Rugby Advertiser: Friday 20th April 1934

Good Samaritans of Rugby: School’s Part in Social Work: Opening of Boys’ Club Extension: At the Rugby School Boy’s Club at Birmingham on Friday, the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Dudley formally opened a new extension, which has been completed at a cost of £800. He also unveiled a memorial tablet recording that the extension was erected with money bequeathed by Mrs. Parker Brooke, of Rugby, in memory of her sons Rupert and Alfred, and by the Rev. H. A. James, C.H., D.D., formerly Headmaster of Rugby School. The Rugby School Boys’ Club, which serves the needs of one of the poorer districts of Birmingham, was founded in 1889 by the efforts of a number of Old Rugbeians. … …  Mr. C. H. Saunders, O.R., presided over Friday’s ceremony, supported by Lord Dudley, Mr. P. H. B. Lyon, M.C., M. A. (Headmaster of Rugby) Mr. P. Johnston (Warden), Mr. and Mrs. R. Pinsent, Alderman and Mrs. J. B. Burman, Mrs. Saunders, … (etc.) …

[see also Rugby Advertiser: Tuesday 17th April 1934]


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