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Stop 7: Miss Bella Walker (1887-1962) and Miss Elsie Moffat (1894-1985) St Katherine's club, West North Street, (now Lemon Tree building)
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Stop 7: Miss Bella Walker (1887-1962) and Miss Elsie Moffat (1894-1985) St Katherine's club, West North Street, (now Lemon Tree building)
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Stop 7: Miss Bella Walker (1887-1962) and Miss Elsie Moffat (1894-1985) St Katherine's club, West North Street, (now Lemon Tree building)
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The next stop is the building now known as <a href="http://www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=RXsiRCI6IlNlbGVjdGlvbnMiLCJOIjoxMH0&pg=9&WINID=1459162027008#6KAyYyxowTIAAAFTvJDCTQ/96278" target="_blank">the Lemon Tree</a> but this was built especially for St Katherine's Club as is still known affectionately by the older generation as St Kay's. St Katherine's Club was originally set up in October 1917 for working class girls to have a comfortable meeting place away from the crowded and dismal conditions of their homes during WW1. Held in two rooms in a tenement in the Shiprow, the club was founded by <a href="http://www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=RXsiRCI6IlNlbGVjdGlvbnMiLCJOIjo5fQ&pg=8&WINID=1459162027008#6KAyYyxowTIAAAFTvJDCTQ/96277" target="_blank">Miss Bella Walker and Miss Elsie Moffat</a> and they provided an environment which was at once domestic, educational and recreational. There were classes in home craft, art and craft, drama and literature, and physical education. The club grew to a <a href="http://www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=RXsiRCI6IlNlbGVjdGlvbnMiLCJOIjoxMn0&pg=11&WINID=1459162027008#6KAyYyxowTIAAAFTvJDCTQ/96280" target="_blank">membership</a> of over 500 until it moved to the purpose-built YWCA building at 5 West North Street in 1937. It continued to grow and evolved as the needs arose. In the 1960s there was a greater awareness of adolescent, social and personal issues and the 'Open Club' was set up. In 1990 with the money from the sale of the building, the St Katherine's Trust was established and has met twice yearly to make financial donations to local organisations and groups. Aberdeen Women's Centre, Shoe Lane (1989-2006) In the former Caretaker's flat of the St Katherine's Club, <a href="http://www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=RXsiRCI6IlNlbGVjdGlvbnMiLCJOIjoxMX0&pg=10&WINID=1459162027008#6KAyYyxowTIAAAFTvJDCTQ/96279" target="_blank">Aberdeen Women's Centre</a> offered a women-only space for women's groups and classes to meet. With urban aid funding came staff which included the city's first Minority Ethnic Development Worker for women. Memories: <a href="http://www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=RXsiRCI6IlNlbGVjdGlvbnMiLCJOIjo1fQ&pg=5&WINID=1459326155136#w-I8vyQViD8AAAFTxp2ZsQ/96299" target="_blank">Memories of the St Katherine's Club 1</a> <a href="http://www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=RXsiRCI6IlNlbGVjdGlvbnMiLCJOIjoxfQ&pg=1&WINID=1459334217023#w-I8vyQViD8AAAFTxp2ZsQ/96297" target="_blank">Memories of the St Katherine's Club 2</a>
The next stop is the building now known as
the Lemon Tree
but this was built especially for St Katherine's Club as is still known affectionately by the older generation as St Kay's.
St Katherine's Club was originally set up in October 1917 for working class girls to have a comfortable meeting place away from the crowded and dismal conditions of their homes during WW1. Held in two rooms in a tenement in the Shiprow, the club was founded by
Miss Bella Walker and Miss Elsie Moffat
and they provided an environment which was at once domestic, educational and recreational. There were classes in home craft, art and craft, drama and literature, and physical education. The club grew to a
membership
of over 500 until it moved to the purpose-built YWCA building at 5 West North Street in 1937. It continued to grow and evolved as the needs arose. In the 1960s there was a greater awareness of adolescent, social and personal issues and the 'Open Club' was set up. In 1990 with the money from the sale of the building, the St Katherine's Trust was established and has met twice yearly to make financial donations to local organisations and groups.
Aberdeen Women's Centre, Shoe Lane (1989-2006)
In the former Caretaker's flat of the St Katherine's Club,
Aberdeen Women's Centre
offered a women-only space for women's groups and classes to meet. With urban aid funding came staff which included the city's first Minority Ethnic Development Worker for women.
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Memories of the St Katherine's Club 1
Memories of the St Katherine's Club 2
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West North Street
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Aberdeen Women's Alliance
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3. Copyright status undetermined
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AWA01_03
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Aberdeen Local Studies
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