Reference
Z1433/2/2
Title
News Cuttings Book with cuttings taken mainly from The Times, The Financial Times and the Bedfordshire Times
Date free text
13th April 1965- 24th May 1968
Production date
From: 1965 To: 1968
Scope and Content
Newspaper cuttings book. Articles mostly relating to the themes: Labour and Industry, Industry and the world, Education and industry, The Economy and Industry(focusing mainly on unemployment and redundancies) and Industry in general.
The articles chart the difficulties being faced in industry and the rise in the number of redundancies being made at local firms. The majority are specific to the difficulties in industry in the Bedford area, although there is some attention to other firms in the UK.
Articles specific to the firm W H A Robertsons are as follows:
-£130,000 contract for Robertson business from South Africa
-50 years at Robertsons (article about the retirement of a Mr Reginald J Cogman)
-To fill new post at Robertsons ( regarding the employment of a Mr Richard Finbard Denis Reed, as Director of Operations)
-Mr Robertson looks to Latin America
-Robertsons are taking on more skilled workers
-Merger takes in Robertsons (article regarding the integration of Lowey Engineering Co and W H A Robertson)
-Robertsons: 'Town's income will be hit' (regarding the fall of industry in Bedford)
-Robertsons: 'other firms should help' (article in regard to job losses at Loewy Robertson)
- Redundancies at Loewy Robertsons
- Robertsons: More workers leave Bedford factory
Local companies mentioned in the Newscutting book are as follows:
-W H Allen
-Texas Instruments
-Motor Rail Ltd
Level of description
item