nursery School Association Annual Dinner, 1969
Diamond Jubilee of Sunderland College, 1969
Introduction to Course on Compensatory Education and the Infants School, Swansea, 1969
Playcentre Organisers, 1969
Pre-school Playgroups, 1969
National Society AGM, 1969
CEA, 1969
College of St Mark and St John Socialist Society, 1969
Women's Council AGM, 1969
Opening of Sherwood Park Children's House, 1969
Liverpool EPA, 1969
ILTA Meeting, Hamilton House, 1969
Opening of Paddington Comprehensive School, Liverpool, 1969
Prizegiving William Blake, 1969
Prizegiving King Edward VI School, Chelmsford, 1969
Prizegiving Collingwood School for Girls, 1969
Environmental Studies Exhibition, 1969
Julian's Primary School Parents Meeting, 1969
Home and School - Modern Infant Education Conference, St Osyth's College, 1969
Primary Schools in the Seventies, ACE Conference, Churchill College, 1969
Education Club Reading University, 1969
Opening of Courtwood Junior Mixed and Infants School, 1969
Opening of Birchwood Middle School Lincoln, 1969
Opening The Park County Primary School, 1969
Opening of Pill Co f E Junior School, 2 July 1969
Speech notes for Lady Plowden's award of an Honorary Degree from Loughbrough College, undated, approximately 1970 - 2000
O Goldsmiths Evening Meeting for Parents, 1970
The Formative Years - ATCDE Residential Conference, 1970
Notes for Plymouth Education Committee, 1970
Dunmow Plowden Teachers Conference, 1970
Announcement of the Primary Extension Programme of the National Council for Educational Technology, 1970
Wolverhampton Headteachers' Association, 1970
Prizegiving St John's Hospital, 1970
Putney Nursery Prizegiving, 1970
Opening of Sittingbourne Minterne Infants School, 1970
Dunmow and Braintree Educational Fellowship Course, 1970
Reading, 1970
Teachers in a Changing Society, ACE Conference, St Hilda'a College, 1970
Plowden for Parents - Co-op Conference, 1970
Opening of Fleet Primary School, 6 March 1970., 6 March 1970
The Second Stage of Schooling, Conference on 'The Middle Years', Churchill College, 19 June 1970., 1970
Our Education - Truro, 1971
Wolverhampton Headteachers' Association, 1971
St Bartholemew's, 1971
Goldsmiths Teachers, 1971
Norwich, 1971
ACE Conference, Somerville College Conference, 24 - 27 August 1971., 24 - 27 August 1971
OMED, 1972
Hove Teachers, 1972
EPAs Is Sufficient Progress Being Made?, 1972
Education of Young Children, West Riding Vacation Course, 1972
Notting Hill Social Council, 1972
Opening of Malmerbury First School, 1972
Opening - The Green, 1972
Southward Diocesan Board of Education, 1972
Harding Housing Association, 1972
The Changing Role of the Schools, 21 March 1972., 21 March 1972
The EPA Problem and its Solution, Education of Socially Disadvantaged Children, Nottingham, 31 October 1972., 31 October 1972
A Sixth Form College, Islington, 8 November 1972., 8 November 1972
Open Education, Albany, New York, 1973
Open Education in Great Britain, 1973
Annual Conference Pre-school Playgroups Association 1973, 1973
Luton 100 Club, 1973
Seven Years On, 1973
Cyril Burt Memorial Lecture, circa 1973
EPA Problem in England, New York, 14 May 1973., 4 May 1973
Madeley College of Education, 1974
Annual Conference Pre-school Playgroups Association 1974, 1974
Education for Europe - A British Contribution, Brussels, 1974
Pre-school Playgroups Association, Winchester, 1974
Norfolk PG Open Meeting, 1974
Inner London Pre-school Playgroups Association, 1974
Imagination in Education, Cambridge,
Walsall Primary Teachers, 24 April 1974., 24 April 1974
Centre for Studies in Social Policy, 9 January 1975, 9 January 1975
Continuity A Personal View, 1975
11th Annual Pre-school Playgroups Assocation Conference, 1975
Low Cost Day-Care Provision for Under-Fives, Sunningdale, 9 - 10 January 1976., 9 - 10 January 1976
10th Annual Plowden Conference, 1976
Expansion of Nursery Education, 1976
Pre-school Playgroups Association AGM, 1976
Maths in the Primary School, Liverpool 1977, 1977
Home, School, Community Relations, Are they a Priority in Primary Education, Pitlochry, 25 March 1977., 25 March 1977
VOLCUFF Conference, 20 May 1977., 20 May 1977
Pre-school Playgroups Association Confernece 1977, 1977
Plowden Conference 1977, 1977
The Case of Child Care Plowden in Retrospect, Nuffield College Oxford, 6 February 1978., 6 February 1978
PPA AGM, 7 - 9 April 1978., 7 - 9 April 1978
Opening of Kingsley Park Middle School, 17 July 1978., 17 July 1978
Speech Notes: Bishop Grosteste College Head Teachers Evening 13 October 1982, and attached previus speech notes relating to an event titled British Council - Bishop Grostestes College, January 1981., 1981/1982
The Needs of the Under-Fives and the Voluntary Sectors' Contribution, 7 February 1981., 7 February 1981
PPA AGM, Newcastle, 3 - 5 April 1981., 3 - 5 April 1981
SCOPE AGM, 20 May 1981
VOLCUF Conference, 15 July 1981, 15 July 1981
Plowden Conference, Bishop Grossteste College, 25 August 1981., 25 August 1981
Volunteer Reading Help 19 November 1981, 19 November 1981
Report a talk by Lady Plowden, titled: 'The Educational Responsibility of Broadcasters', Published in the journal Education, 8 January 1982., 8 January 1982
NAPE Haringey Branch, Looking Back Glancing Forward - A Personal View, 12 October 1982., 12 October 1982
Opening of Bassingham School Extension, 13 October 1982., 13 October 1982
Voice for all Children Conference, 1 November 1982., 1 November 1982
St Mary's College, 23 November 1983., 23 November 1983
Pleshey Retreat, 30 September 1984., 30 September 1984
The Public Launch of the British Accreditation Council, 1984
Pre-school Playgroups Association Confernece 1985, 1985
Willesden College of Technology, 1985
BVWS, 1985
Bristol, 1985
Parental Involvement, Chelmsford, 1987
NAPE, Hertford, 3 July 1987., 3 July 1987
The Reform of Primary Education and the Challenge for the Future, 1988
Southgate School Prizegiving, 1988
Schiller, 16 September 1989., 16 September 1989
File relating to Lady Plowden's Keynote Speech 'The Child, The Service Parent and the School', SHIELD Conference 20 October 1989., 20 October 1989
Speech notes for the Memorial Service for Lord Hill 17 November 1989, 17 November 1989
Northern Ireland Pre-school Playgroups Association, 1989
Learning Through Play, 1989
VOLCUF 10th Anniversary, 1989
The Service Child, The Parent and the School, 1989
Margaret Dane School, 12 January 1990., 12 January 1990
Downe House, 1990
Opening of Blackbrook Primary School, 1990
Hammersmith and Fulham Education, 1990
Edinburgh World Book Conference, 1990
ETA York, 1990
Opening of Education Resource Exhibition Birmingham, 1991
International Information Centre for Special Needs Information, 30 March 1992., 30 March 1992
Cannock School, 7 November 1992., 7 November 1992
Notes for a speech - House of Commons 18 Nov 1992 - Subject: Adult Education, 18 November 1992