Items

• 4 loose photo album pages with 7 photographs from competitions from 1955 to 1959, collected by Fred Hill.

  4 loose photo album pages with 7 photographs from competitions from 1955 to 1959, collected by Fred Hill. Some carry captions written on the prints in ballpoint pen. They show: They show: A UK competitor identified as Don Gross receiving a first place trophy at the 1958 Brussels Competition. Gross won bricklaying. IVTO officials at Modena 1959 IVTO officials unidentified competition and/or location IVTO officials probably either Madrid 56 or 57. Includes Fred Hill, the UK ambassador to Madrid from 1954 to 1960, and the head of the Frente de Juventudes appointed in 1956, Jesús López-Cancio Fernández UK team arriving at the Dublin 1963 competition A UK competitor receives a first place trophy at Brussels '58
• 4 loose photo album pages with 12 photographs from competitions and events from 1966 to 1981, collected by Fred Hill.

  4 loose photo album pages with 12 photographs from competitions and events from 1956 to 1981, collected by Fred Hill. Some carry captions written on the prints in ballpoint pen. They show: 1966, The UK team at the opening of the 1966 competition in the Netherlands 1969, Fred with an unknown man and the UK politician Roy Hattersley. 1972, Fred Speaking at California Labor Federation, where he proposed US membership of the IVTO 1976, Young American apprentices on the steps of the Capitol for a VICA conference in Washington DC 1976, Fred at the podium of the VICA conference 1981, Fred Hill at the Atlanta contest in 1981 flanked by members of the UK team 1981, Fred with a silver medal winner at Atlanta 1981 1981, Fred with officials
• Douglas Hill working on a loom.

  Douglas Hill working on a loom.
• 1954 Official Visit to the competition

  A group of authorities visiting the competition. Elola-Olaso, in the center, attending the explanations from a competitor.
• Edgar Stengel with the tool making test project outcomes from 1953

  Edgar Stengel with the tool making test project outcomes from 1953. Photo took during the filmed oral history on 20 July 2020.
• Students at the classroom

  Black and white photograph of a group of students attending the lesson of Drawing at the Salesianos Sarriá VET School
• Teams participating at the 3rd International Vocational Training Competition, Madrid.

  Magazine double page clipping with a review of the 1953 International vocational Training Competition including 5 photographs: The Moroccan team, the Portuguese team, the Swiss-French team, the German team and the Spanish team. Pages included in a report published in 1954
• 1953 Official Visit to the competition

  A group of authorities visiting the competition. Francisco Albert Vidal is behind in the center. The group is overseeing a set of objects (tools and other objects)
• 1953 Official Visit to the competition

  A group of authorities visiting the competition. Francisco Albert Vidal, on the left, is one of them. The man with glasses behind is Mr Capdepont, member of the organization team. Elola-Olaso is talking to a German competitor.
• 1953's Trophy, Spanish vocational training competition

  Photo of the Trophy presented to the winners of every skills in the 1953 Spanish National Competition. It carries the symbol of the Frente de Juventudes Officially this was the 6th Spanish national competition. Competitions were held at the Virgen de Paloma training school in Madrid, the leading vocational skills institute in Spain.
• Lluís Graus poses with the trophies won in Cabinetmaking at the 1960 National and International Vocational Training Competitions

  Lluís Graus poses with the trophies won in Cabinetmaking at the 1960 National and International Vocational Training Competitions
• The apprentice Lluís Graus during his trainig for the competition

  Set of 3 black and white photos of Joan Graus at the Salesianos VET School during his training for the competition
• The apprentice Lluís Graus

  Set of 3 black and white photos of Joan Graus at the Salesianos VET School
• 1950's Trophy, Spanish vocational training competition

  Photo of the trophy for the winners of the Spanish vocational training competition in 1950
• Certificate, 1950

  Photo of the certificate given to Joan Arsequell, Champion of “Wood pattern making” in the I International Competition, Madrid 1950 (photo was taken on 2021, when teh owner loaned teh certificate for a period of time)
• Francisco Albert Vidal at the Virgen de la Paloma VET School

  Francisco Albert Vidal at the Virgen de la Paloma VET School, on the entrance stairway to the building where the family was living at that time.
• Salesianos VET School postcard

  Salesianos VET School in Barcelona postcard with the photo of the cabinetmaking workshop.
• Official Visit to a vocational training competition

  This photograph is undated but likely shows an official visit to a national contest, probably in the early 1950s. The various dignitaries are looking at a young apprentice in competition using what appear to be woodworking tools. The man in the dark military style overcoat in the centre of the photograph is José Antonio Elola-Olaso.
• Francisco Albert Vidal and 3 men having drinks

  Francisco Albert Vidal and 3 men having drinks. The two on the right are also smoking. They all are chatting and wearing suits.
• Group of people looking at a young who is working with a machine

  A group of people is looking at a young who is working with a machine. Francisco Albert Vidal is in the center
• Family photo of winners with Elola-Olaso

  Group photo of winners from the Spanish National Competition with Jose Antonio Elola-Olaso, head of the Frente de Juventudes. The winners have the trophies on their hands and are wearing competition overalls. Elola-Olaso is centre, the back row in uniform. All are male. The photo was taken outside "El Pardo" Royal Palace, Madrid. This photo would have been taken before the dismissal of Elola-Olaso as head of the Youth Front in 1955 but is likely several years earlier.
• Canterbury Craft Centre

  A collection of nine small black and white photographs on a single sheet belonging to Fred Hill and showing life in Canterbury and his businesses, Douglas Alexander, and the Canterbury Craft Centre from 1949 to around 1953. Photos of Doug at work are on the bottom row, centre and far right. The building which housed the Craft Centre (first photo) is of interest. According to Canterbury Historical Society Burgate House was the first building to be completed in the city after the war, constructed on the site of a bomb crater, with funds from the people of Canada and opened in 1953 It is now a gift shop.
• Fred Hill in the 1920s

  Black and white of Fred Hill playing saxaphone in a 1920s dance band.
• Francisco Albert Vidal and siblings

  Black and white digital printed photo of Francisco Albert Vidal with their siblings
• Welding

  This photograph shows a welder in 1955 in a basic mask, coveralls, and heavy gloves. The mask offers only partial vision compared to those of today.