Official opening of Solly Street

Remember the 5th of November.
Last Friday was a busy day at 160 Solly Street as we had an event to launch the official opening of the GA's now permanent HQ in Sheffield.
We were visited by David Blunkett, MP, Clive Betts MP and Meg Munn, MP, along with Alan Law, the Lord Mayor of Sheffield. Rita Gardner: the Director of the Royal Geographical Society was also in attendance.
The office space was cleared as people arrived from mid afternoon and had coffee and biscuits and took the chance to catch up with friends and colleagues. There was a formal presentation and speeches, followed by canapes and wine.

Plenty of names familiar from the spines of books in my office, or in piles in cupboards when I was teaching.
Bryan Ledgard took a lot of images and these are available to view in this FLICKR SET.

Image by Bryan Ledgard, and copyright Geographical Association

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