Annual Parent’s Day at Kelston School for the Deaf, with rides (horses, fire tank and alike!), performances and end-of-year prizes. This was in November 1959.
Parent’s Day at Kelston School for the Deaf (1959)
1959 •
- Deaf Education
Annual Parent’s Day at Kelston School for the Deaf, with rides (horses, fire tank and alike!), performances and end-of-year prizes.
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Reference number:
SH29-19-EDU59
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