Items

• 7th International Competition

  2 group photos of the British team and the British champions with Fred Hill.
• Fred's Team 1957

  A4-sized photo album sheet onto which four photographs have been mounted on the two sides. The black and white photographs were taken at the 1957 competition and show officials, including the British IVTO representative Fred Hill, and apprentices. Among the apprentices shown here were members of the British team which was financed personally by Hill - ‘Fred’s team’ is scribbled in blue ink on two of the images.
• Poster draft for the 6th International Vocational Training Competition, Madrid 1957

  Poster draft for the 6th International Vocational Training Competition, Madrid 1957
• Participation Certificate, 6th International Competition

  Photo of the participation Certificate of Francisco de Matos Dias at the 6th International Compeittion, skill: Moulding
• IVTO Organizing Committee

  A photograph of the first IVTO organising committee taken in Madrid in 1956. An accompanying envelope records a L-R of the nationality of those photographed. It is dated October 1, 1956 on the reverse.
• First IVTO Organizing Council

  First notice of this image is in WSI_2193, a scrapbook with memories from 1955-1967. Also was inluded in the 'WorldSkills History 1950' published in 2000. At that book the image is identified as a photo from 1954 but this is incorrect, As Ireland joined the IVTO in 1956 and the Netherlands joined in 1961/62, this photograph is inaccurately attributed to 1954. So, it should be taken around the time of the 1963 Competition which was held in Dublin. Michael Casserly identified the following numbered persons in the photograph: 1 - Eugenio López López, President of IVTO when this photograph was taken. The IVTO President in the 1957 was Jesús López Cancio. 2 - Micheal O'Flanagain, Irish Official Delegate (1956 to 1973) 3 - Richard Grimes, Irish Technical Delegate (1956 - 1963) 4 - Martin Gleeson, Chairman of the 1963 Competition Organising Committee. 5 - John Barry, Technical Director for the 1963 Competition 6 - Harry Hamer, Secretary of the Dutch Committee. Later he was the Dutch Technical Delegate and served as Chairman of the Technical Committee from 1971 to 1979 7 - Francisco Albert Vidal, IVTO Secretary.
• 1953 tool making Test Project

  Modern reproduction of the tool making test project from the 1953 landmark competition in Madrid,
• Fred and Doug HIll

  A black and white photograph of Fred and Doug probably taken around 1953 when both went to the apprentice competition in Madrid as the first UK participants. The photograph was taken at Douglas Alexander, the loom workshop in Canterbury started by Fred after the Second World War and where Doug, 17, was an apprentice.
• Edgar Stengel's photos

  A black and white photograph of a smartly dressed Edgar Stengel, a 17-year-old apprentice tool maker, proudly holding the trophy he won at the 1953 competition in Madrid. He was a runner up (second place.) The photograph was taken at the Spanish guesthouse where he stayed for the duration of the event. Also included is a photograph of the trophy. Given that there was scarce difference in the punctuation and performance of Mr. Stengel, the Jury requested the Organizing Committee that he and two other competitors were to be given a trophy with the subcampeón inscription.
• Spanish regional Competition 1951 poster

  The poster, a replica of an original which was made to promote a 1951 regional skills contest in Spain, shows a young male worker striking a heroic pose. In his right arm he holds a trophy presented to competitors. This style of art, heroic realism, developed in the early twentieth century for propaganda purposes.
• Aerial view of Virgen de la Paloma High School

  An aerial view of the sprawling Virgen de la Paloma Vocational Training High School in Madrid, Spain. The institute was founded in 1907 as an orphanage where children learned basic vocational skills to help them find jobs. It was designated as the venue for the country's first national skills contest in 1947 and later on, some of the international competitions hosted by Spain.
• Aerial photo of Douglas Alexander

  The large white building in the centre of this building was the home of Fred Hill and his family, with the outbuildings to the left facing the road, the workshop of Douglas Alexander, a company set up by Fred Hill to manufacture looms and weaving equipment. The looms and weaving supplies were also sold in his retail outlet in Canterbury, the Canterbury Cathedral Craft Centre.
• Fred Hill's loom workshop

  A series of black and white photographs of Frederick Hill and some of his apprentices, at his loom making workshop in Canterbury, Kent, England.
• Reception at the Vatican

  Black and white photograph during a reception in the Vatican. Albert Vidal and other members of the Organizational Committee attending a reception with the Pope.
• Baptism photo of Maria Ángeles "Paloma"

  Francisco Albert Vidal and his wife gaze tenderly at their newborn baby, Maria Ángeles, who was nicknamed Paloma. The photo was taken the day of Paloma’s baptism at the chapel of the Virgen de la Paloma Vocational Training Institute. Vidal lived on the grounds of the institute with his family and Paloma grew up there.
• Francisco Albert Vidal in a huddle

  Francisco Albert Vidal in a huddle
• Francisco Albert Vidal with young men

  An undated photograph of Francisco Albert Vidal, in sunglasses, standing with a group of young men on the grounds of the Virgen de la Paloma Vocational Training Institute in Madrid. Many pupils were from poor families attracted to the school because they were provided with food. A vocational education would open pathways to a promising future.
• Class of 1967 trailblazers

  A set of three black and white photographs from the 1967 competition in Madrid which show the first ever female competitors to take part in the international contest. The photographs include the medal winners. Spain’s Encarnación Molina, in the sleeveless dress won gold in Women’s Hairdressing - earning her the honour of the first ever female gold winner. Also shown is The Netherlands’ Anthonia or Antonia van Hattem, wearing a hair band, who received silver in Women’s Hairdressing. The identity of the young woman smiling at the camera is not known. At least eight women competed in Hairdressing, Engineering Drawing, Tailoring and Sheet Metal Work. Five won medals.
• Cutting text over an image

  Cutting text over a black and white photocopy of an image: “Taken in Madrid July 1967 at the XIV competition”
• Official Speech at the 15th International Competition in Utrecht

  Black and white photo of an individual giving a speech at one of the ceremonies at Utrecht '66
• Official visit to the "Virgen de la Paloma" VET School

  A group of people visiting a workshop in the "Virgen de la Paloma" VET School. Spain Spanish At the first row, on the right: Francisco Albert Vidal At the first row, the second on the left: Mr. Solis
• Francisco Albert Vidal giving a speech

  Francisco Albert Vidal giving a speech
• 1965 Dutch National Competition, exhibition of different pieces and tools

  1965 Dutch National Competition, exhibition of different pieces and tools
• 1965 Dutch National Competition, pieces from the Instrument Making skill demonstration

  3 photos of the pieces from the Instrument Making skill demonstration
• 1965 Dutch National Competition, Bricklaying Skill Competition

  Photo of the competitors working on the Bricklaying Skills Competition