| Description | Entitled: 'N - R'.
Includes letters regarding: events [Anniversary Festival of the Printers’ Pension Corporation, 20 Sep - 27 Sep 1935; Proscenium Club’s presentation, 27 Sep 1935; salute at the Church Parade, Ombersley; Ceremonial Parade and camp of 51st (Mid) Medium Brigade, R. A. (T)., 8 Jan - 15 Mar 1934, 12 Apr - 12 May 1935, also regarding equipment, 1 Mar 1934; opening ceremony of the Kinver British Legion Branch, 24 Apr 1935; National Aviation Day Display, 7 Apr 1935; National Association of Colliery Managers, 18 Mar 1935; private showing of film ‘Twenty Five Years A King’ at the Forum Theatre, Birmingham, 12 Mar 1935; Prince George’s tour in Staffordshire (National Council of Social Service), with timetable, 3 Jul - 6 Jul 1934; Church Parade and Inspection, Hartshill, 28 Jun 1934; Pageant of Parliament Ltd, 20 Jun 1934]; officiations [Honorary Member of the Rotary Club of Rowley Regis, 8 Jul - 17 Jul 1935; opening of Odeon Theatre, Kingstanding, 5 Jun - 14 Jun 1935; prize giving at the Red Hall Boys’ Council School, Lower Gornal, 13 Jun 1935; Presidency of the Royal Cripples Hospital, Birmingham, 29 May - 12 Jun 1935; Presidency of the Parliamentary Science Committee, 11 Jun 1935; Presidency of the United Commercial Travellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, 18 Apr 1935; stone laying ceremony at Lydbrook (National Council of Social Service), 30 Mar - 10 Apr 1935; Honorary Membership of the Proscenium Club (Dramatic and Operatic), 8 Apr - 9 Apr 1935; patronage of garden fete at the botanical gardens, Edgbaston, Mar 1935; Honorary Vice Presidency of the British Iron & Steel Federation, 26 Feb 1935; patronage of the Boy’s Brigade, 20 Feb 1935; opening of recreation ground, Kingstanding, 15 Feb - 20 Feb 1935; address at sportsmen’s service, Cradley, 11 Feb 1935; Vice-Presidency of the Birmingham Branch of the Royal Artillery Association, 18 Jan - 1 Feb 1935; opening ceremony of the new Settlement building, Kingstanding, 28 Aug - 8 Oct 1934; Chief Guest at the Bedwellty Society show and luncheon, 13 Jul 1934; Vice-Presidency of North Midlands (Staffs.) R. G. A. Old Comrades Association, 26 May 1934; Royal Cripples Hospital, Birmingham, dedication of bed at Forelands (Rocket Club), 18 Jan - 30 Apr 1934; and Cross Country race, 16 Feb – 21 Feb 1934].
Also refers to goods, services and repairs [flowers, H. Rixon, 2 Sep 1935; car parts, Rolls Royce Ltd, 24 Jul 1935; Post Office Telephones, 22 Mar 1934 - 19 Jun 1935; pneumatic mattresses, Messrs Perman & Co. Ltd, 2 Apr - 18 Jun 1935; cricket coaching, George Platt, 3 Jun 1935; box at the Royal Opera, 3 May 1935; concert tickets, etc., W. H. Priestley & Sons Ltd, with programme of concerts15 Oct 1934 - 24 Apr 1935; guns, James Purdey & Sons, Ltd, 6 Apr 1935; M. S. Arnold Ostertag, Paris, 9 Mar 1935; singers and concerts, W. H. Priestley & Sons Ltd, 5 Dec 1934 - 11 Jan 1935; theatre tickets, Prince of Wales’ Theatre, 27 Dec 1934; throat examination, D. F. A. Neilson, 12 Dec - 26 Dec 1934; Telegraph and Telephones Department, General Post Office, 19 Dec 1934; cars and accessories, with leather sample, Rootes Ltd, 23 Mar - 14 Nov 1934; firearms certificate, John Rigby & Co., 26 Oct - 27 Oct 1934; National Provincial Bank Ltd, 4 Aug 1934; Pullman Car Co. Ltd, 17 May - 23 May 1934; flameless lighters, Platinum Products Co., 21 Mar - 11 Apr 1934; dyeing linen, Messrs Pullars of Perth, 6 Mar; glass lamp for Countess Munster, Messrs Stevens & Williams, Ltd (Brierley Hill Glass Works), 14 Feb 1934; paintings, The Parker Gallery, loose, with two photographs of paintings by Gianni dated 1876, Apr 1935]; Dudley zoo [6 Jun - 8 Aug 1935]; meetings [Royal Northern Hospital, Board of Managment, with agendas, 8 Mar - 25 Jul 1935; minutes of Feoffees’ meetings, Old Swinford Hospital, 10 Jan 1934 - 31 May 1935; Royal Cripples Hospital, Birmingham, with agenda, 5 Mar - 24 May 1935; South Staffordshire & District and Cannock Chase Association of Social Service Clubs (National Council of Social Service), with agendas and list of attendees and refusals, 26 Mar - 22 May 1935; Royal Artillery Association, 2 Jan - 4 Jan 1935; St Pancras Group (slum clearance), enclosing leaflets, 16 Nov - 8 Dec 1934; River Severn Development Association, 25 Apr - 19 May 1934 and regarding brochure, 20 Apr; Midland Area Conference, 11 May - 15 May 1934; North Staffordshire Cripples Aid Society, 3 Mar - 29 Mar 1934; new committee member needed for the Staffordshire Advisory Committee (National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations), 22 Feb 1934]; and visits [The Royal Orphanage, Wolverhampton, 28 Jun - 4 Jul 1935; and Royal Northern Hospital, 5 Jan 1935].
