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Letters from Mr Tooze, the Headmaster of Sheffield School for Blind Children, to David Blunkett's parents. Blunkett attended the school from [1951] to 1959. Contains letters concerning Mrs Blunkett's health [following an operation]; permission being withdrawn for Blunkett to go skating, 1958; Blunkett attending the Children's Hospital to have stitches, 1959; letter of sympathy following the death of David Blunkett's father, Arthur, January 1960.

Scope and Contents Includes: correspondence concerning Blunkett's admission to the Royal Normal College for the Blind in January 1960, including letters exchanged between the City of Sheffield Education Office and the College, and including Blunkett's application for the College, a report from Sheffield School for Blind Children, and medical information relating to his blindness, 1959; correspondence between Blunkett's mother and the Principal and Vice Principal of the Royal Normal College concerning...

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A complete sets of school reports from the Royal Normal College for the Blind from the date of Blunkett's admission to the Junior School at Rowton Castle age 12 to leaving the Senior School at Albrighton College age 19/20. Includes brief summary of abilities in each subject.

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Black leather wallet/case containing a copy of Braille Primer Grade II, Sixth Edition, by Laura Douglas-Hamilton for The National Institute for the Blind, nd. [late 1940s]; and material for a Sewell braille embossing kit from the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB), including embossing sheets and melinex plastic film. Also includes mathematical instruments (ruler, compass and protractor) for use by the blind, and labelled in braille; and a small metal badge.

Scope and Contents Material relating to a speaking/debating competitions which David Blunkett participated in whilst at school in Shropshire. Includes certificates of attendance for the years, 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1966. Includes further material relating to the competition held on 8 December 1962 including two photographs of the team from Rowton Castle College for the Blind including David Blunkett, age 15; and a press cutting about the competition entitled 'Blind boys win area final'. Also includes braille...

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Contains Blunkett's O Level and A Level exam certificates; certificates in shorthand, audio-typing and typewriting; graduate certificate in Education from the University of Leeds, 1973. Also includes first aid certificate from St John Ambulance.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and UCCA admissions slips concerning Blunkett's approaches and applications to teaching colleges and universities. Includes letters to Blunkett from the City of Sheffield Education Committee discouraging him from applying to train to be a teacher, and several letters from colleges of education refusing him a place on the grounds of his blindness, 1967. Also includes letters from the University of Sheffield, University of Durham and University of York offering Blunkett places...

Scope and Contents Course materials from Blunkett's [undergraduate study and teacher training]. Includes suggested reading lists for a course on Local Government in Sheffield, 1969; reading list on the Sociological Aspects of Learning, nd; papers by R.H. Heath on the Industrial Revolution and Strikes, nd. Also includes folder marked 'General Studies: Crime, Newspaper Industry, Pollution, Inner Ring Road', containing press cuttings on these subjects, dated 1971-1973 (labelled Ruth.G.Blunkett so potentially...