Description:Nine nations - Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Portugal, England, Turkey, Nigeria, the Gold Coast and India—were represented by of members who attended the first social arranged by the newly formed International Friendship Club, at the Friends' Meeting Room, Foregate Street, Stafford.
The International Friendship League was formed in the 1930s with the aim of building bridges between nations. The Stafford branch was founded in November 1951, instigated by Nigerian-born Eko James, a 25 year old graduate apprentice at the English Electric Company, and was active throughout the 1950s. The group met at the Friends Meeting House on Foregate Street
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