Catalogue description YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (BIRKENHEAD BRANCH)

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Title: YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (BIRKENHEAD BRANCH)
Description:

Minutes, financial records, reports and publications
Date: 1891 - 1986
Held by: Wirral Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Young Men's Christian Association (Birkenhead Branch), Merseyside
Physical description: 32 files
Immediate source of acquisition:

Accn.1267
Subjects:
  • Birkenhead, Mersey
Administrative / biographical background:

The Young Men's Christian Associaion was founded by George Williams in June 1844. A hostel had been established at 42 Conway Street, Birkenhead by 1877. this was superseded in c.1891 by a purpose-built hostel in Grange Road, which was in turn replaced by a new building in Whetstone Lane in 1936/37. Records were deposited by the Warden, Mr Larmour, in July 1990.
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