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Description: | F. G. Ladds and B. Rodwell taken in July 1929. Mr Ladds took over as Secretary of Spurgeon's Orphanage from C. Blackmore, the first secretary, in 1879. Mr Rodwell joined as Office Boy in June 1894 and was appointed Junior Clerk in 1900, Assistant Secretary in 1915 and took over as Secretary in 1930 on Mr Ladds' death. Both Mr Ladds and Mr Rodwell had been brought up in Spurgeon's Orphanage. This tradition continued to the next Secretary, Percy Hide. In all, the office of Secretary was occupied for 88 years by these Old Scholars who gave a total of 123 years' service between them to Stockwell Orphanage and Spurgeon's Homes.
Photograph courtesy of The Tella Co. Ltd.,
Original image and copyright held by Spurgeon's Child Care Trust | License: | http://www.lambethlandmark.com/terms.html | Subjects: | Orphanages Charity School Boarding Schools Interiors | Temporal: | 1926-01-01T00:00:00/1950-12-31T23:59:00 | Source: | Lambeth Landmark | Creator: | Lambeth Libraries | Identifier: | http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_p... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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