Today is #WorldRefugeeDay so here is a short thread about something that happened in 1940 which we discovered last year 1/5
We found this class, and others with the same names, in our 1940 exam register. This class had a note at the bottom that the certificates were sent to the Czech Refugee Trust. #WorldRefugeeDay 2/5
We found this class, and others with the same names, in our 1940 exam register. This class had a note at the bottom that the certificates were sent to the Czech Refugee Trust. #WorldRefugeeDay 2/5
We found this class, and others with the same names, in our 1940 exam register. This class had a note at the bottom that the certificates were sent to the Czech Refugee Trust. #WorldRefugeeDay 2/5
It turned out that we were asked by the Trust to run classes - this is an extract from the Board of Governors minutes. The exam register entries cover these classes. #WorldRefugeeDay 3/5
These two images show the timetable for the refugee classes in the Engineering Department. #WorldRefugeeDay 4/5
These two images show the timetable for the refugee classes in the Engineering Department. #WorldRefugeeDay 4/5
These two images show the timetable for the refugee classes in the Engineering Department. #WorldRefugeeDay 4/5
There is more research to be done about this and we don't yet know the full story - apparently we also ran classes for refugee dentists - but we wanted to share this little bit of @LSBU history today 5/5 #WorldRefugeeDay
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