A collection of items from Gladys Hamilton’s childhood in the 1930s. She went to the Girls Model School in Belfast around this time. Contents: Hamilton’s Judgement Card displaying at home lessons and school lessons; for an unknown year; photographs of three children in chef’s hats; a tracing of a supplement to No. 25 Ladies Journal (May 1909); various Players cigarettes cards in a Lambert & Butler’s Golf Leaf HoneyDew Cigarettes box; an exercise book for ‘2nd year Cookery (1928–29); a letter from Lola Wilson, Gladys’ friend, concerning life updates and getting an address (Feb. 1930); a typescript of a school play; a letter from A.K. Hunter in Sudan concerning general updates as a teacher (1935); a postcard to Hamilton from Southport, England, concerning holidays (1937); an empty envelope to Hamilton from Bangor (1928); a Happy Easter postcard to Hamilton (1931); ‘Geography of The British Empire Beyond the Seas; a Circle Series of Science Notebooks No. 1, containing notes from Hamilton; ‘The Prose and Poetry Readers’ book (1930s); ‘The Right Road to Arithmetic’; ‘W.J. Cox and Golf’; ‘Why -So Stories of Birds and Beasts Book II; ‘The Academic Manual of the Rudiments of Music’ (1928); a booklet on Influenza; a ‘Sanatogen’ booklet; Doran’s Dream Book and Guide to Good Health; ‘How to Write a Letter’ book (1890); two best wishes cards; a ‘Little Chums’ letter writing set for children; one of Hamilton’s exercise books; a small pocket calendar; ‘Getting and Spending’ book; ‘The Kind Tailor And Other Tales’ children's book; ‘Community Song Book’ (1927); Hamilton’s second year cookery exercise book (1928) attached to a beginners reading book; an exercise book for various subjects (1926); Wright’s Simple Arithmetic booklet; The Business Letter= Writer instructional book; The ‘Balmoral’ Needlework Book; Little Artist's Painting Book; Field Flowers Painting Book; “a Humorous History of England” booklet (1920).
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