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fortuna desperata's avatar

Tawney's Religion and the Rise of Capitalism is still an excellent lively read. I remember one or two odd creaky perorations, which I suppose reflect the lecturing style of the era, but I found it accessible and informative and well-argued, especially on how economics came unmoored from any moral foundations. A remarkable man.

These pioneers of education for working people had a real sense of education in the round, that it should make us more enquiring, more public-spirited and democratic, not just more productive and wealthy. With the marketisation of higher education and now its crisis it is surely time to rediscover this...

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Helen Barrell's avatar

I did my library post-grad at Manchester Metropolitan University and they liked to say that, because they started off as a Mechanics' Institute, they were older than the University of Manchester!

It's so interesting how the WEA courses spread and how huge the appetite was for them. Human beings love to learn!

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Mike Press's avatar

A fascinating read. Thank you. I taught a WEA class in the 80s and have been a WEA student on some of their online courses in the last couple of years. A vital institution.

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Ivar Gabot's avatar

Sarah Harkness

Few Beuks from MY Cleadon ( Reference ) Library :-

( One course by WEA on Minute Taking - One Day for Capital in Covid for The Empress. Managed to persuade Capital Accountant I had Other Skills as Chartered Management Accountant . Accounted for around £360m Additional Funding - ALL Depreciation & Asset Register Updates " Saved the Day " - Funding would have been LOST without my Input !!! )

Associate Director told me it was Band Two Aprentice Role then kicked me out into AP ( I met Associate Directors on my Own on TEAMS to discuss Capital Budgets and Forecast spending .Hardly Band Two Apprentice Level )

( Open University used to have Stall occasionally in Saff Restaurant but they Never had Anything I fancied . C.I.M.A. equivalent to Masters Degree - All Day release except Final Strategic Level - Couldn't afford College so Bought Text Books & Read Twice ( Don't Like Test Papers ) Final Case Study - You Would Not Believe my Circumstances - Nobody Else in the World could have Passed under those Circumstances I Believe ).

BrightandPurple

Ivar Gabot

Chartered Management Accountant - The HARD WAY

Cleadon Library - Not a Business but a Mission to Educate the World One Book at a Time

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Cordon Rouge

Red Herring Workers Co-operative

( Newcastle-upon-Tyne Vegan / Veggie ? Café Recipe Book - Rare )

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The Shuttle and Cage - Industrial Folk-Ballads

Edited Ewan MacColl Published by Workers' Music Association 1954

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Songs for the Sixties

Edited by Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl Published by Workers' Music Association 1961

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Art education - Pamphlet No. 6 ( 1946 )

Ministry of Education

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Home curing of Bacon and Hams

Bulletin 127 Ministry of Agriculture 1947

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Manual of Nutrition

Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ( First edition 1945 - 8th Edition 1976 )

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Board of Education - Syllabus of Physical Training for Schools - 1933 ( 1942 Reprint )

Board of Education ( HM Gov )

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Munch and the Workers

Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery ( Munch ) Opened Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Norway 2nd October 1984

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The Politics of Education

Edward Boyle & Anthony Crosland in conversation with Maurice Kogen

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Milton's Tractate on Education.

Milton ed Oscar Browning

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Other ( Fellow ) Poet's Thoughts :-

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Le Poete / Irish T'inker

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Rodin's Thinker

Irish T'inker

Represent Intellect

Le Poete - Respect !

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Lyrics by © HughofDurham@Gmail.com

© BardofCleadon@Gmail.com

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Ivar Gabot

Chartered Management Accountant

Lowest Paid Qualified Accountant for The Empress for over Twenty Years

( & THE BEST )

Philosopher Pauper and a Poet

Chilled Skilled Wordsmith

One Hundred and Sixty-Two Songs since Lockdown

One Hundred and Eighty-Eight in Total

Cleadon Library - Not a Business but a Mission to Educate the World One Book at a Time

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