Reference
LC/Cor4/5
Title
General correspondence
Date free text
1963-1971
Production date
From: 1963 To: 1971
Scope and Content
- letter inviting Princess Alexandra inviting her to attend Bedford Town Regatta [she declined], the letter stating that the Regatta had been held since 1853 [1963];
- Order of Ceremony of presentation of colours of 1st Btn Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment (TA) at Luton Hoo [1963];
- Chairman’s Report on AGM of Bedford & District Outward Bound Schools’ Association [1963];
- two letters written by a private individual regarding addition of fluoride to local water supplies; the letters are illustrative of the correspondent’s mental condition and beliefs [1963];
- opening of Lady Zia Wernher Centre for Spastic Children in Stopsley by Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, including order of proceedings [1964];
- details of career of Alan Monks, Chairman of Luton, Dunstable & District Spastics Group [1964];
- brief details of early career of F.G.Emmison, later County Archivist of Essex, as Clerk of Records at Bedfordshire Record Office [1964];
- invitation of Lord Lieutenant to celebrations to mark Luton becoming a County Borough [1964];
- citation detailing career of Lt.-Gen.Sir Reginald Francis Stewart Denning, former colonel of Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment, later 3rd East Anglian Regiment [1964];
- correspondence regarding the position of secretary to the Lieutenancy and her low salary and grade comparative to other council employees and suggestion that the Clerk of the County Council should replace the Clerk of the Peace as Clerk to the Lieutenancy [1965];
- formation of Rotary Club of Biggleswade, the one thousandth club in Great Britain and Ireland [1966].
- details of career of Joseph James Edward Pilson, former Chairman of Linslade Urban District Council and member of Leighton-Linslade Urban District Council [1966];
- details of ceremony of Freedom of Entry to Borough of Dunstable, granted to 201 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Medium Battery, Royal Artillery (Volunteers) [1968];
- query as to whether Lord Lieutenant should chair a public meeting to discuss possible siting of Third London Airport at Thurleigh [advice being to not chair the meeting] [1969];
- details of Mayor’s Sunday civic service in Dunstable [1969];
- schedule of visit of Duke of Edinburgh to Vauxhall Motors in Luton [1969];
- detailed newspaper [Evening Post] article on Maj.Simon Whitbread and his family [1969];
- reference by Lord Lieutenant for D.H.Lines, former Clerk of the Peace, on application for post as Registrar of County Courts and District Registrar of the High Court [1970];
- series of letters from a private individual largely centring on his bankruptcy and indicative of his mental health and beliefs [1970];
- presentation of a British Empire Medal by Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire to a Hertfordshire resident at Fairfield Hospital, which is in Bedfordshire and therefore involved a technical breach of protocol, the decision being taken to ignore this breach and let the presentation proceed [1971];
- letter from a private individual complaining of irregularities at his committal at Luton Magistrates Court and allegations of two attempts to kill him involving Luton police [1971].
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