| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, plans, reports, specifications and funding requests relating to the Cropwood Open Air School. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: Cropwood was donated to Birmingham Education Authority by Barrow and Geraldine Cadbury in 1922. It was a residential open-air school for girls and boys until 1933, and then became a girl’s school. By 1971 Cropwood was termed a school for delicate children. Nature of support: In 1974 the Trust agreed to a grant of £1,343 to provide heating to the Cropwood swimming pool. Minutes: B&GSCT 3357, B&GSCT 3780. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |