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Why's it called that? Mechanics Hall, 167-year fix for giving tradesmen their due
Many were called mechanics' institutes. The London Mechanics' Institute dates to 1823. The Boston Mechanics' Institute was founded in 1826. Henry Washburn and his cousin Ichabod Washburn ...
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Birkbeck, University of London
The philanthropist George Birkbeck founded the London Mechanics’ Institute in 1823 to provide education to working class people in the capital. In what was considered radical at the time, the ...
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Mechanics' Institute
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm at Mechanics' Institute https://www.sfstation.com/mechanics-institute-b3930 57 Post Street ...
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Meet the mechanics at London's all-female garage
They claim to be London's first all-female garage and want ... If girls don’t know that other girls are mechanics, they’re never going to walk into a college and give it a go." ...
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Swindon: Plan to bring Mechanics' Institute back into use agreed
The Grade II-listed Mechanics' Institute, once used as a self-contained community for railway workers, has been empty since 1986. The project would see the building brought back into use in stages ...