Black and white photograph of the town clock at Uzuakoli, in south-eastern Nigeria. The town clock was started at noon on 8th August 1934. Students of the Uzuakoli Institute (a training school started by the Church Missionary Society in 1932) stand to attention in front of the clock. Two instructors from the Uzuakoli Institute, Reverend H.L.O William and Mr. Murdock, can be seen in front of the students. The caption to this photograph reads: “Another view of same. Students assembled. Rev. H.L.O William & Mr. Murdock in the foreground.” This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, a medical facility in modern Abia state, southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
Black and white photograph showing the unfurling of a flag at a sports day at Uzuakoli mission station, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. The flag is a Union Flag, representing the United Kingdom. A group of Nigerian boys watches the flag raising, and male European missionaries stand around the flag. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, also administered by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
Group of Europeans in the town of Uzuakoli, south-eastern Nigeria. They attended the starting of the town clock at Uzuakoli on 8th August 1934. The Church Missionary Society founded a training school at Uzuakoli, the Uzuakoli Institute, in 1923, in which missionaries from the Methodist Missionary Society worked. Four men pose in shirts, shorts, and pith helmets. One of the men stands with a collie dog. A woman in a dress and pith helmet stands at the front of the group. The caption to this image reads: “Group of Europeans at starting of the clock – Uzuakoli 1934.” This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society.