New arrivals in our strongrooms (5)

As from this month we will be publishing a full list of the most recent new additions to our collections on our News page. You’ll also be able to read details of our major new catalogues as they are completed.

In this ‘new arrivals’ blog, we’re continuing to highlight our more unusual new arrivals. And these flyers certainly took the prize for being the most eye-catching!

Gloucester ABC Theatre concert and show flyers, 1965-1974

They are among the personal papers given to us by Mr Alan Moore (collection reference D14592). Alan had a life-long interest in the 20^th century development of Gloucester city centre, the development of bus and tram links across the county, and in Gloucestershire’s film theatres and concert halls.  Among his collection are scrapbooks, research notes and, as the photograph shows, many colourful flyers for local concerts. This selection advertises events at the ABC Theatre in Gloucester, where artists such as Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J Kramer, Cliff Richard, Gene Pitney, Lulu and the Luvvers, Four Tops and Des O’Connor performed throughout the 1960s and 1970s.  Many of the flyers are accompanied by ticket stubs, evidence of Alan being a keen attendee of these concerts. Tickets could be bought for as little as 75p a seat!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New arrivals in our strongrooms (4)

Autumn has seen a flurry of new collections arriving at Gloucestershire Archives – and all are now recorded, labelled, boxed and tucked away safely in our care.

We were delighted to receive an archive bequeathed to us by the late June Lewis, a well-known local author and historian of Fairford. Alison Hobson of Fairford Local History Society has spent over 12 months listing the contents of the collection ready for its transfer to the Archives. This help is much appreciated by our busy team! Mrs Lewis collected, researched and wrote extensively so it will take a little longer before the 20 or so transfer boxes have been processed ready for research.

Some of the highlights for September and October are listed below. As ever, please search our online catalogue using the reference numbers given in the list to find further details. Most items are now ready to be used by visiting our research room.

New arrivals in our strongrooms (3)

Shades from the past: a rather ghostly image of the laying of the foundation stone at Whitfield Memorial Presbyterian Church in Gloucester, 1872 (new accession D14436)

A bumper summer crop of new archives!

We’ve been kept busy over the summer processing new additions of archives – in all that’s meant working on 90 separate batches or ‘accessions’ for June, July and August. We aim to add at least brief details to our online catalogue of all new material within four weeks of its arrival.

Some of the highlights are listed here. If you’d like to see more details, please go to our online catalogue and then search on the catalogue reference given below.

The online catalogue will tell you whether you can access the records now or whether they are closed for any reason. If this is the case you may be able to arrange to see them by appointment.

Highlights

Aerial photographs (catalogue reference D14493): aerial photographs of Gloucester and district taken by the RAF, 1946

Coal Research Establishment, Stoke Orchard (catalogue ref D14505): drawings, photographs and publications relating to history of the site, 1946-1994

Corse C of E School (catalogue ref S309): admission register, 1946-2001; school photographs and press cuttings, 1914-1972; material concerning the opening of the new School, 1994

Crickley Hill Archaeological Trust (catalogue ref D14279): Trust correspondence, annual reports and financial statements, 1986-2010

Doris Court of Weston-sub-Edge, local historian (catalogue ref D14447): records collected and compiled by Doris Court relating to the history of Weston-sub-Edge since the 13^th century

Filton Community History Group (catalogue ref D13476): additional material from the Group including administration files, minutes of meetings, and results of research, including projects undertaken by pupils at Shield Road and Charborough Road Schools, 1999-2001

Gamage Court, Westbury on Severn (catalogue ref D14475): farm account books kept by Harry Baker of Gainsfield Farm, part of Gamage Court, 1949-1967

Gloucestershire Federation of Women’s Institutes (catalogue ref D2933): minutes and other records of various WI branches, 20th cent, including Aylburton [opened 1919]; Brimscombe and Thrupp; Chipping Campden; Churcham; Coopers Hill and Brockworth; Greet; Hardwick; Hempsted; May Hill, Longhope; and also of the Campden Group

