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Longmoor Camp was established in 1930 as a permanent military station. Occupying over 40 acres, in Greatham, Hampshire, near the Petersfield-Farnham road, 2 miles north of Liss. The camp included the garrison church of St. Martin, a Roman Catholic chapel, a military hospital, school and welfare centre. In 1930 the Camp was home to about 1000 soldiers and their families, mainly from the Royal Artillery, and the Royal Engineers Railway Training Centre.
The National Baby Week Council was established in 1917, with the slogan 'It is more dangerous to be a baby in Britain than it is to be a soldier'. The purpose of the campaign was, in part, to give women the education that the government thought they needed in order to be mothers. The Council ran competitions and awarded prizes to the communities which held the most effective Baby Week campaigns.
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GB 1530 RFH/D3 1930 Collection (Fonds) 1 volume Longmoor Baby Week Committee
Longmoor Camp was established in 1930 as a permanent military station. Occupying over 40 acres, in Greatham, Hampshire, near the Petersfield-Farnham road, 2 miles north of Liss. The camp included the garrison church of St. Martin, a Roman Catholic chapel, a military hospital, school and welfare centre. In 1930 the Camp was home to about 1000 soldiers and their families, mainly from the Royal Artillery, and the Royal Engineers Railway Training Centre.
The National Baby Week Council was established in 1917, with the slogan 'It is more dangerous to be a baby in Britain than it is to be a soldier'. The purpose of the campaign was, in part, to give women the education that the government thought they needed in order to be mothers. The Council ran competitions and awarded prizes to the communities which held the most effective Baby Week campaigns.
The source of acquisition by the RFHAC is not known
Volume commemorating Longmoor Baby Week, May 1930, containing programmes, leaflets, reports, press cuttings and photographs illustrating the events of baby week including a baby show, mothercraft examinations and exhibitions, handicraft classes and competitions, cookery classes and lectures and films on child welfare and hygiene This was the first local Baby Week to be held by a military centre, and events were also open to mothers and children from the nearby communities, Liphook, Liss, Longmoor, Petersfield, Blackmoor, Bordon, Greatham, Headley and Langrish.
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Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the Archivist, Royal Free Hospital Archives Centre, 'The Hoo', 17 Lyndhurst Gardens, London NW3 5NU, for an appointment
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
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Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 1999 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jan 2002 Blackmoor Bordon England Europe Greatham Hampshire Headley Health Health policy Langrish Liphook Liss Longmoor Longmoor Camp Maternal and child health Petersfield UK Western Europe London
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Volume commemorating Longmoor Baby Week, May 1930, containing programmes, leaflets, reports, press cuttings and photographs illustrating the events of baby week including a baby show, mothercraft examinations and exhibitions, handicraft classes and competitions, cookery classes and lectures and films on child welfare and hygiene This was the first local Baby Week to be held by a military centre, and events were also open to mothers and children from the nearby communities, Liphook, Liss, Longmoor, Petersfield, Blackmoor, Bordon, Greatham, Headley and Langrish.
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Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the Archivist, Royal Free Hospital Archives Centre, 'The Hoo', 17 Lyndhurst Gardens, London NW3 5NU, for an appointment
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
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- English
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- Latin
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General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 1999 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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