Tom Driver, Gen Sec of Assoc. Of Teachers in Technical Institutions called on the Govt to amend the 1944 Edu. Act to provide an expansion of Adult Education.

Letters of congratulations she received on receiving her Honorary MA came from union members, MPs, Mayors, academics and newspaper editors and summed up the high esteem for her within the union movement and in education (even in her 80s) she was still on the council's Education Committee

Alice’s life was changed at a @weaadulted.bsky.social summer school in Bangor, “a month of almost complete happiness; a pinnacle of joy never to be quite reached again. The spirit of the WEA was to sustain and accompany me through long years of humble toil” later President of her Bolton WEA branch

Born “on a scurvy, inhospitable day…a premature victim of nature & the hazards of a moonlight flit” to be awarded an MBE and honorary MA from Manchester Uni📸. The Socialist Sunday School (& their 10 commandments📸), Clarion Cycling 📸& the WEA summer schools were her education.

Fiona credits her community (County Council, Durham Miners Assoc etc) for the opportunities she had. "For every rung of the educational ladder I found a subsidy or grant to pull me up"

We must not abandon our communities & recent announcements of further cuts to Adult Education is deeply worrying

* Nick Mansfield's book on the buildings of the Labour mvt is wonderful. The pubs, churches, halls and schools are a physical reminder of the impact of the mvt.