Big Step in Tackling of Vital Problem: Stallington Hall Opening: Stallington Hall, the new home for the mental defectives of the City of Stoke-on-Trent is to be opened by Lady Aspinall tomorrow afternoon … continues … Civic Reception for Sir A. and Lady Aspinall: Sir Algernon and Lady Aspinall are to visit Stoke-on-Trent for the opening ceremony. Sir Algernon Aspinall, C.M.G., C.B.E., is an expert on the West Indies and Tropical agriculture (?). He had a distinguished and varied career … continues … Other guests at the luncheon will be Mrs. Pinsent, Chairman of the Board of Control, Monsignor Newsome, supervisor of the … Court (the Worcestershire home for higher grade mental defectives,), Mr. Andrew MacLaren, M.P. for Burslem, Colonel and Mrs. Ward of Birmingham and Dr. R. A. Keane. For the opening ceremony at the Hall, Lady Aspinall will be presented with a special key by Colonel Ward of Birmingham, the architect. There will be speeches by Alderman Bird, Mrs. Pinsent, Monsignor Newsom. Ald. Leason, Sir Algernon Aspinall, Mr. Andrew MacLaren M.P. and Ald. J. Kearns.
[see related: Staffordshire Sentinel: Thursday 18th September 1930]
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949