Series
British Railways Board: Director Parcels and Predecessors: Records
Catalogue reference: AN 187
What's it about?
AN 187
This series contains records of the Director, Parcels, and also those of the National Business Manager, Red Star, who was subordinate to the Director, Parcels. It also includes records of the Director, Parcels and of the Chief Parcels Manager up...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AN 187
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Railways Board: Director Parcels and Predecessors: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Director, Parcels, and also those of the National Business Manager, Red Star, who was subordinate to the Director, Parcels. It also includes records of the Director, Parcels and of the Chief Parcels Manager up to the 1970s.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- British Railways Board, Chief Parcels Manager, 1963-1975
- British Railways Board, Director Parcels, 1963-1994
- British Railways Board, National Business Manager, Red Star, 1963-1994
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 217 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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2001 to 2004 BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Created and maintained by British Railways Board. A few papers, before 1963, were inherited from the British Transport Commission.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1949 to 1993
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Includes records about the objectives and policy of the parcels directorate including carriage, or withdrawal from carriage, of specific traffic, some records of publicity including sponsorship, and an investigation into alleged fraud within the group.
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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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Red Star was the express registered parcels service of the British Railways Board, the title dating from 1963. The National Business Manager, Red Star, was subordinate to the Director, Parcels.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15727/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AN
Records created or inherited by the British Transport Commission, the British Railways...
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British Railways Board: Director Parcels and Predecessors: Records