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Presentation of First Aid Awards to Poole Fire Brigade
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Presentation of First Aid Awards to Poole Fire Brigade

Museum Ref No: BEAM_0056
Following the dedication of a new up-to-date ambulance for Poole by the Rector of Poole, The Reverend E C Harris, seen in the background at Poole Fire Station, the Mayor of Poole, Cllr. W J Stickland, presented First Aid Awards to members of the Fire Brigade. c 1936/37. B/W photograph. JPBC
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Presentment submitted to the Judge of Assizes in 1681

The presentment (a complaint or request) was submitted by the Grand Jury of Dorset to the Judge of Assizes in 1681, complaining about the rector of St. James' Church, Poole, Rev. Samuel Hardy. Hardy had been a controversial choice because of his dissenting views and theology - St James Church being Church of England. Hardy was ejected on 3 August 1682, following a further complaint.
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Quaker Meeting, 1748
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Quaker Meeting, 1748

Extract from Salisbury Journal 19th December 1748 recording a lecture by the "celebrated" Mrs Drummond at the Quaker Meeting House.
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Rectors of St. James - Chronological

A list of the rectors of St. James Church, listed by date.
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Rectors of St. James A - Z

List of the Rectors of St. James from organised A-Z.
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Rules & Orders of Poole Sunday Schools 1789

This documents contains an introduction about the Rules of the St. James' Church Sunday School, with a list of books for wider reading about the Poole Sunday Schools, which were some of the earliest established in the country. It will be of particular interest to people interested in social history of this era, and those interested in the earliest developments of the British school system, which grew from these early beginnings.
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Skinner Street Congregational Church - Centenary Leaflet (1877)
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Skinner Street Congregational Church - Centenary Leaflet (1877)

The images are of a 7-page leaflet, commemorating the first centenary of the Skinner Street Congregationalist Church. Martin Kemp-Welch's name appears at the end of the leaflet, indicating that he may have been the author. PRC. SSCC
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Skinner Street Congregational Church - Some glimpses into our history
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Skinner Street Congregational Church - Some glimpses into our history

The images are of a 4-page leaflet containing a concise history of the Skinner Street United Reformed Church, Poole (formerly, the Skinner Street Congregational Church). It was originally written in 1987 by Rev. W. A. Kerr and later revised and augmented by Mr. R. E. Harding, in 1996. PRS. SSCC
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Skinner Street Congregational Church Manual - 1910
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Skinner Street Congregational Church Manual - 1910

The images are a selection of the Skinner Street Congregational Church 1910 Manual (or 'annual report'). To view all the images of the 20-page leaflet, call into the Local History Centre, Poole Museum. It contains lists of the church's services, activities and societies, its church officers and members and accounts of various funds associated with the church. It is a window into the religious and wider social history of a well attended and active independent church, just before the First World War. PRS. SSCC
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Skinner Street Congregational Church Minute Book 1813 to 1873

A transcription of Skinner Street Congregational Church Minute Book 1813 to 1873 Created by a joint project of Skinner Street United Reformed Church and Poole Museum, using equipment kindly provided by the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society. PRS. SSCC
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