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257nH SepremBer, 1891. 
This evening a Soirée was held in the Club room. The 
officials of the Club had invited the attendance of the members 
of the Burnley Ladies’ Literary Society. Readings were given 
by Mr. Ward and the Rev. T. Leyland, songs by Mrs. Gray and 
Miss Raweliffe, and a pianoforte solo by Miss Parkinson. The 
President of the Club accorded a hearty welcome to the guests, 
and spoke of the impetus given to the study of literature by the 
work of the Ladies’ Literary Society. The formation of a centre 
in Burnley for the Oxford University Extension movement was 
due to the initiation of the Society whom the Club had that 
evening the pleasure of entertaining. Mrs. Stroyan (the widow 
of one of the first Vice-Presidents of the Club) respouded on 
behalf of the Ladies’ Society. 
