Are we sure this is Whittier Hall? The sign board reads “Society of Friends” which I believe to be the Quakers. I always thought Whittier Hall was associated with the Temperance Society. Does anyone know any more about either?
By michael swanson (09/10/2012)
Definitely Whittier Hall. All of the above was associated with Whittier Hall
By Janet Penn (09/10/2012)
Hi, Michael, I think you’ll find all the info you need on the Archive page about my great-uncle Harold Thomas,the founder of Whittier Hall.
The Child Welfare Clinic would have been linked to the Canvey Island District Nursing Association and as both my great-aunts, Dorothy and Blossom Stevens, were founder members of that organisation it seems a natural choice for the Hall to be used for the clinic.
From the appearance of the photo this must have been in the late20s/early30s, not long after the premises were built.
You might even remember when the red-brick Clinic was in Furtherwick Rd Auntie Blossom was still involved, weighing the babies in that quaint wicker-basket-topped weighing machine. That would have been late40s/early50s.
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Are we sure this is Whittier Hall? The sign board reads “Society of Friends” which I believe to be the Quakers. I always thought Whittier Hall was associated with the Temperance Society. Does anyone know any more about either?
Definitely Whittier Hall. All of the above was associated with Whittier Hall
Hi, Michael, I think you’ll find all the info you need on the Archive page about my great-uncle Harold Thomas,the founder of Whittier Hall.
The Child Welfare Clinic would have been linked to the Canvey Island District Nursing Association and as both my great-aunts, Dorothy and Blossom Stevens, were founder members of that organisation it seems a natural choice for the Hall to be used for the clinic.
From the appearance of the photo this must have been in the late20s/early30s, not long after the premises were built.
You might even remember when the red-brick Clinic was in Furtherwick Rd Auntie Blossom was still involved, weighing the babies in that quaint wicker-basket-topped weighing machine. That would have been late40s/early50s.
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