• Reference
    X752/2
  • Title
    Farm account books, Beadlow otherwise Speed Farm, Chicksands; Chicksands. Labour account book kept by Alfred Mossman, Beadlow als. Speed Farm, Chicksands, Shefford. Enclosed with X752/1 Circular letter from the Beds & Hunts Framers Union to A. Mossman. Gives rates of pay for male workers during the harvest, rising from 9s a week at under 14 years to 30s 6d at 21 years and over for a 50 hour week. Includes rates for overtime, Sundays and holidays. Reminds A. Mossman that his subscription of £2 10s is overdue. Dorse: Draft monthly labour accounts.
  • Date free text
    1929 -1931
  • Production date
    From: 1929 To: 1931
  • Scope and Content
    Farm account books, Beadlow otherwise Speed Farm, Chicksands; Chicksands. Labour account book kept by Alfred Mossman, Beadlow als. Speed Farm, Chicksands, Shefford. Enclosed with X752/1 Circular letter from the Beds & Hunts Framers Union to A. Mossman. Gives rates of pay for male workers during the harvest, rising from 9s a week at under 14 years to 30s 6d at 21 years and over for a 50 hour week. Includes rates for overtime, Sundays and holidays. Reminds A. Mossman that his subscription of £2 10s is overdue. Dorse: Draft monthly labour accounts.
  • Level of description
    item