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(online only) Celebrating workplaces of key workers: The Story of Schools - a virtual tour with a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide

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place
18 Ensign street, E1 8JD

Travel Information

subway
Nearest tube: Aldgate East
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This tour explores how education became seen as a key public service.

Access

Saturday 26th

event
  • Virtual Tour at 5pm (Virtual tour) (Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/95172106939?pwd=ZXlnR0N5RzFJNnlwMXJaZjVSMm1rQT09 Meeting ID: 951 7210 6939 Passcode: BBG06)

Design

Original design
Unknown, 2020
Type
Online, Walk/tour, Education
Period
Historical/contemporary

  • Full Description

    School and former school buildings dot the urban landscape - from Bluecoat Schools to Ragged
    Schools and the huge number of Board Schools they tell the history of education in the city. This tour explores how education became seen as a key public service.

    Led by Ruth Polling who has a particular interest in 19th & 20th century social history.

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