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Topic: Battersea Polytechnic

	Polytechnic - LoveToKnow 1911
		To secure to each polytechnic the services of an educational principal, who should be responsible to his governing body for the organization and conduct of the whole of the work of the institution.
		To provide in each polytechnic a permanent staff of teachers, who should be heads of their respective departments and give their whole time to the work of the institution, and thus to establish a corporate or collegiate life in the polytechnic.
		The total number of scholars in the polytechnics and their branch institutions is variously estimated at from 40,000 to 50,000, and the total number of regular scholars in the evening schools of the council does not exceed Ioo,000.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Polytechnic (3152 words)

	University of Surrey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The forerunner of the University, the Battersea Polytechnic Institute (founded 1891, first students admitted 1894) began concentrating on science and technology from about 1920 and taught day and evening students for degrees of the University of London.
		A history of Battersea College 1891-1962 was written by Harold Arrowsmith and published in 1966 as Pioneering in Education for the Technologies.
		A history of the University of Surrey by Roy Douglas, entitled Surrey - The Rise of a Modern University, was published by Surrey University Press Ltd in September 1991 to coincide with the silver jubilee of the University.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_Surrey (1690 words)

	Battersea - LoveToKnow 1911
		The principal thoroughfares are Wandsworth Road and Battersea Park and York Roads from east to west, connected north and south with the Victoria or Chelsea, Albert and Battersea bridges over the Thames.
		Among institutions are the Battersea Polytechnic, the Royal Masonic Institution for girls, founded in 1788, and Church of England and Wesleyan Training Colleges.
		Battersea is in the parliamentary borough of Battersea and Clapham, including the whole of the Battersea division and part of the Clapham division.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Battersea (377 words)

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		Battersea is a district mainly consisting of artisans' houses, and there are several large factories by the river.
		Battersea is in the parliamentary borough of Battersea and Clapham, including the.
		Battersea Fields, bordering the river, were formerly a favourite resort, so that the park also perpetuates a memory.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=7548&locale=en (362 words)

	POLYTECHNIC (Gr. aroWu... - Online Information article about POLYTECHNIC (Gr. aroWu...
		council After ten years of work the London polytechnic council was dissolved in the summer of 1904 in consequence of the abolition of the technical education board of the London County Council, when the council became responsible for all grades of education.
		The total number of scholars in the polytechnics and their branch institutions is variously estimated at from 40,000 to 50,000.
		They show also that, if all England and Wales be taken together, the number of persons between twenty and twenty-one is less by 12.8% than the number between thirteen and fourteen; but that, taking London alone, the number of persons between twenty and twenty-one is greater by 14.4% than the number between thirteen and fourteen.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /POL_PRE/POLYTECHNIC_Gr_aroWus_many_and_.html (5324 words)

	Vic Myers MY STORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		June 1921 at 41 Balfern Street, a turning off Battersea Park Road between the "Latchmere" and the "Princes Head" and I was christened in Christ Church, Battersea as Victor Alfred George Myers.
		South of Battersea Station (on the West London Extension Railway, which went from Clapham Junction to Paddington) was the stalls, which sold fruit, vegetables, meat and anything else.
		Battersea Square is full of history, with its old pubs and links with the past.
	www.hawkley1939.org.uk /_private/_myers.htm (3757 words)

	Professional Training Year - Chemistry (SBMS) - University of Surrey
		The polytechnic opened its doors in 1894 to promote ‘the industrial skill, general knowledge, health and well-being of young men and women belonging to the poorer classes’.
		In 1912, with the establishment of the Advisory Committees, the link between the college and industry strengthened and industry began to assist in the planning of curricula, in advising on accommodation and equipment and in bringing new trends and developments to the notice of the Principal and his staff.
		At Battersea, as well as at other polytechnics, the war years were supported with the production of weapons and other necessary equipment as well as the need for training in specific areas.
	www.chem.surrey.ac.uk /pty/history.htm (1566 words)

	Battersea -
		A correspondant (tinbath46) on the "Old Battersea" mailing list, as a child living in Livingstone Road, remembers the bomb site until everything was demolished in the early 1960's.
		A history of Battersea College 1891-1962 by Harold Arrowsmith was published 1966.
		The developers propose to retain the old building fronting Battersea Park Road but buildings to the rear of the site are to be demolished and replaced with a new 6 storey building.
	www.milsom.info /Battersea/Schools_and_Colleges (1224 words)

	John Archer: first black mayor london. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Battersea was poor, overcrowded area, and a hotbed for left-wing political activity.
		In 1906, Archer was elected to the borough council for the Latchmere ward, Battersea, he was one of six councillors, and served on many of the Council’s committees.
		Battersea has done many things in the past, but the greatest thing it has done is to show that it has no racial prejudice, and that it recognises a man for the work he has done."
	www.itzcaribbean.com /history_john_archer.php (839 words)

