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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K - L., 01 Jul 1951 - 01 Dec 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/79

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (13); Gordon Wilson, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; John Priestman, Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary; Raymond Gedling, [Principal Private Secretary to the Minister of Health] (2); Stuart Gilbert, Private Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government; Joseph Lee, constituent (4); Richard Whittick, Principal Private Secretary to the Home Secretary; Terence Grady, [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; representatives of Loughton [Essex] and District Peace Council, including E A Lewis, Honorary Secretary (5); Evelyn Shuckburgh [Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; Kenneth Jamieson, Foreign Office; Roy Gregory, Director of Music, Loughton School (4); [Walter] Leonard Allinson, [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Education]; C L Boyden, Headmaster, Lucton [Essex] County Secondary School (6); Peter Kitcatt, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by CSC [President, Woodford Conservative Association] and Lettice Marston [also Lettice Shillingford] and Elizabeth Gilliatt, WSC's secretaries.Subjects include: requests for WSC to oppose various bills in Parliament including one to give legal protection to abortion practitioners, and the Sunday Observance Bill; protests against the compulsory use of motorcycle crash helmets; housing and taxation enquiries; peanut imports and distribution; recovery of money left by troops leaving Germany; requests for donations; qualifications for physiotherapists in the National Health Service; calls for an armistice in Korea; the telephone supply, including telephone sharing; the turtle soup industry in the Cayman Islands.Also includes: press cuttings; a photograph of WSC and CSC at a Woodford civic ceremony; the constitution of a local theatre group; booklet from Teachers World on threatened changes to teacher pensions.

Dates

  • Creation: 01 Jul 1951 - 01 Dec 1953

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (300 loose folios))

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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