| Description | Entitled: '85 - T to Z'.
Arranged chronologically. Includes letters and copy letters regarding: invitations to Himley Hall [24 Nov - 23 Dec]; repairs and purchases [Rolls Royce, Thrupp & Maberly Ltd, with order form, 25 Nov - 29 Dec; riding crop, Whippy, Steggall & Co. Ltd, 13 Dec - 14 Dec; coat, Woolland Bros., 2 Dec; mounted antlers, Rowland Ward Ltd, 17 Nov; Jean Verschave, Paris, 21 Oct - 1 Nov; London Telephone Service installation, 10 Feb - 13 Feb]; dinners and luncheons [Wolverhampton Services Memorial Institute & Club, 14 Dec; Wolverhampton Round Table, 30 Aug - 9 Dec; Yardley Ex-Service Men’s Club, Ltd, 15 Oct - 21 Oct; 10th Royal Hussars, 10 May; Old Boys’ Dinner, Queen Mary’s School, Walsall, 29 Jan – Feb; Worcestershire Association, 9 Jan]; charity functions [Cannock Division Conservative and Unionist Funds, 9 Dec; Wolverhampton Military Ball (Services Memorial Institute & Club), 20 Sep - 24 Sep; Toc H ball, with committee minutes, 21 Jan - 9 Sep]; charity funds [5 Dec; bazaar at Coseley, 18 Nov - 22 Nov; sale of work at Dudley for the Shelter, 7 Nov - 11 Nov; Tipton and District Nursing and Training Home for Staffordshire, 18 Oct; the Church of England Incorporated Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays, masque and carnival, 28 Jan - 25 May]; officiations [Black Country Federation, 3 Nov - 8 Nov; County Commercial College, Wednesbury, 19 Sep - 27 Oct; Tipton & District Air Gun League, 16 Aug - 9 Sep; Wolverhampton Services Memorial Institute & Club, 16 Aug - 9 Sep; The Warrior Club, 4 Jun - 9 Sep; Wednesbury Football Charity Association, 14 Aug]; and port [Charles Winn, 22 Nov - 8 Dec].
Also refers to properties [mines (Wellings & Bloomer) 8 Dec]; mining [the pits at the Thorns, Quarry Bank, 1 Dec]; theatre tickets [Theatre Royal, Birmingham, 25 Nov - 26 Nov]; meetings or events [Black Country Federation, 16 Nov - 17 Nov; Territorial Army Association County of Stafford, 19 Jul; South Staffordshire Coal Owners Association, 6 Jul; photograph show at the Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, 19 Apr - 21 Apr; boxing show, G. Trower, 6 – 11 Apr; Walsall & District Incorporated Chamber of Commerce, with news sheet, 31 Mar; recital by Dorothy Wilson, with flyer, 3 Mar – 17 Mar; Union Club, 16 Feb - 22 Feb]; testimonials/presentations [Wednesbury Town Clerk, 10 Nov - 14 Nov; Mr Wall, Schoolmaster of Witley, 9 Nov – 12 Nov; Councillor H. J. Barlow, 31 Oct - 9 Nov]; politics [Worcestershire Memorial on Disarmament, with copy, 8 Nov - 11 Nov]; parties [Merry Wives of Westminster Party, 10 Nov - 11 Nov]; Post Office tests [21 Oct]; subscriptions [Wednesbury Conservative and Unionist Association, 15 Oct; the Traveclub, Paris, 15 Feb - 17 Mar]; game [partridges at Dudmaston, 27 Sep]; advice [visit of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales to Worcester General Infirmary, 9 Aug – 10 Aug]; solicitations [for employment, G. W. Ward, 11 Apr - 15 Apr; for asking H.R.H. The Prince of Wales to attend the great Bell Ringers Meeting, enclosing letter, 3 Mar; Prince of Wales’s British Legion Pension Fund, 12 Feb - 15 Feb; ex-serviceman, 4 Feb - 5 Feb; for autograph, 4 Feb]; letters of complaint [over photograph used by the Tatler taken by H. J. Whitlock & Sons Ltd, 22 Jul - 2 Aug]; letters of enquiry about the family [Robert While, S. Remigio, Pallanza, 7 Jul]; and competitions [Turf Club Golf Handicap, 5 Apr]. |