	Education \| John Beishon
		Not a school high-flyer, Beishon studied metallurgy at Battersea Polytechnic (now the University of Surrey), a subject he developed further on national service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the canal zone in Egypt.
		The London polytechnics had had a distinguished past, but were now in a period of transition, staffed by an uneasy mixture of young leftwing sociologists and more elderly masonic engineers, lazily overseen by the Inner London Education Authority (Ilea) - but scarcely managed at all.
		But the CA was not a polytechnic, and too many feathers were ruffled too quickly.
	education.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4178413-48426,00.html (858 words)

	Battersea, England royalty-free image
		Farther on is the Battersea Polytechnic, a handsome, well-equipped institution.
		Battersea Park, to the north of Battersea Park Road, has the Thames as its north boundary.
		It was laid out in 1852-58 on Battersea Fields, the scene of a duel in 1829 between the Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Winchelsea.
	www.gardenvisit.com /travel/london/battersea.htm (516 words)

	More on Vic Myers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Annual Concert at the Battersea Town Hall in December of each year was one of the highlights.
		One for North Battersea was in Battersea Church Road and the other, for South Battersea, was Harrisons, the printers of postage stamps, who were in Martins Lane, just off Trafalgar Square and Charing Cross Road.
		John’s Hospital in East Hill, whilst in North Battersea we had Battersea General Hospital at the junction of Prince of Wales Drive and Albert Bridge Road.
	www.hawkley1939.org.uk /_private/_myers2.htm (3850 words)

	AIM25: University of Surrey Guildford: University of Surrey Archives, Guildford
		Situated in Battersea Park Road, the Institute was the second of three proposed Polytechnics for South London and was formally opened in 1894 with six main departments: Mechanical Engineering and Building Trades; Electrical Engineering and Physics; Chemistry; Women's Subjects; and Art and Music.
		The Polytechnic, Institute was dropped from the title in 1898, was well-established by 1900 although courses were mainly part-time.
		In April 1991 the University was awarded the Queen's Award for Export Achievement and in February 1997 the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in recognition of the University's outstanding achievement in satellite engineering and communications, teaching and research by the Centre for Satellite Engineering and it's associated companies.
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=2229&inst_id=42 (848 words)

	The Life of Charles Arcus
		He then moved to Battersea Polytechnic, still part-time, where he studied under Joseph Kenyon, FRS, and in 1938 was awarded his PhD, also from London University.
		In 1946 he was appointed as lecturer at Battersea Polytechnic, progressing to Senior Lecturer in 1951, and became a Recognised Teacher for the University of London in 1954.
		Charles remained with Battersea Polytechnic when it became the University of Surrey and moved to new premises in Guildford.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~arcus/cla/Life.html (937 words)

	Clapham Junction and Battersea - Facts about Battersea
		It was renamed Battersea College of Technology in 1956 before being awarded university status and eventually moving to its present Guildford location in 1970.
		Battersea Ironsides Rugby Football Club, described by themselves as the "best rugby club in London", play their home matches next to Wandsworth Prison.
		Battersea Park replaced a notorious haunt of Regency lowlife who visited the area's dens and taverns.
	www.clapham-junction.com /index.cfm/pcms/site.Local_History.Interesting_Facts (450 words)

	The University of Surrey - Guildford Tour - Friends International in Guildford
		The Battersea Polytechnic Institute in London was founded in 1891 to provide further and higher education for London's poorer inhabitants.
		The old lamp-post outside the library is from the old site in Battersea, as is the "Battersea Rise S.W." sign outside the union building.
		Battersea Court also serves as a reminder of the university's origins; the Battersea Court residences are named after Chairmen of the Governing Body and Principals of the Battersea Polytechnic.
	www.surrey.ac.uk /Chaplains/CFIS/tour/uni.html (208 words)

	Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys
		Sport have long been a part of life at Sinjuns, indeed the first mention of sport at Sinjuns is to be found in the School Magazine for 1 March 1892, where there is a reference to an attempt to re-establish the School Cricket Club on a somewhat firmer basis.
		As previously stated the first mention of sport at Sinjuns is to be found in the School Magazine for 1 March 1892, where there is a reference to an attempt to re- establish the School Cricket Club on a somewhat firmer basis.
		One of the first sports to be developed at Sinjuns was swimming, in which Professor C. Newman (swimming instructors were invariably known as professors') of the Battersea Baths gave the boys instruction in 1892.
	www.sinjuns.com /sports.html (1081 words)