Labour and Trades Union movements in the Stroud area (catalogue ref D14481): Stroud Divisional Labour Party minutes, 1940-1959; Stroud Trades Council, from 1989 known as Stroud and District Trades Union Council, minutes, 1969-c.1997; Stroud and Thrupp branch (later Stroud branch) of the  Amalagmated Union of Engineering Workers, minutes, 1924-1980; accounts, 1853-1925, 1963-1980; proposition and entrance books, 1853-1943, 1969-1981; contribution books, 1859-1892, 1915-1920

D G Martin slide collection (catalogue ref D12083): 153 slides and script for talk “Cheltenham Past and Present” comprising views of buildings and street scenes, and giving information about each one, 1960s-1989

Milestones School, Longford and predecessor schools (catalogue ref S154/32): Tuffley Open Air School pamphlet, [1960]; Chamwell School staff and pupil photos , 1976-1979; newscuttings relating to school events, 1983-1984; records relating to the 50th anniversary of Oak Bank and Chamwell School (a merged service caring for children since 1936) 1986; school prospectus, 1986; photographs of pupils and school events at Oak Bank and Chamwell Schools, 1970-1990; video copy TV news piece on a Royal visit to Milestone School, 2001

Oral history recording (catalogue ref D14452): interview with Robbie Green, evacuee in Gloucestershire during World War 2, recorded 6 November 2014

Painswick parish (catalogue ref P244): records include service registers, 1950-2001; church log books and fabric papers, 20th cent; survey of memorials in churchyard, mid-20th cent; deeds concerning land between the lychgate and the bus stop, 20th cent; codicil to will of Thomas Phillips, 1824; sale of advowson of Painswick Vicarage, 1838; church photographs and plans, including ground plan of organ, 1892-20th cent; parish magazines, 2005-2006, 2011-2012

Ruardean Woodside School (catalogue ref S109/2): admission register, 1978-2007; attendance list for Old Scholars’ reunion, 1992; constitution for Woodside Primary Old Scholars and Friends Association, 2012; journal to commemorate the centenary of Ruardean Woodside School (1878)-1978; memories of Slad School, 2012; Forest of Dean U.D. School Board summary and tables of results of examination, 1891-1892

Sandoe Luce Panes of Thornbury, estate agents and auctioneers (catalogue ref D4855): sales particulars and other records of predecessor firms including Luce, Young and Alway, Moses Smith and Luce, Luce, Howes and Williams, and associated firms, relating to properties in South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire and Somerset, 1873-1961

Stroud Choral Society (catalogue ref D9329): programmes and posters, 1828-1976; press cuttings and other publicity material, 1828-c.2000

New arrivals in our strongrooms (2)

May 2017

It’s been another busy time for new arrivals. We’re really grateful for all these new donations and deposits, many of which have been hidden away in homes and offices for years. If you’re planning on bringing items to offer to the Archives, please get in touch before you visit so that we can make an appointment for you.

We were delighted that the Friends of Gloucestershire Archives helped us to purchase a small but significant group of architectural plans relating to Gloucestershire’s early mental hospitals (then called ‘lunatic asylums’). These iconic buildings at Coney Hill and Horton Road in Gloucester survive in very changed forms today.

New arrivals in our strong rooms

April 2017

Tree planting on Leckhampton Hill in the early 1970s (among records of R W Paterson architect of Cheltenham, catalogue reference D3867 Accession 14388)

Each month new archives arrive at Gloucestershire Archives – either as gifts or as deposits on indefinite loan. We regularly process between 25 and 35 new batches (or ‘accessions’). All are logged into our collections management database and stored securely.

Helping hands make light work of Listers

Gloucestershire Archives was delighted to be awarded £2,000 in 2014 from the Business Archives Council to fund the cataloguing of a significant Gloucestershire-based engineering archive, Listers of Dursley. The project has depended from start to finish on the help of enthusiastic volunteers.