1st Withington Girl Guides
1915-1949
Archives
Total copies: 1
This collection consists of a minute book of the Old Girls' Association, 1936-1945; photograph albums, 1915-1939; and scrapbooks & related items concerning events, 1931-1949
Title:
1st Withington Girl Guides
Date of work:
1915-1949
Reference number:
GB127.M707
Level of description:
Fonds
Includes:
Custodial history:
These items were held by Elsa Mary Carrol, the eldest daughter of Walter and Gertrude. Elsa was born in 1898, and attended the Manchester High School for Girls. On leaving school she became a clerk with the Northern Universities Joint Matriculation Board where she worked until her retirement. She was however best know in the area for founding the 1st Withington Girl Guide Company (in 1918) which she led until her retirement in 1974. 1st Withington was notable for its support of local elderly people, a cause sear to Elsa Carroll's heart as she worked as a volunteer for the Abbeyfield Society, presenting it with the house next-door to the Carroll Family's in Lapwing Lane, Didsbury. In 1979 she was awarded the MBE. Elsa Carroll died in 1993.
Source:
Transferred as a gift by Sarah Wickham, Archivist, Royal Northern College of Music, on 25 March 2004 on behalf of the Ida Carroll Trust.
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7198465