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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K - Z., 24 Aug 1948 - 13 Aug 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/60

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Percy Cohen, [Joint Director] Conservative Research Department (3); George Giles, Secretary, Association of Optical Practitioners, on the shortage of glasses; R J Powell, constituent (4). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by various individuals including Monica Graham, WSC's secretary.Other subjects include: housing and taxation enquiries; war damage claims; compensation for the adjustment of borough boundaries; accommodation problems for the National Health offices in Essex; nurses' pay; calls for peace in Korea; fund-raising requests; teachers' pay; noise complaints against the railway.Also includes: copies of correspondence between Herbert Watson and Stanley Watson, former labour contractors to British Railways (12), C K Bird, Eastern Region Chief Regional Officer, British Railways (5), and A E Marriott, London City Manager, British Railways (9) on the removal of a contract; leaflets from the National Association of Local Government Officers on the Borough Extension Bills, and from the National Association of Schoolmasters on teachers' pay.Most of the material in this file dates to 1950 - 1951.

Dates

  • Creation: 24 Aug 1948 - 13 Aug 1951

Conditions Governing Access

Open, except for folios 184 - 187, closed for 100 years until 2051 on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive medical information about a potentially living individual.

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (204 loose folios))

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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