Julia Lloyd (kindergarten)

[2] The free Kindergarten in Greet, Birmingham was in a room supplied by Geraldine Cadbury and it opened in 1904 using staff from Bishop's college in Edgbaston.

[1] The children grew their own vegetables, visited farms and used their own hands to turn the fleece from their pet lamb into knitted garments for the dolls house.

A woman's centre was chosen in Summer Lane and Lloyd gave strong leadership but also allowed her staff the freedom to manage.

The Greet Kindergarten had received glowing reports from educators and inspectors who saw that the children co-operated whilst achieving Lloyd's objectives of not only improving intelligence but also curiosity, social skills, hygiene and order.

When Lloyd died the Selly Oak Committee commented on their "pride in their links with her pioneering work for the children of the City".

Lloyd herself made a number of charitable bequests but the major part went to fund a readership at the University of Birmingham in Social Philosophy.