Subjects include invitations from various local associations, asking JA to visit them or become a patron. Other correspondents include: Alfred Robens, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Fuel and Power, on dealing with individual petrol allowance cases; Hilary Marquand, Minister of Pensions; Benjamin Pollard, Bishop of Lancaster; Sir Norman Seddon-Brown (2); John Townley on policy towards pensioners and petrol supply (4); [Frances] Joan, Lady Davidson, Chairman of the Young Britons Organisation [later Baroness Northchurch]; 1st Lord Swinton, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster [earlier Philip Cunliffe-Lister and Philip Lloyd-Greame] on appointments of local magistrates; Thomas Flynn, Roman Catholic Bishop of Lancaster (2).

Also includes: speech notes by Catherine Amery on chairing a local meeting; figures for pre- and post-war housing in Preston; papers on the Dorran-Aluminium Permanent House.