The Poly in the time of Howard Spring // 1955

When Howard Spring joined the RCPS in 1940, it was a Society of 217 members. The Church Street building was owned by the Society, but parts of it were sub-let. There was a Library and the Falmouth Museum was housed in the gallery above the Large Hall and in the Chellew Room. A caretaker was employed.

Elsewhere in Falmouth the Society ran a Meteorological Observatory. The focus of the Society as reflected in the Annual Reports of the 1940's was Cornwall wide, not only Falmouth, with lectures, visits, an essay competition, weather reporting, a library and museum.

Read about Howard Spring's involvement with The Poly here.

Location: Falmouth

Contributed: The Falmouth History Archive

Tags: Howard Spring, The Poly, RCPS, The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society

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Arwenack Manor from the Harbour ca 1910 (from Brian Osborne's 'Images of the Past' collection #924)

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