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MEMORANDUM BY MR. JENNISON/STENCIL COPY. UNEMPLOYMENT/A TRAGIC FARCE. (p.1) ......

Catalogue reference: F.4.5.22.7)

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F.4.5.22.7)
Date
1921-1931
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MEMORANDUM BY MR. JENNISON/STENCIL COPY. UNEMPLOYMENT/A TRAGIC FARCE.

(p.1) ... In my own case in a business (Zoological Gardens) dependant entirely on the spare cash of working men and in the face of adverse conditions and an extraordinary competition (Wembley) we have come through on our own resources with satisfaction to our shareholders and without discharging a single man ....

Pencil mss note in upper left hand corner ? C.T.E. Phillipp's hand, 15 May 1921

Verso - blank.

p.2 THE CURE ... A decrease e.g. of 10% in wages below the normal rate accompanied by a special income tax of 3/- in the pound ... at present trying to wipe out £7,000,000,000 of debt by wasting annually about £2,000,000,000 of man value: ....

(Signed) GEORGE JENNISON.

Manchester. March 11th, 1925

Verso: Ink mss notes in G. Jennison's hand.

May 14th 1931

Sent to Chatham's Hospital

Advertising sheet describing Belle Vue

Bass & Co booklet

Firework Programmes

Coventry Godiva 'Fair' 1848. Streamer

Guides

Handbills

Jennisons "the last of their work" & the scheme & successor otherwise of Belle Vue (M/c) Ltd

Manchester Corporation functions

Masonic dinner (1928)

Motor Show at Belle Vue

Morley's Hotel. Final dance

Newspaper cuttings (some)

Order book 1871

Postcards of B.V.

Political pamphlets & Election addresses

Press Club dinner

Pontefract 'book of' London Zoo. Garden Party

Zoological Gardens of the world.

Many guide books.

2 unnumbered foolscap sheets, foxed. Sheet 1 soiled on edges.

Folded, 33.1cm.

ALSO: TYPED LIST OF ITEMS, unnumbered, donated to The Chatham Library, dated May 18th 1931.

BELLE VUE, MANCHESTER.

Official Guide to the Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue Manchester (1891 - 1917)

Official Guide to the Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue Manchester 1880 - 1882

Catalogue of the Birds and Animals at ... Monk Fryston Hall, Yorks. Private Collection of the Rev. B. Harmsworth

Manchester Grammar School. Museum Handbooks No. 1 .... 1918

Programme of the Procession at Coventry Show Fair, 26th June 1848

(Printed on Coloured Silk)

Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue, Manchester ... Programmes ... 1896-1904

Manchester Motor Car Show, Feb 8th to 16th, 1907 (Prospectus & Plan)

10 Post Cards of Belle Vue, Manchester.

9 Handbills and Advertisements Sheets of Belle Vue, Manchester

8 Political Pamphlets and Election Addresses

Bass, Ratcliffe and Gretton Ltd. Excursion to Blackpool, July 19 1907

A Souvenir of Pontefract ...

Belle Vue. Order and Correspondence Book, Manuscript, 1871

Poem delivered at The Manchester Columbarian Society Annual Gathering .... 1881

Federation of British Industries. Tour of Brazilian Delegates. Programme and Time Table. June 1919

7 Menus and Invitation Cards.

Two Letters to George Jennison Esq.

"The Last of the Jennisons" Manuscripts. Two leaves.

Newspaper Cuttings.

Watermarked: EXCELS/SUPER/BRITISH MAKE/BSM/SH.// 32.8cm

Held by
Chetham's Library
Language
English
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/fd6d4a6c-fab0-476b-8bf1-148f9c060bad/

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