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- ↑ Account based on: The Friend, 22 June 1900, p. 410; Bedford Inst. Rep. (1900), p. 67; (1901), p. 72; (1902), p. 86; (1904), p. 91; (1906), p. 9; W.H.L., Reps. Sub. Ctees. to Educ. Ctee. xlvi. 271; Barclay Hall Adult Educ. Centre, Official Opening (1949)
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