In the Service of Life
MPEG-4 Black & White Sound 1956 13:20
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Summary: An amateur film by South London Film Society that documents the voluntary work of the Union of Girls’ Schools for Social Service (UGS) in Peckham.
Title number: 21179
LSA ID: LSA/27876
Description: The film, made in 1956 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Union of Girls’ Schools for Social Service, (UGS), looks at the UGS Settlement in Peckham. Two girls, Janice and Janet from James Alleyn’s Girls’ School, (JAGS) spend two days at the Settlement in Staffordshire Street, which was opened by Queen Mary in 1931. The girls visit the nursery and youth clubs and then visit housebound old people in Peckham who are cared for by the Settlement.The film, made in 1956 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Union of Girls’ Schools for Social Service, (UGS), looks at the UGS Settlement in Peckham. Two girls, Janice and Janet from James Alleyn’s Girls’ School, (JAGS) spend two days at the Settlement in Staffordshire Street, which was opened by Queen Mary in 1931. The girls visit the nursery and youth clubs and then visit housebound old people in Peckham who are cared for by the Settlement.
Cast: Janice Parker, Jennifer Lee
Further information: South London Film Society Presentation. School girls from James Alleyn Girls' School, Dulwich.
Keywords: Schools; Social Service; Community care
Locations: Peckham
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