The College for the Distributive Trades was a technical training college in London. It was founded as the Westminster Day Continuation School in 1921. In 1986 it was one of the seven London art colleges which became part of the new
London Institute, the others being
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, the
Central School of Art and Design,
Chelsea School of Art, the
London College of Fashion, the
London College of Printing and
Saint Martin's School of Art
Saint Martin's School of Art was an art school, art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's beca ...
. In 1990 the college was merged with the London College of Printing to form the
London College of Printing and Distributive Trades, which in 1996 changed its name to London College of Printing and in 2003 was renamed the
London College of Communication
The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. Its origins are in education for the printing and retail industries; it now specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation ...
.
References
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[Robert Baxter (2001)]
GB 1574: London College of Printing Archive
AIM25: Archives in London and the M25 area. Accessed August 2013.
Educational institutions disestablished in 1990