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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, Wo - Z., 10 Aug 1951 - 29 Apr 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/74

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (4); (Kenneth) Michael Wilford [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; F H Friedmann, Honorary Secretary, Woodford and District Trades Council (9); George Moseley, Private Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Planning; Peter Hudson, Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford] and "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow], WSC's secretaries.Subjects include: purchase tax on fur; charges against the United Nations on the use of germ warfare in Korea; an investigation into the 1953 floods; building licenses; local bus fares; housing; road haulage.Also includes: petitions from the Woodford and District Trades Council against National Health Service charges and cuts in education; the local rugby club fixture list; the local football club expansion plan, annual general meeting agenda and rules, and match programmes; message from WSC supporting the football club.

Dates

  • Creation: 10 Aug 1951 - 29 Apr 1953

Conditions Governing Access

Open, except for folio 148, closed for 75 years until 2028 on data protection grounds, due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (215 loose folios))

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

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