Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, I-Z., Mar 1947 - Oct 1947
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Herbert] Stotesbury, Home Office; J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (6); E A Baker, Private Secretary, Ministry of Food (4); Stuart Mallinson, Essex County Welfare Officer; Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, (7) and Sir James Hawkey, Chairman, Woodford Conservative Association; E Gower of the Board of Trade (4); Lena Prescott of the Ministry of Health (5); L D Baynes of the War Office (4); constituent Olive Warne (7); [Arthur] Drew [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Christine Taylor and Elizabeth Gilliatt.Subjects covered by the file include: messages of support for WSC; comments by constituents on various national and international issues, including general government policy, petrol rationing, the treatment of German POWs, housing, and imports; appeals and complaints by constituents in a variety of areas, including education, employment, trading, an allotment, housing and war damaged property, national service, a birth certificate, a factory, and emigration; a request for House of Commons tickets.Also includes: material on the "housing problem".
Dates
- Creation: Mar 1947 - Oct 1947
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 item(s) (1 file (246 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Subject
- Royal Air Force (Organization)
- Army (Organization)
Topical
Repository Details
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