Also refers to subscriptions and clubs [Quorn Hunt, 12 Jun - 4 Jul 1935; Portsmouth Yacht Club, 24 Oct 1934 - 3 Jun 1935; R.Y.S. Castle, Cowes, with agenda, 25 Feb - 11 May 1935; Season of Grand Opera, Royal Opera Covent Garden, 27 Mar - 23 Apr 1935]; dinners and luncheons [Sir Francis Pepper, 25 Jun - 28 Jun 1935; British Hospital Association, 10 May - 13 May 1935; the ‘Over Forty-Fives’ Association Ltd, 23 Mar - 13 Apr 1935; National Council of Social Service, 11 Apr 1935; C. U. Peat, Savoy, regarding industry, 19 Feb 1935; National Association of Colliery Managers, 4 Feb 1935; North Midlands (Staffs.) R. G. A. Old Comrades Association, 24 Jan - 30 Jan 1935; Birmingham Rotary Club, 15 Jul 1935; Mayoral Banquet, Rowley Regis, 12 Nov - 19 Nov 1934; Birmingham Branch of the Incorporated Sales Managers’ Association, 12 Nov 1934; Birmingham & Midland Society of Incorporated Accountants, 3 Nov - 6 Nov 1934; 204th Medium Battery, R.A., 31 Jan 1934; Prince of Wales’ The North Staffs. Regiment, 5th Battalion Re-union Association, 10 Jan 1934]; fund raising [Royal Northern Hospital, 10 Apr 1934 - 28 Jun 1935; Annual Festival of the Royal Orphanage, Wolverhampton, 13 Jun 1935; concert for Clayhanger Methodist Children’s Outing Fund, 14 Jan 1935; Newcastle Bachelors’ Club ball, 29 Dec 1934; Quarry Park Branch of British Legion, 15 Nov - 25 Nov 1934; North Staffs Royal Infirmary Ball, 28 Sep 1934; article on the Garden of Memories to raise funds for The People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals of the Poor, 22 Jul 1934; Dudley Branch of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, 3 Jul 1934; R.S.P.C.A., 15 Feb - 25 May 1934; Feathers Clubs Association, 12 May - 15 May 1934; appeals for Occupational Centres (National Council of Social Service), 3 May 1934]; solicitations for help or employment [28 May - 5 Dec 1934, 4 Apr - 18 Jun 1935]; business [Patentees of Improvements in the Manufacture of Chilled Rolls, 17 Jun 1935; open hearth plant and oil fired furnace, John V. W. Renders, 28 Jun - 10 Jul 1934; proposals for the industry (Normanby Park Steel Works), 1 May 1934]; personal [borrowing tiara and shawl, Countess of Rosslyn, 14 Jun 1934 - 1 Jun 1935; loan of opera box, Lady Victor Paget, 12 May - 17 May 1934; Lord Dudley’s poisoned leg, Jan 1934]; Woolwich Arsenal [The River Severn Development Association, 11 Apr 1935]; invitations to Himley [Countess of Rosslyn, 8 Dec - 13 Dec 1934; Miss Neroutsos, 18 Apr 1934]; and photographs of Himley Hall [News Chronicle, 15 Nov - 16 Nov 1934]. |