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C0152 · Corporate body · 1964 - 1979

The world education fellowship is an international organisation which is dedicated to the ideals of progressive education. It was founded in 1921 as the new education fellowship by English educationist Beatrice Ensor (1885 – 1974) and several colleagues. Ensor had established a progressive school in Letchworth, England. The central focus of the WEF has been on child-centred education, social reform through education, democracy, world citizenship, international understanding and the promulgation of world peace. During the second world war, the WEF was suppressed in many countries around the world but were later reestablished after 1945.

The fellowship spreads its philosophy through such journals as The New Era (now The New Era in Education), publishes books and pamphlets, and meets biannually in international conferences. Members can participate in workshops, meetings and developmental projects on a national and local level.

P0271 · Person · 1780 - 1847

John Wood may have been born c1785. The first record of him is of his marriage in Edinburgh to Margaret Norris in 1811. In 1813, he is described as surveyor at Greenhill near Edinburgh. He began his surveys of Scottish towns in 1818 and from 1819 to 1826 he published 50 plans of various Scottish towns. In 1828 he issued a volume of 48 plans entitled 'Town Atlas of Scotland'. He died in 1847 at Portobello.

The Map Library of the National Library of Scotland houses the main collection of Wood's plans but many are available online from the NLS web site.

Whyler Photos
C0583 · Corporate body · 1963 -

Whylers Photos was set up by Alan Whyte and Alan Mailer in 1963. The two surnames were combined to create Whylers (Why and Ler). The company is currently situated at Back O'Hill, Stirling.

Whinwell Children's Home
C0133 · Corporate body · 1887 - 1980

Whinwell Children's Home, Stirling, was founded by Miss Annie Knight Croall (1854 - 1927), who came to Stirling from Leeds in 1873 with her father who had been appointed the first curator of the Smith Art Gallery and Museum. Miss Croall set up a Young Women's Evangelical Mission which provided lodgings for destitute women in premises in Broad Street, Stirling. Springfield House in the Craigs was later rented for the same purpose but was changed in 1887 to a 'Home for Destitute and Neglected Children'. By 1890 larger premises were required and Whinwell House was purchased for £950. Most children to come to Whinwell House were adopted. The home was maintained by voluntary subscription. Miss Croall died in 1927 but the home remained open until 1980.

Whins of Milton School
C0601 · Corporate body · fl 1963 - 1988

Whins of Milton School provided for pupils aged 5-12 for all whom had moderate to sever learning difficulties. It formed a major component in a network of special provision which also included a peripatetic teaching service and associated school at Kilean for pupils with severe learning difficulties.

C0558 · Corporate body · 1930 - 1949

School management committees were set up by the Education (Scotland) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. V, c.48). They represented individual burghs, parishes or groups of parishes and were composed of representatives of teachers, parents, and the education authority. Under the 1947 Local Government Act they were replaced by sub-committees or local education sub-committees, which were themselves abolished in 1975 (Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, 10 & 11 Geo. VI, c.43; Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, c.65).

C0559 · Corporate body · 1949 - 1974

This committee covered Balfron District.

School management committees were set up by the Education (Scotland) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. V, c.48). They represented individual burghs, parishes or groups of parishes and were composed of representatives of teachers, parents, and the education authority. Under the 1947 Local Government Act they were replaced by sub-committees or local education sub-committees, which were themselves abolished in 1975 (Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, 10 & 11 Geo. VI, c.43; Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, c.65).