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Also contains Bob Litherland, prospective Labour candidate for Collyhurst

Accounting records of MGEN.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited

Margaret Thatcher opens a door bearing the words "Private - Cabinet Economic Meeting", which members of her cabinet including [James Prior], Michael Heseltine and William Whitelaw rush through. Only a little of the room remains, as the walls and floor (labelled "the economy") have been demolished, leaving an empty void underneath into which [James Prior] tumbles. Far below, Geoffrey Howe and another figure stand looking up from their plans beside a crane with a demolition ball labelled "Monetarist Demolition".

At the beach, life guard Anthony Barber sits back relaxing in a deck chair next to a life bouy labelled subsidy. A hand with a bag attached [possibly Margaret Thatcher] is seen floundering in the water.

Context: The Chancellor of the Exchequer told the Commons that the argument against massive across-the-board food subsidies was overwhelming, that is would be enormous and have to be met by increased taxation. He said that the family income supplement was a better way of helping the needy than upvalued or extended family allowances. (Source: University of Kent Cartoon Archives).

Colour advert with sound for the Guide's comedy coverage. Features a male comedian who appears from behind a curtain and stands behind a microphone. He produces a whoopee cushion which he blows up and then squeezes to make a flatulence sound. Accompanied by a violin music sound track and voiceover. The advert ends on a shot of the Guardian newspaper (in colour) and the Guide.

Commentary: "What's new in comedy? Find out in the Guide. Seven days of TV and entertainment free in the Guardian every Saturday"

a). Features a male voiceover. Duration: 11 seconds. The advert starts at 00.26 on the mp4 file.

b). Similar to a) but features a middle aged female voiceover. Duration: 11 seconds. The advert starts at 1.41 on the mp4 file.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Cartoon showing French Prime Minister Guy Mollet, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, US President Dwight D.Eisenhower, US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Macmillan, trying to identify a comet which appeared in the sky in the spring of 1957.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist

Correspondence and papers relating to the creation and administration of Comet Newspapers Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Guardian, formed in 1964.

Some undated.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott