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Files relating to Milbury Holdings Ltd, of which LP Scott was Chairman, and its subsidiary companies- Milbury Construction Company Ltd (formerly AC Brew Ltd); Mitchell Doughty Ltd (formerly Arthur Doherty Ltd and WP Mitchell Ltd); Milbury (Northern) Investment Company Ltd and Milbury Estates Ltd.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Correspondence relating to LP Scott's role as Chairman of Milbury Holdings Ltd.

Includes correspondence regarding the obtaining of finance; the purchase and selling of shares, including correspondence with Temperance Billiard Halls, who purchased 50% shares in Milbury Holdings in 1957, and which were subsequently bought back in 1958; correspondence relating to the takeover of WP Mitchell Builders Ltd and Arthur Doherty Ltd in 1963; correspondence regarding the proposed merger (aborted) of Milbury Holdings with Broseley Estates in 1962-3, and a report on the affairs of AC Brew Ltd (April 1964).

Principal correspondents are Reginald J Newcombe, Arthur N Gregory, AM Haworth, GH Heywood, WM Balch and RG Watson- all directors of Milbury Holdings.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Correspondence relating to LP Scott's role as Chairman of Milbury Holdings Ltd.

Included is correspondence with WM Balch of Metropolitan Railway Surplus Lands Company Ltd, regarding the proposed merger with Bredwood Investments Ltd (1965, aborted); on the progress of individual developements, including Swinton Town Centre, which was formally opened in 1968; on securing finance; on the valuation of shares, and their purchase by both AC Brew Ltd and Oldeani Holdings Ltd (1965); a cash forecast, and balance sheet and accounts (1967); correspondence regarding the proposed merger of Arthur Doherty Ltd and WP Mitchell (Builders) Ltd in 1967; and on tax losses and the company's worsening financial situation in 1969.
Also includes some newspaper clippings.

Principal correspondents include Reginald J Newcombe, Arthur N Gregory, AM Haworth, GH Heywood, WM Balch and RG Watson- all directors of Milbury Holdings.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott