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A collection of Parish Magazines

AMC/001

Editions of Parish Magazines covering parishes in the Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire Deanery.
The Parish Magazine, Newport Pagnell Issue no.232 (April 1911)

AMC/001/001

Booklet with faded green card cover. Includes Parish Notes from 24 local parishes plus a central insert of the national monthly magazine, ‘The Dawn Of Day’ (Issue no.400), plus local advertisements, baptisms, marriages and burials. Price 1d. At the foot of the booklet it states : Printed and Published by EDWARD G. MILLER, ...
The Parish Magazine, Newport Pagnell issue no.258 (August 1913)

AMC/001/002

Booklet with faded green cover. Includes Parish Notes from 24 local parishes plus a central insert of the national monthly magazine, (Issue no. 428), plus local advertisements, baptisms, marriages and burials. Price 1d. At the foot of the booklet it states : Printed and Published by MILLER & SON, Woburn Sands.
The Parish Magazine, Newport Pagnell issue no.272 (August 1914)

AMC/001/003

Booklet with faded green cover. Includes Parish Notes from 12 local parishes plus a central insert of the national magazine ‘Ecclesia’ (Vol. IV No. 44) plus local advertisements, baptisms, marriages and burials. Price 1d. At the foot of the booklet it states : Printed and Published by J. LINE ‘Bucks Standard’ Office, ...
The Parish Magazine, Newport Pagnell issue no.276 (December 1914)

AMC/001/004

Booklet with faded green card cover. Includes Parish Notes from 12 local parishes plus a central insert of the national magazine ‘Ecclesia’ (Vol.IV No.48) plus local advertisements, baptisms, marriages and burials. Price 1d. At the foot of the booklet it states: Printed and Published by J. LINE ‘Bucks Standard’ Office, Newport Pagnell.
The Parish Magazine, Newport Pagnell (August 1921)

AMC/001/005

Paper booklet with front cover missing; the back cover is loose and damaged and many other pages are stained. Includes Parish Notes from 10 local parishes plus a central insert of the national monthly magazine, ‘The Dawn of Day’ (No.524) plus local advertisements, baptisms, marriages and burials.
First World War items

AMC/002

Five documents (two single sheets, two magazines and one booklet) produced during the latter stages of World War I
The Election Pledges: Faith Kept by the Government

AMC/002/001

List of (undated) election pledges made by the Government showing how each of them has been kept. The leaflet is not dated but content implies publication some time in 1919. Page 2 ends with the statement: ‘All the Pledges have been Kept’. Page 2 has footer: Printed and Published by Vacher & Sons, Ltd. ...
Keeping the Pledge

AMC/002/002

A two-sided printed document on cream paper in dark-red type. It refers firstly to the Government’s pledge in 1918 to abolish conscript armies and progress to date towards its achievement; secondly to the importance of the League of Nations. The top of page 1 has the header ‘REMINDERS IX’. The footer on page ...
Under Fire

AMC/002/003

A 24-page booklet with self-cover, written by Agnes E. Weston, Treasurer of the Royal Sailors’ Rests at Portsmouth and Devonport. Its cover shows an armed sailor by the coast, with a warship on the horizon. This booklet gives Miss Weston’s account of some of her encounters with those involved in the war and ...
Home Chat Vol. XC11. No. 1195

AMC/002/004

Issue of the magazine ‘Home Chat’ dated February 9th. 1918. The cover illustration shows a ladies blouse which can be made following instructions in the magazine. At the top of the cover is the heading ‘The Friend in Need Potato Cookery Book FREE with this Number.’ The price is displayed at top right – ...
Home Chat Vol. XC11. No. 1197

AMC/002/005

Issue of the magazine ‘Home Chat’ dated February 23rd. 1918. The cover illustration is of the new First Sea Lord, Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, with some information below. At the top of the cover is the heading: ‘WAR-TIME COOKERY BOOK – FREE with this Number.’ The price is displayed at top right ...
Housekeeping

AMC/003

A collection of 10 documents relating to cooking and shopping, dating from 1912 to the 1960s.
'Party Time with Stork'

AMC/003/001

Small (12.5 cm square) 20-page illustrated booklet with card cover containing ‘Ideas and recipes for parties and special occasions’; includes recipes for sandwiches, other savouries and cakes. The cover has a purple background, with a front-page image of a white stork wearing an orange party hat, holding the word ‘party’ on his beak. The booklet is ...
'Appetising ideas for Cheese Dishes'

AMC/003/002

An illustrated A5 size booklet of recipes using New Zealand (NZ) cheese, with a Foreword promoting the use of cheese for meals. The Foreword ends: All the recipes in this book have been specially created and tested by Mrs D.D. Cottingham Taylor, Director, Good Housekeeping Institute, London. The booklet is divided into three sections: Savoury ...
'All About Buns & Scones'

AMC/003/003

A5 size 20-page illustrated booklet with card cover containing ‘Ideas and recipes for parties and special occasions’; includes recipes for sandwiches, other savouries and cakes. The cover has a purple background, with a front-page image of a white stork with the yellow capital letters ‘Party’ held in its beak and ‘Time’ below.
Receipt - Braggins, Son & Atkins, Wolverton

AMC/003/004

Receipt from Braggins , Son and Atkins, Drapers and Outfitters, Tailors, Hatters and Hosiers, Caledonian House Wolverton. The item bought is illegible; the price was 3s. 6d. The receipt is printed on light-brown paper in black text and is partly torn on the central fold.
Receipt, The H & C (Home & Colonial) Agency Tea

AMC/003/005

Receipt from G Rose, Grocer, Great Linford, for purchase of various items. It has an H & C Agency Tea logo in the top left-hand corner, with the words ‘The tea which everyone should drink’ in red capitals above it. In the top right-hand corner it is dated May 17th 1912 and addressed ...
Christmas Cheer Club Membership Card

AMC/003/006

Booklet with card cover, with an insert of two folded sheets of paper on which members can stick savings stamps; 20 squares are printed on each page. All printing is in red. The front and back cover pages are decorated with a border of crackers, holly and ribbon; the title is at the ...
Envelope

AMC/003/007

A brown envelope printed in the top right-hand corner ‘Leodian Ltd. , Tailored dresses in fine fabrics, Union House, Bridge Street, Leeds 2’. The postmark in the centre is dated March 1950 and the envelope is addressed by hand to Mrs R Draper, 4 Station Terrace, Gt. Linford, Newport Pagnell. On the reverse of the ...
Price List of wines and Spirits

AMC/003/008

A price list dated December 1924 on thin cream-coloured card (now stained brown in some areas), smaller than A4 size, which folds into three sections (six small pages). The printing is in green. The full title on the front page is ‘Price list of Wines & Spirits in single bottles’ from the ...
Shopping list

AMC/003/009

Shopping list on the right-hand side of a piece of light brown paper, which is folded in the centre, stained and rather dilapidated. Eight items are listed, including soap, tea and baking powder (some are indecipherable), with prices and a total. There is a hole in the left-hand side of the paper.
Christmas Price List, Walton's Stores

AMC/003/010

Price list on cream-coloured paper, A4 size, which folds down the centre into a four-page leaflet. The paper is damaged in several places, with pieces missing. The front page has a decorative border and is in the form of a letter dated Christmas 1914 to Walton’s Stores customers, submitting their Christmas price list and ...
Memorabilia

AMC/004

A collection of miscellaneous memorabilia dating from 1913 to the 1960s.