IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/3614
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SCOTTISH REEL CLUB
Date(s): 1953-1995
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Scottish Reel Club | 1953-1990
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
In 1953 a small group of friends whose birthdays all fell within the same month decided to hold a joint birthday party, which was a great success. Other parties were held for increasing numbers of dancers, until in August 1953 at a meeting held at the Royal Scottish Corporation Hall in Fetter Lane it was decided to form the Scottish Reel Club. Its aim was the promotion of Scottish Country Dances in London. Dances were held throughout the year, at which new and different dances were introduced. In its first year a membership of 69 was achieved.
From 1973 the Club met at St Columba's Church of Scotland in Pont Street, London SW1. In July 1990 it was decided that the Club should be wound up as a result of decreasing attendances at dances making them no longer financially viable.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Scottish Reel Club, comprising minutes, financial records, membership records and programmes.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/3614/001-006: Minutes; ACC/3614/007-010: Membership; ACC/3614/012-013: Programmes.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The records of the Club were transferred to the Greater London Record Office on 10 November 1995 by Hazel Jones, who was the first secretary and the final treasurer of the Club.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.