MEXBOROUGH JUNIOR INSTRUCTION CENTRE RECORDS

This material is held atDoncaster Archives

Scope and Content

Comprising: Log book 1936-1939

Administrative / Biographical History

This centre, provided by the West Riding of Yorkshire County Council was opened on 6 Jan 1936. Its purpose was to provide practical instruction for fifteen hours as week to unemployed boys over the compulsory school-leaving age of thirteen. Initial attendance was 310, but numbers were already in decline by the following year and the centre was closed on 14 October 1939.

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