| Dates and Places | 1883 St Bride's Foundation Institute is formed after the implementation of 1883 City of London Parochial Charities Act called for the advent of educational foundations in deprived areas to enable people greater access and ability to retain pratical skills
Nov 1894 St Bride's Foundation Printing School begins to teach part-time courses at St Bride Street, London
1894 Foundation taught 124 evening class students
20 Nov 1895 the Printing School's library is opened to enable greated access to technical information for those involved in printing and techncial trades
1911 Appoint their first Principal J.R. Riddell
1919 Begins offering its first full-time courses
1922 moves to new premises at 28 Stamford Street, London
1922 The Printing School is renamed the London School of Printing and Kindred Trades after it had fallen under London County Council's jurisdiction
The St Bride's Foundation Institute still exists to current day and in 2010 began to run regular classes in printing techniques, the first it offered sine 1922 |