	John Archer
		Archer's political views moved to the left during the First World War and in 1919 he was elected to the council as a member of the Labour Party.
		In 1922 Archer was the election agent for Shapurji Saklatvala, the Communist Party candidate for North Battersea.
		Archer eventually broke with the Communist Party and in the 1929 General Election he was election agent to the successful Labour Party candidate.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /SLAarcherJ.htm (1786 words)

	Michael de Larrabeiti Official Website: michaeldelarrabeiti.com > home
		Returned to Battersea: 48 Altenburg Gardens, a first floor flat where the majority of my youth was spent.
		I enrolled for the spring term at Battersea Polytechnic with the intention of getting A-Levels in English and French in the hope that I could get to university.
		Autumn; studied seven weeks, 12 hours a day in Battersea reference library (living at 48 Altenburg Gdns, first floor flat, my mother and sister back from Canada, she earnt a bit of a living by letting rooms to four students and cooking their evening meal.
	www.michaeldelarrabeiti.com /biography/index2.html (7839 words)

	Barefacts alumni article 1 - Touch and Go by Dr Mike Woods @ University of Surrey (UK) 1970's
		Battersea had been put on the media map – if only faintly.
		The next year the BBC decided to produce a student film to fend off the launch of ITV and the Oscar Film Unit Film Unit offered their services and the Battersea building, although we suspect that Dr West the Principal at the time was not consulted.
		In the Battersea Bridge scene some over enthusiastic extras damaged a BBC camera but on the whole it went well and the BBC were pleased.
	www.uossnaps.co.uk /bf_a01.htm (481 words)

	Barefacts alumni article 3 - Arthur Tarrant - Tales from Old Battersea @ University of Surrey (UK) 1970's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I suppose that all student will know that we had our origins in the old Battersea Polytechnic in London, and they will have seen pictures of that great Victorian building, which still stands today.
		Battersea Poly was no exception – it was home to hundreds if not thousands of pigeons.
		now I think I can say at this stage of history that there were certain of the old polytechnic lecturers there who confined their activities to giving the minimum number of lecture that their contracts required.
	www.uossnaps.co.uk /bf_a03.htm (406 words)

	Queens Town Road to Clapham Junction via Battersea Park Road & Falcon Road
		Rawson Court and the Egale Tavern from Battersea Park Road
		The Latchmere at the junction of Latchmere Road and Battersea Park Road
		Battersea Park Road - West of the Latchmere
	www.milsom.info /Battersea/Bpr/Index.html (271 words)

	Minis For Sale
		The son of an exile Greek and a German, he was born on 18th November 1906.
		At 16 he came with his mother to England and visited the Battersea Polytechnic Institute in London.
		Sir Alec Issigonis designed both the Morris Minor and the Morris Mini-Minor (the Mini), clearly demonstrating his time honoured automotive philosophy - to provide a vehicle that carried the greatest payload in the smallest practical space.
	www.minisforsale.co.uk /sir_alex.htm (284 words)

	inj99004
		But he survived and moved on to the Chelsea Battersea and Northern Polytechnics, gaining his ARIC by examination in 1952.
		One of a small group that met at Battersea Polytechnic in 1964 to consider establishing a thermal analysis society or group, Cyril was appointed secretary pro tem.
		And was instrumental in the Thermal Analysis Group being constituted as a subject group of the Society of Analytical Chemistry (SAC).
	www.ictac.org /ictacnews/articles/dec99/ind99004.html (971 words)

	Knowhere Contacts UK: Battersea
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		I believe this school was founded in the 1890s, possibly as a day school attached to Battersea Polytechnic.
		IWTV is looking for camera people in the Battersea area, the candidates must own a digital handycam or be able to get hold of one.
	www.knowhere.co.uk /board/kb4338/threads.html?start=20 (1162 words)

	John Archer
		He was at that time Deputy Leader of the Battersea Council.
		As well as being a governor of Battersea Polytechnic, President of the Nine Elms Swimming Club, Chair of the Whitley Council Staff Committee and a member of the Wandsworth Board of Guardians.
		He eventually gave up his business to become Secretary of the Battersea Labour Party and an election agent for Shapurji Saklatvala - a Parsee and a candidate for North Battersea Labour party.
	www.liverpool2007.org.uk /history/ethnichistory/blackhistory/johnarcher/johnarcher.htm (1173 words)

	University of Surrey
		The University of Surrey was granted its Royal Charter in 1966, but its roots go back to the late 19th century when there was a concern to provide greater access to further and higher education for the 'poorer inhabitants' of London.
		The Battersea Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1891 concentrating on science and technology.
		Its academic reputation grew steadily to 1956 when it was one of the first colleges to be designated a 'college of advanced technology' and renamed Battersea College of Technology.
	www-icprocessing.ee.surrey.ac.uk /3,7surrey.htm (1989 words)

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