Z41/LB4/1/1

Production file. Includes correspondence and figures regarding the number of bricks and pipes produced, the labour required, and the maintenance of the kilns and works. Section 1: 1951 - 1960 includes the following: - Graphs showing monthly rainfall figures 1950 - 1968, with daily rainfall figures for 1957 - 1958. Section 2: 1960 - 1963 includes the following: - 'How we did' [1960]; - 'How we did' with individual works' results [1961]; - 'How we did' with individual works' results [1962]; - Production Report [1962]; - Minutes of the first meeting held to discuss Arlesey Works Proposed Extension and Reorganisation [16 Nov 1964]; - Detailed Totals of makes and deliveries for year ending 31 Dec [1964]; Section 3: 1964 - 1967 includes the following: - Report on production [1964]; - Correspondence regarding the effect of the introduction of the 40 hour week [1965 - 1966]; - Notices regarding the closure of the night shift [9 Dec 1966]; - Correspondence regarding the maximisation of production [1967]; Section 4: 1968 - 1975 mainly regarding development of pits including the following: - Industrial Land Goes Back to Nature - Worked out brick pits at Fletton to provide Nature Study area Planning News Summary [May 1969]; - Report on pit life and clay reserves at Stewartby and Marston [28 May 1969]; - Minutes of meeting held to discuss the opening up of Haddon Pit [13 Sep 1968]; - Minutes of meeting held to discuss the possibility of working Haddon Pit completely with ground haulage instead of a conveyor and ground haulage [21 Feb 1968]; - Series of black and white photographs showing pit workings at Bletchley, Calvert, Coronation, Elstow, Stewartby, Hicks, Beebys, Norman Cross, Dogsthorpe, Saxon, and Kings Dyke [Sep 1968]; - Minutes of meeting held to discuss Estates business [3 Jan 1975]; - Notes of meeting held to discuss the future development of the Whittlesey pits [14 Apr 1975]; Section 5: 1967 - 1975 mainly regarding the use of labour and the development of brick pits to maximise production, including the following: - Production outlook report [6 Sep 1967]; - Memo regarding the acute shortage of labour in the Bedford area, stating that "we are at least 118 men short" and that "Out of 80 permits for Italians at Calvert and Bletchley, only 15 Italians have arrived in the past 2 months" suggests Spain and Turkey as possible sources of labour [2 May 1969]; - Working conditions and general cleanliness - a letter of intent [25 Jun 1969]; - Letter to the Deputy Chairman from R F Lyle regarding the shortage of labour in the Bedford Area. States that; "Except for aged Pakistanis (60 years) we cannot attract labour of any kind who will undertake to set and load bricks", "we shall not find the men we need in this country" , "men do not like working in a brickworks" [1 Oct 1969]; - Memo to all works managers regarding need for brick production in 1971 [8 Jun 1971]; - Memo regarding the possibility of employing a computer to assist with the scheduling of production and deliveries [8 Dec 1971]; - Memo regarding closure of Yaxley works as a production unit [3 Jan 1972]; - Report on Brick Production 1972 [15 Feb 1972]; - Re-introduction of a 40 hour week [Dec 1973]; - Minutes of meeting held to discuss production and distribution in the Whittlesey area [7 Feb 1974]; - Press cuttings and memoranda regarding the closure of works near Peterborough [LB 3 & 4] and stopping of night shift at Ridgmont, Kempston Hardwick and Calvert [Jun 1974].

1951 - 1975

From: 1951 To: 1975

No. of pieces: 1

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weather, rain, LABOUR, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, nature reserves, pits, clay, photographs, pipe manufacturer, Italians, Pakistanis, immigration, computers, STEWARTBY, MARSTON MORETAINE, Bletchley, ELSTOW, Peterborough, Whittlesey, Yaxley, Kempston Hardwick, RIDGMONT