The story of
The General Strike
In May 1926 over 1.5 million UK workers went on strike, bringing Britain to a standstill. Our records provide an insight into its origins and impact.
Series
Stationery Office: Northern Area Branch: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: STAT 18
What's it about?
STAT 18
Files of the Northern Area Branch of the Stationery Office including management and trade union negotiations, details of war damage and provision for the coronations of 1937 and 1953.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- STAT 18
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Title (The name of the record)
- Stationery Office: Northern Area Branch: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1925-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Northern Area Branch of the Stationery Office including management and trade union negotiations, details of war damage and provision for the coronations of 1937 and 1953.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ML, MCRP, ME, MF, MPB and MW file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Civil Service Department, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Northern Area Branch, 1972-1986
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Northern Area Branch, 1986-1991
- HMSO, Manchester Branch, 1991-1996
- Treasury, His Majesty's Stationery Office, Northern Area Branch,, 1925-1972
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 22 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1997 The Stationery Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Labour
- Official publications
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Northern Area Branch of the Stationery Office was established in 1916 to deal with increased wartime requirements. Regional organisation was disbanded in 1981 and direct operational responsibility for the warehouse in Manchester went to Supply Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13700/
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