Young Britons News , 1950-1963

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PUB 258

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Includes the following:-

No. 2: Oct 1950.
No. 3: Feb 1951.
No. 4: Jun 1951.
No. 5: Nov 1951.
No. 6: Feb 1952.
No. 7: Jun 1952.
No. 8: Oct 1952.
No. 9: Jan 1953.
No. 10: Apr 1953.
No. 11: Jul 1953.
No. 12: Oct 1953.
No. 13: Jan 1954.
No. 14: Apr 1954.
No. 15: Jul 1954.
No. 16: Oct 1954.
No. 17: Jan 1955.
No. 18: Apr 1955.
No. 19: Jul 1955.
No. 20: Oct 1955.
No. 21: Jan 1956.
No. 22: Apr 1956.
No. 23: Jul 1956.
No. 24: Oct 1956.
No. 25: Jan 1957.
No. 26: Apr 1957.
No. 27: Jul 1957.
No. 28: Oct 1957.
No. 29: Jan 1958.
No. 30: Apr 1958.
No. 31: Summer 1958.
No. 32: Oct 1958.
No. 33: Jan 1959.
No. 34: Apr 1959.
No. 35: Jul 1959.
No. 36: Jan 1960.
No. 37: May 1960.
No. 38: Jul 1960.
No. 39: Nov 1960.
No. 40: Jan 1963.

Dates

Creation: 1950-1963

Extent

1 box (1 file)

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

PUB 258

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Young Britons News was a simple, quarterly, double-side foolscap typescript news letter, aimed at Young Britons branch Chairmen and Secretaries, in June 1950. It was produced by the Young Britons Organiser, Miss VB Petherick. As well as news from branches and Areas it also included ideas for games which promoted the idea of Empire and the Dominions and, from 1955, reports of meetings of the Central Committee. It moved to a folded foolscap format from Jan 1960 but otherwise its content remained the same. There was a break in production between Nov 1960 (no. 39) and Jan 1963 (no. 40) owing to illness of the then National Organiser, Jean Bowden. The Jan 1963 (no. 40) also appears to have been the last issue published before the Young Britons Organisation was wound up in 1965 following the report of the Working Group set up by Party Chairman Edward du Cann to re-appraise its value to the Party in the context of the changing pattern of children's leisure-time activities.