Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    WW2/AC2/6
  • Title
    Indexed letterbook containing, amongst other things: - late postage of an Order nearly resulting in an unfair prosecution; - note of resolutions passed by the Committee; - complaints at defence work carried out on agricultural land without prior consultation of the Committee; - lists of names and locations on whom and about which Orders and Directions were served; - correspondence regarding steps that could be taken to reduce damage by rabbits; - list of staff seconded to Committee; - complaint at the activities at Shelton of Sir Alan Cobham who "is something of a law unto himself and is running about the country selecting possible [aircraft] landing sites without apparently keeping the Department who he serves informed"; - letters to hunts in an attempt to reduce the numbers of foxes; - possession by the Committee of land at Bolnhurst to bring it into a good state of cultivation; - "grave discontent" among agricultural workers regarding food rations they saw as insufficient; - complaint at possible use of land broken up for crops at Wrest Park, Silsoe, as an army summer camp; - damage to buildings on Hartwell Farm, Cranfield, by enemy action; - offer of Bedford School to use boys for agriculture; - need for golf courses to be ploughed up for arable use; - complaint by General Airports Corporation Ltd. at land at Eaton Bray being required for an aerodrome and at the Committee's actions regarding the Company's claim for compensation; - proposed rifle range on agricultural land at Toddington; - complaint by new tenant of Houghton Park Farm, Ampthill, that his operations were being interfered with by the previous tenant, who had had his tenancy determined by the Committee and who refused to leave the farm.
  • Date free text
    Jan - May 1941
  • Production date
    From: 1941 To: 1941
  • Language
    English
  • Level of description
    item
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