File. British Sailors' Society

Reference No:
U DMS/4/30
Dates:
30 Jan 1961-19 Nov 1973
Description:
File containing correspondence of Reverend Cyril Brown and Reverend T.P. Kerfoot as General Secretaries of the Missions to Seamen with Commander John Hough and Stanley Heesom of the British Sailors' Society, booklet 'A chance to help create 250,000 ambassadors for Auckland' re the British Sailors' Society club in Auckland, pamphlet 'The Best of Two Centuries - The British Sailors' Society', order of service for a rededication service on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the British Sailors' Society, 31 Oct 1968, annual reports of the British Sailors' Society for 1970-1972. Includes references to: informal meeting between the British Sailors' Society and the Missions to Seamen; Merchant Navy Welfare Board ad hoc committee to discuss co-operation between voluntary societies; need for regular consultation between the two societies; incorporation of the British Sailors' Society (New Zealand); Flying Angel Fellowship; conflict at Wareham; Archbishop of Perth to preach at the anniversary service of the British Sailors' Society in 1966; income of £700,000 for the British Sailors' Society in 1965; John Hough to succeed Stanley Heesom as General Secretary of the British Sailors' Society in Mar 1967; possibility of having Anglican clergy serve as chaplains for the British Sailors' Society; promotion of the two societies' work in Cornwall by the Seafarers' Trust; Falmouth; Tilbury; Reverend Noel Clarke appointed as Superintendent Chaplain of the British Sailors' Society; co-ordination of overseas visits between the two societies; chairman's address for the 1971 AGM of the British Sailors' Society; Felixstowe; Durban.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)