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- 1938-1975 (Creation)
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Stacey was appointed to be chief instructor at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Hairdressing in 1939, having previously been in charge of the hairdressing department at Harrods. Leslie Henry was a pupil at the School from 1938-41. He later became head of hairdressing at Brighton Technical College.
Hairdressing was one of four trade and technical schools at the Polytechnic which were amalgamated in 1929 to become the Craft Schools. They provided general education and specialist trade instruction for boys from 14-17. The Schools also had large evening departments. There were usually about 350 day boys, and in September 1939 about half that number were evacuated to the village of Winscombe in Somerset. A garage was converted into a ladies hairdressing saloon. In 1942, Hairdressing was one of two Schools allowed to make an early return to London. Changes after the War, including the implementation of the 1944 Education Act, meant that the Craft Schools were unable to continue as before, and in 1952 the London County Council moved the Senior School of Hairdressing to Barrett Street Technical College (one of the predecessor bodies of London College of Fashion).
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The papers were given by Leslie Henry to the London College of Fashion.
GB 1753 STA 1938-1975 Collection (fonds) 1 file Henry , Leslie , fl 1938-1975 , hairdresser
Stacey was appointed to be chief instructor at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Hairdressing in 1939, having previously been in charge of the hairdressing department at Harrods. Leslie Henry was a pupil at the School from 1938-41. He later became head of hairdressing at Brighton Technical College.
Hairdressing was one of four trade and technical schools at the Polytechnic which were amalgamated in 1929 to become the Craft Schools. They provided general education and specialist trade instruction for boys from 14-17. The Schools also had large evening departments. There were usually about 350 day boys, and in September 1939 about half that number were evacuated to the village of Winscombe in Somerset. A garage was converted into a ladies hairdressing saloon. In 1942, Hairdressing was one of two Schools allowed to make an early return to London. Changes after the War, including the implementation of the 1944 Education Act, meant that the Craft Schools were unable to continue as before, and in 1952 the London County Council moved the Senior School of Hairdressing to Barrett Street Technical College (one of the predecessor bodies of London College of Fashion).
The papers were given by Leslie Henry to the London College of Fashion.
Transferred from London College of Fashion to University of Westminster Archives, August 2002
The collection was assembled and annotated by Leslie Henry. The items mostly relate to Joseph Stacey, but a few concern Henry. The largest group is of photographs, with a few cuttings, relating to the evacuation of Regent Street Polytechnic School of Hairdressing to Winscombe in Somerset from 1939-1942; a few letters, photographs and cuttings relating to the careers of Stacey and Henry, 1938-1975.
The papers are unsorted.
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Copies may be supplied, for research use only, unless copyright restrictions apply or the item is too fragile to be copied. Requests to publish original material should be addressed to the University Archivist.
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The papers are uncatalogued.
Records of Regent Street Polytechnic, 1891-1970 (Reference: UWA RSP) are held by the University of Westminster Archives.
Records of Barrett Street Technical College, [1904]-1966, are held by the London College of Fashion.
Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. July 2002; revised October 2002 Brighton Brighton Technical College England Europe Hairdressing Health Henry , Leslie , fl 1938-1975 , hairdresser Hygiene London Photographs Polytechnic Institute , Regent Street x Regent Street Polytechnic Regent Street (north) Stacey , Joseph , fl 1938-1975 , hairdresser St Marylebone Students Sussex Training UK Visual materials Vocational education Vocational training Western Europe East Sussex
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Transferred from London College of Fashion to University of Westminster Archives, August 2002
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The collection was assembled and annotated by Leslie Henry. The items mostly relate to Joseph Stacey, but a few concern Henry. The largest group is of photographs, with a few cuttings, relating to the evacuation of Regent Street Polytechnic School of Hairdressing to Winscombe in Somerset from 1939-1942; a few letters, photographs and cuttings relating to the careers of Stacey and Henry, 1938-1975.
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The papers are unsorted.
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Open, subject to signing the regulations for access form.
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Copies may be supplied, for research use only, unless copyright restrictions apply or the item is too fragile to be copied. Requests to publish original material should be addressed to the University Archivist.
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- English
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- Latin
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Records of Regent Street Polytechnic, 1891-1970 (Reference: UWA RSP) are held by the University of Westminster Archives.
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The papers are uncatalogued.
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Records of Barrett Street Technical College, [1904]-1966, are held by the London College of Fashion.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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