ABSTRACT
Chapter three presents a case study of Sunday Schools in Birmingham, outlining the main findings of the historical research. It presents the key qualitative themes of the historical study, drawing on the archival narratives of the Birmingham Sunday School Union, as well as some other local unions and the National Union. These themes centre on the institutionalisation of the union, and its attitude towards its affiliated teachers. It reinforces some of these themes with illustrative quotations from the oral histories. The chapter concludes that Sunday School Unions alienated both their teachers and scholars in the mid-twentieth century and made decisions that were entirely disconnected from the self-perceived needs of those they served.
