Latest Stories of Trainee Teachers

The stories of the first cohort of teachers to be trained at Cheshire County Training College in Crewe have been coming in thick and fast. You can now read about Elizabeth Mary Collins, Lilian Maud Surridge, Ruby Winifred Stagg, Fanny Crew, Hilda Wright, Florrie Hancock, Eleanor Harnaman, Helen Kirkham and Bertha Ethel Whalley here. We have also added Gladys Earl Simpson, Lucy Walker, Elsie Riding and Clara Louise Wallace to our shorter stories file. We hope you enjoy reading about these ladies.

The number of women commemorated on our site now exceeds 200.