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Approved external service: general correspondence
Catalogue reference: ED 131/167
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This record is about the Approved external service: general correspondence dating from 1947-1956 in the series Board of Education and successors: University Branch and Pensions Branch: Teachers'.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ED 131/167
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1956
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Description (What the record is about)
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Approved external service: general correspondence
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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)
- PEN 527
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Pay and pensions
- Education
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2256143/
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ED 131
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