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Correspondence, 1957-64
GMG/1/3/3/1/2/6/3/1 · File · 1957-1964
Part of Records of Guardian Media Group

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, 1965-69
GMG/1/3/3/1/2/6/3/2 · File · 1965-1969
Part of Records of Guardian Media Group

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
Correspondence, 1970-75
GMG/1/3/3/1/2/6/3/3 · File · 1970-1975
Part of Records of Guardian Media Group

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

Includes memorandums relating to Milbury's attempts to divest the group of its investment properties and 'surplus' land stock (1970); correspondence regarding the proposed selling of Milbury Estates to either Lowton Construction or Carlton Investments Ltd. and the subsequent winding up of the company (abandoned 1970); correspondence onthe selling of Milbury shares to the Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Group and Milbury Estates becoming a subsidiary of their company (1970); lists of shareholders (1970, 71, 72); profit and loss report on Mitchell Doughty Ltd (June 1971); correspondence regarding a company audit (1972) and correspondence regarding the resignation of Bernard Dufton, JPP Tyndall and HP Stirling as company directors in 1971, and their being replaced by EP Greenfield and NE Shepherd, both of the Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Group, in 1972. Also contains correspondence relating to the purchase of the company, in May 1972, when all 4 trading companies were sold to ARV Holdings Ltd.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
Correspondence, general
GMG/1/3/3/1/2/6/3 · Sub-series · 1957-1975
Part of Records of Guardian Media Group

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

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, notes and reports relating to the Guardian and Guardian weekly
JSP/2 · File · 1961-1997
Part of Papers of John Perkin

Various papers, mainly relating to the Guardian, collected by John Perkin in his position as editor of the Guardian Weekly, including:

Statement made by L P Scott at a meeting with the 'P. & K. T. F.' on 6 December 1966 concerning the financial situation of the Guardian and reductions in the cost of printing.

Memorandums and reports to Guardian staff on London printing plans (May 1961), who does what' in Guardian editorial administration (September 1964), motor accidents (July 1981), the 1983/84 NUJ house agreement (April 1982) and employee benefits (November 1983).

Notes concerning printing options for the Guardian Weekly (February 1963)

Correspondence between John Perkin and the editor's office concerning the Guardian front page from 5 November 1956 'Soviet Tanks Crush Resistance', with a note from Alastair [Hetherington] about the front page, August 1997.

The file also contains a copy of The Monopolies Commission report on the proposed transfer of The Times Newspaper and The Sunday Times Newspaper to a newspaper proprietor, December 1966 and an unsigned copy of Perkin's memoir (see JSP/1)

 Perkin; John Sydney (1929-2002); journalist
Correspondent and staff contact lists
GEM/3/2/3 · File · nd
Part of Records of Gemini News Service

Lists of contact details for Gemini News Service correspondents and editorial and managerial staff, nd.

Also includes a list of the 'main' Gemini correspondents arranged by the country or city on which they report, nd.

 Gemini News Service (1967-2002); news agency