| Description | Toc H has its beginnings in 1915, as a soldiers' club set up in Poperinghe in Belgium, in Talbot House, the initials of which became Toc H in army signallers' language. The house was named Talbot House as a tribute to Lieut. Gilbert Talbot who had been killed in action. The first warden was Rev. Philip (Tubby) Clayton, who revived the movement in 1919 in London. Toc H was never an ex-servicemen's association. Its aims were to revive the fellowship and common service of wartime, largely by helping those less fortunate in the community. The Netherton men's branch of the Toc H was formed in 1933, and was granted its Lamp of Maintenance, signifying its full branch status, in 1937. The group was disbanded in May 1998.
This collection was catalogued before the cataloguing standard ISAD(G) was created, so therefore the documents have simply been assigned a running number under the following sections:
DTHNM/1-32 - Group Minutes
DTHNM/33-35 - North Worcestershire District Minutes
Including Netherton, Stourbridge, Old Hill, Kingswinford, Dudley and Wall Heath.
DTHNM/36-37 - Cash and Account books
DTHNM/38-43 - Attendence Books
Contains signatures of members and visitors present, and list of apologies.
DTHNM/44-52 - Miscellaneous
DTHNM/53-62 - Framed Items
Photographs, Roll of Honour, and petition
DTHNM/63-87 - Printed Material.
Catalogue imported back from A2A August 2007. |