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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Freedoms received S:., 1941 - 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/361

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers on Freedom of Sheffield, 1943-51, particularly with John Heys, Town Clerk, (12) and Alderman Keeble Hawson, Lord Mayor, (5), mainly on arrangements for admission ceremony, Sheffield City Hall, Apr 1951, letters from Lord Woolton, Chairman of the Conservative Party, (2) on the political situation in Sheffield, 1947, urging him to go to Sheffield to receive the freedom accepted in 1943, correspondence with Stella, Lady Reading, Women's Voluntary Service for Civil Defence, (2) on the possibility of WSC addressing meeting of 3000 women in Sheffield 1943, Alderham H E Ridgworth, Lord Mayor, 1943, (3) and Lord Riverdale, on the possibility of WSC visiting the City to receive Freedom in 1943;.Correspondence and papers on Freedom of Stafford, 1945-46, particularly with T Broughton Newell, Town Clerk, (12) on arrangements for admission ceremony at 28 Hyde Park Gate, Nov 1946, with letters from Stephen Swingler MP, and Clare Sheridan on offer of Freedom, 1945;.Correspondence and papers on Freedom of Strasbourg France, 1947-49, particularly admission ceremony, Aug 1949, with letter from Lord Normanbrook, Cabinet Secretary on the proposed evacuation of Strasbourg by Allied Forces in Jan 1945.

Dates

  • Creation: 1941 - 1951

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 unbound file, 181 items)

Language of Materials

English