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Girls Friendly Society

They had in the 1913 directory two addreses
GFS Miss E Nottelle Diocesan Lodge 79 Church St and
GFW Golds Hill Road Handsworth
 
I've got shots of a building at 65 Church Street which I've just found out was home to the former Diocesan Lodge of the Girls' Friendly Society, built in 1908.

The details were in Pevsner Arcitectural Guides: Birmingham by Andy Foster


65 Church Street, Birmingham (former Diocesan Lodge of the Girls' Friendly Society) by ell brown, on Flickr


65 Church Street, Birmingham (former Diocesan Lodge of the Girls' Friendly Society) by ell brown, on Flickr


65 Church Street, Birmingham (former Diocesan Lodge of the Girls' Friendly Society) by ell brown, on Flickr


65 Church Street, Birmingham - 1908 (former Diocesan Lodge of the Girls' Friendly Society) by ell brown, on Flickr


65 Church Street, Birmingham (former Diocesan Lodge of the Girls' Friendly Society) by ell brown, on Flickr


65 Church Street, Birmingham - arch and 1908 (former Diocesan Lodge of the Girls' Friendly Society) by ell brown, on Flickr
 
 
Hi, I'm looking for more information on the Girls' Friendly Society. My grandmother seems to have been a member around 1911. She kept some photos and postcards from Dunsley Home of Rest, Kinver, which appears to have been run with nurses and a matron around that time. Does anyone have any information on Dunsley or the GF Society?
 
Memory Lane said:
Hi, I'm looking for more information on the Girls' Friendly Society. My grandmother seems to have been a member around 1911. She kept some photos and postcards from Dunsley Home of Rest, Kinver, which appears to have been run with nurses and a matron around that time. Does anyone have any information on Dunsley or the GF Society?
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Found some infor on the Girls Friendly society's here:

The Girls' Friendly Society

www.childrenshomes.org.uk www.childrenshomes.org.uk

www.mediastorehouse.co.uk

Prints of Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Dunsley Home of Rest, Kinver

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) - Dunsley Home of Rest, Kinver, Staffordshire. Date: circa 1908. Our beautiful Wall Art and Photo Gifts include Framed Prints, Photo Prints, Poster Prints, Canvas Prints, Jigsaw Puzzles, Metal Prints and so much more #MediaStorehouse
www.mediastorehouse.co.uk
 
In May 1914 The Home of Rest for the GFS at Kinver Celebrated its 25th anniversary with a collection for outstanding
debt. Last year (1913) it cared for over 500 of the poorer members of society.

It is referred to as Dunsley House, Kinver.
 
Janet Hunt said:
Found some infor on the Girls Friendly society's here:

The Girls' Friendly Society

www.childrenshomes.org.uk www.childrenshomes.org.uk

www.mediastorehouse.co.uk

Prints of Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Dunsley Home of Rest, Kinver

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) - Dunsley Home of Rest, Kinver, Staffordshire. Date: circa 1908. Our beautiful Wall Art and Photo Gifts include Framed Prints, Photo Prints, Poster Prints, Canvas Prints, Jigsaw Puzzles, Metal Prints and so much more #MediaStorehouse
www.mediastorehouse.co.uk
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I know my grandmother visited here in 1911, she was aged about 19 by then but she was orphaned, losing her mother when she was 4 and her father when she was about 12, perhaps that's when she first became involved in Dunsley...? She lived with her grandmother.
 
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