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FOOD: Letters from the Buxton Lime Firms Company, Ltd. (arising from a question of...
Catalogue reference: MUN 4/671
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This record is about the FOOD: Letters from the Buxton Lime Firms Company, Ltd. (arising from a question of... dating from 1917 July 4-Sept. 10 in the series Ministry of Munitions, Records of the Central Registry, etc.. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MUN 4/671
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1917 July 4-Sept. 10
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FOOD: Letters from the Buxton Lime Firms Company, Ltd. (arising from a question of water supply): includes photographs of women workers engaged in co-operative food-growing scheme
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- CR/4736
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- Open Document, Open Description
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MUN 4
Ministry of Munitions, Records of the Central Registry, etc.
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