Harrington Family History
A set of 97 items about the history of the Harrington Family including documents, photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings. These 97 items were filed by the family into 18 plastic sleeves in a purple ring binder.
Extent
47 documents, 6 Letters, 6 newspaper cuttings, and 16 photographs.
Contributor
Joan Harrington
Reference number
HFC/001
Storage location
HFC box in the Hut
Records in this Group
Introduction to the Harrington Family Collection, written for the Living Archive by the Contributor Mrs Joan Harrington (wife of Eddie Harrington).
Inventory list of the purple ring binder, i.e. this Group the “Harrington Family History”.
Death of Mr Frederick Henry Young. A newspaper article about his life and funeral in the 1935 Gazette (Plastic sleeve 1)
Funeral of Mr L. J. Harrington, 1954 Gazette (Plastic sleeve 1)
Edward Harrington’s Identity Card of 1940 (Plastic sleeve 2)
Mr E. F. L. Harrington’s National Service Medical letter dated 1957, saying that it is not proposed to summon him for Medical Examination (Plastic sleeve 2)
1968 letter to E. Harrington from B. Jolles at the Northampton Hospital telling him the whole truth about his illness in 1945 (Plastic sleeve 2)
Albert Harrington’s Life History written by his son Edward for staff at Lathbury Care Home, 3 pages.
Harrington Family Tree (Plastic sleeve 3)
Albert Harrington’s Death Certificate (Plastic sleeve 4)
Margery Harrington’s Death Certificate, 2 copies (Plastic sleeve 4)
1947 Business Registration of Harrington’s Handcrafts (Plastic sleeve 5)
1972 Letter of Cancellation of Business Registration of Harrington’s Handcrafts (Plastic sleeve 5)
Photo of Shop Front and street (Plastic sleeve 6)
Photo of Harrington’s shop window display for the opera “Lilac Time” (Plastic sleeve 6)
Photo of Shop Window display of Dolls’ Hospital. Adverts offer “New Voice ‘Mama’ 2/6, New Eyes fitted 4/6” (Plastic sleeve 6 )
Photo of Harringtons Handcrafts stall, outdoors in a field (Plastic sleeve 6)
Photo of Shop Window (Coronation) (Plastic sleeve 6)
Photo of Milliner’s Shop Window “Margery”, taken by P.J. Baker (Plastic sleeve 6)
Newspaper image of Margery Harrington, sorting costumes for the opera “White Horse Inn” (Plastic sleeve 6)
1972 article about the retirement of Mr and Mrs Albert Harrington from their DIY shop after 34 years, Bletchley & Milton Keynes Gazette (Plastic sleeve 6)
2015 Newspaper article about Bletchley’s original DIY shops (Plastic sleeve 6)
Photo of shop interior, Margery and Albert behind counter, with UHU glue, HANDI-board, HANDI-strip, HANDI-clips and Eclipse saws (Plastic sleeve 6)
Photo of shop interior, Margery and Albert in front of counter, with lampshades (Plastic sleeve 6)
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