THE QUEEN is not the only one who recently held a 50 year celebration.
The Chorleywood and Rickmansworth branch of the Worker's Eductaion Association marked half a century in existence at The Court, Rickmansworth Road, Chorleywood, with a party attended by the group's first secretary Mrs Olive Entwistle.
Nationwide, the group was originally founded in 1903 by Albert Mansbridge in the north of England to help working men who had to leave school at 14 without an education.
Mrs Entwistle, from The retreat, Chorleywood, who is attending an Art History Class said the group is going strong 50 years on.
She said predictably things had changed such as price rises, but the main change is the type of people attending classes.
She said: "In the old days you had what would be classed as highly educated working class people.
"They were not able to get the good education we are able to now. Young children do not realise how good an eduction they get now."
June 10, 2002 17:30
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