Dec 9 1872 saw the opening of a reading room ‘for the free use of working men’ at the Public Hall in the High Street, initiated by the patroness, Mrs Lucy Deane Streatfeild. By the following year, ‘The Westerham Recreation and Sports Club’ was held there most evenings from 7 until 10 whenever the Hall ...
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The Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor (Y.P.S.C.E.) was formed as an interdenominational Christian youth society which provided a structure for church youth to work together to know God in Jesus Christ. Started in Portland, Maine in the U.S. in 1882 the Society spread throughout the British Empire and beyond by the early 1890s. Christian Endeavor is ...
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