Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    FAC138/2
  • Title
    Documents relating to the Brantom family and the family firm T. Brantom & Co. Ltd. seed and forage merchants, etc. of Leighton Buzzard.
  • Date free text
    1895 - 1916
  • Production date
    From: 1895 To: 1916
  • Scope and Content
    (1) Card listing principal agricultural shows in England issued with compliments of Thomas Brantom & Co. and including testimonials for Brantom's milk meal for calves.1895 (2) Letter to Thomas Brantom & Co. from the solicitors of Joseph Thorley Ltd. demanding that the poultry spice sold by the firm be withdrawn from sale as too closely resembling the Thorley product and sold with the intention of deceiving the public. 12 September 1899 (3) Correspondence regarding proposed investment by Brantoms in the firm of Tooley & Co. Ltd., millers, corn and coal merchants of Leighton Buzzard (2 items) February - March 1904 (4) Printed report, trading and profit and loss account for Tooley and Co. Ltd. of Leighton Buzzard. 1903 (5) Letter to Mr. S. Brantom (with draft reply) from Mr. H. Tooley accusing him of attempting to steal the custom of Mr. Godwin of Linslade and spreading rumours of bankruptcy. 13 May 1904 (6) Advertisement for Westmeria poultry and game appliances and foods showing assorted poultry and poultry houses. Marked Reg 5.4.06. no date [circa 1906] (7) Advertisement for Brantom's Hay Spice, including prices and directions for use. no date [circa 1910] (8) Press cutting from the Luton News for the marriage of Nora I. Manning and Thomas R. Brantom at St Barnabas, Linslade on 3 September 1913. Includes portraits of bride and groom. 4 September 1913 (9) Correspondence, ticket list and itinerary regarding proposed visit by Sidney Brantom to Archangel in order to procure the export of oats from Russia. Includes letters from the Russian Embassy, the Commercial Agency of the Russian Imperial Government and Thomas Cook, travel agents. (5 items) 1915 (10) Letter to Charles Bassett, Ashwell Street, Leighton Buzzard from J.H. Brantom of J.H. Brantom & Co., of London, cattle and poultry food specialists etc. thanking him for making the business a success and enclosing a £5 present. Includes company billhead. 21 December 1916
  • Format
    photocopies
  • Level of description
    item
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