Miscellaneous documents and objects.
Miscellaneous documents and objects.
A miscellaneous collection of photographs, diaries, family letters, newspapers and documents relating to various members of the Taylor-Brown family including family trees for the Brown family. There are also items related to the funeral of King Edward VII and the coronation of Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. In addition to this are minutes and other documents relating to the Wolverton branch of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades
Extent
2 books; 1 box; 3 cards; 2 certificates; 3 diaries; 27 documents; 8 letters; 7 newspapers; 2 objects; 11 photographs; 1 pipe; 2 postcards; 4 programmes; 2 receipts; 6 slides
Reference number
TBC/014
Records in this Group
Small brown and black pipe. The bowl is brown and the stem is black. It is reported to be the one in the slides of the tablecloth taken in The Firs’ Garden.
St. John Ambulance Association Certificate awarded to Frank H. Brown who had attended a Course of Instruction and is now qualified to render First Aid to the Injured, in April 1927. The certificate is on heavy card, cream-coloured with a red border. The writing is in black and red print and was completed ...
St John Ambulance Association Certificate awarded to Frank H. Brown who was re-examined for the first time on First Aid to the Injured in March 1928. The certificate is on heavy card, cream-coloured with a black border. The writing is in black and orange print and was completed in black ink. The ...
Black and white photograph showing the interior of McCorquodales, Wolverton. Photo shows a long room with work benches across it. The rafters have strip lights attached to them. There is a man at the end of the room working (thought to be Pete Copperwheat). The photograph has a white border around ...
Black and white photograph showing interior view of McCorquodales Wolverton. The picture shows a typesetter (thought to be Pete Copperwheat) working at a desk with a printing plate in front of him.
Double page from a newspaper containing miscellaneous adverts and news dated 1969. The front page is the Stork News. One page has articles and photographs relating to the Girl Guides Exhibition
Wolverton Sick Nursing Association 15th Annual report, 1932-33. Printed on white paper and folded. It is stapled together in the middle. The writing is black. Inside the report lists the committee members, the number of cases nursed and the income and expenditure for the year.
Dance card from the Bicester Farmers’ Ball December 8th 1933. Small card folded in two. On the front is a picture of a group of hunters in red riding jackets with the fox hounds around them. The card has the date, the event and the word ‘programme’ printed on it. Inside ...
‘Echoes of the Past’ written by Newman Cole and Warren Dawson and published by Wolverton and District Archaeological Society. The book has a sepia print of the Iron Bridge in Newport Pagnell on the cover.
Black and white photograph showing the Cenotaph at the Square in Wolverton. The War Memorial is in the centre of the picture with trees all around it. There are many people crowded into the Square: in the foreground are adults all with hats on, one person has an umbrella up. At the ...
Black and white photograph of the Boys School, Church Street, Wolverton. The picture is of a large brick building with railings around it. The building has a door on the left hand end and the windows to either side are open. Along the right hand side are more windows. In front ...
Chronicle and Echo, Northampton dated 7th May 1936. On the front is a photograph of the Women Whist Players of the Western Ward Women’s Conservative Association including Mrs. F.T. Chown.
Newspaper cutting mentioning Miss Florence Wildman who was singing in a show, she was c.12 years old.
Bucks Standard Newspaper dated January 23rd 1937. On page 3 is a description of the funeral of Mr. Ernest Brandon, at which Mr. T. Taylor was a pall-bearer.
Black lacquered box with a design of a bird on a branch on the front. The design is drawn in brown and orange. The interior is also painted black. The box has a clasp on the front which does not work. The box measures approximately 15 x 31 x 5.5cm. Inside it were six photographic ...
Colour slide showing a gentleman sitting in a striped deckchair. He is wearing a hat, a pale coloured jacket and a pair of shorts and he is smoking a pipe.
Colour slide showing a girl and a man holding up a colourful bedspread. The girl is to the left of the picture and she is wearing a blue dress. The bedspread has an intricate design on it in blue, red and green. A man’s head can be seen peering over the top ...
Colour slide showing Frank Brown wearing a striped blue, black and white blazer, with a white cricket jumper underneath. To his left is a girl who is wearing a blue dress with a red sash at the waist. She is looking up at Frank.
Colour slide showing three people, although the man on the right is only half visible. There is an older lady in the centre wearing a white top with a brown cardigan over it. She is wearing glasses and is looking at the man who is not fully in the picture. On the ...
Colour slide showing a girl holding up a bedspread. The girl is wearing a blue dress which has a red sash. She is holding out the bedspread which is blue, red and green.
Colour slide showing a man and a girl wearing hats. The man is on the left of the picture and he is wearing a dark coloured shirt with a light jacket over the top. He has a hat on and is holding a pipe in his hand. The girl is in a ...
Folded document on stiff paper. It is an Indenture of Apprenticeship between John O’Brien, Patrick O’Brien and McCorquodale & Co. Ltd., Wolverton dated 2nd August 1960. Document folds out and is a contract for John O’Brien to be apprenticed to McCorquodales as a Compositor, with Patrick as Guardian from 1st July 1960 for ...
Folded document on stiff paper, Indenture of Apprenticeship between John O’Brien and McCorquodales dated 24th March 1966. Document folds out and is a contract for John O’Brien to be apprenticed to McCorquodales as a Compositor for two years eleven months from 14th February 1966.
Black box with a yellow label on it containing a stainless steel plate with a bar that slides along and can be locked in place. There are five printing blocks which spell out the name ‘JACKO’. The box lid is in very poor condition. Believed to belong to John O’Brien
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