Item PTA/2/5/1 - "The Holiday Story"by Commander R. G. Studd

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PTA/2/5/1

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"The Holiday Story"by Commander R. G. Studd

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  • 1950 (Creation)

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1 volume, Printed document

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Studd, Commander Ronald Granville (1889-1956), Managing Director of PTA
(1889-1956)

Biographical history

Commander in the Royal Navy,
Governor of the Regent Street Polytechnic 1925-1941
Managing Director of the Polytechnic Touring Association (PTA) 1924
Married Lady Kathleen Smith (née Clements) in 1919

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University of Westminster Archive

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Described as an autobiography, this outlines the growth of the PTA after 1914.

Published by Percival Marshall. First Edition.

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Advertising campaign p108-112
Air travel p145; 151; 195-196
America (see USA)
American tourists p139
Annerley, Eric p152-154
Australia p202-209
Bailey, Albert p152-154
Basle p190-192
Belgium p118-122; 133
Best, Capt. P152-154
British Government ban on foreign travel p199; 209
Butlins p151
Charter flights p106; 148
Chicago World Fair p42-47
Conductors p18-19; 69; 89; 125
Creative Tourist Agents Conference p146-147
Egypt p193-195
France
Rail strike p197
Foreign cuisine p189
Germany p134-137
Golden Arrow train p187
Grindelwald p100
Harris, Len p89
Hogg, Quintin, death of p60-68
Holland p118-122
Hotel Bristol, Grindelwald p100
Italy p90; 137
Johnson p152-154
Kulm Hotel p12
Lambert, Lammie p152-154
Lucerne chalets p17-18; 37; 93
Lunn, George p98
May, Jack p152-154
Mitchell, Robert p12; 13-14; 17-18; 37; 84-89; 96
Mitchell, Mrs p57
Norwegian tours p52-53
Paris 1900 exhibition p15-16
Passports, introduction of p115-117
Polytechnic School trip p15
PTA staff p89; 152-154
Reunions p113
Rome, tour of p90
School holidays p195-196
Scotland, excursion to p18-19
South Africa p202-209
Speed of travel p123
Studd, Eric p177
Studd, JEK p6-7; 60-68; 141
Studd, RG p5; 7-11; 18-19; 69; 83
Naval career p20-35; 61-68; 70-80; 81-84
Semi-paralysis p177
Switzerland p17-18; 37; 93; 126-129; 148; 149-150; 180; 182-186; 190-192
Trains p149-150; 177; 187; 197
Twain, Mark p182-186
UK holidays p58
USA p202-209
War, first world p79
War, second world p154; 157-160
William Tell Express p149-150
Women tourists p50-52; p131-133

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Status: Open. Access is subject to signing the Regulations for Access form, unless the records are restricted under the Data Protection Act 2018 or under exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000

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      Physical description: Hard cover, with dust jacket.

      Condition: Fair

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      Reference copy missing jacket available in Archive Reading Room

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