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Past Papers, 2006-2009

Alannah Tomkins: Retirement from the noise and hurry of the world?: The experience of almshouse Life 1650 – 1850

Helen Cameron: Make love not war: The impact of the 1960s on the Salvation Army in the UK

Peter Grant: Voluntary Action in the First World War: Financial Capital / Social Capital

Alison Penn: The Fellowship of St Michael’s and All Angels: 1903-1925

Sybil Oldfield: Jeanie An Army of One: The life and work of Mrs Nassau Senior 1828-1877

Susannah Morris: The Greatest Philanthropic Tradition on Earth? Measuring the Extent of Voluntary Activity in London 1874-1914

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