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Total number of records: 15

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business records1
cleaning and dyeing industry1
family archives1

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Crockatt Family1
Crockatt, Douglas1
Crockatt, John1

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From 17001
From 18003
From 190011

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Douglas Crockatt - Appointment as Group Chairman

1952

Note by Ewart Clay. MS. Photocopy. 1 The JB Journal, September 1952. Front page article by Tom Johnson, about Douglas Crockatt on his appointment as Group Chairman. 2 Letters "Letters congratulatin...

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Federation of Dyers and Cleaners

1960-1970

TS note by Ewart Clay 131/1 A History of the National Federation of Dyers and Cleaners by Douglas Crockatt., July 1967. Booklet in plastic cover, 26 pp. 131/2 Dyers’ and Cleaners’ Research Organ...

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Douglas Crockatt’s retirement from Johnsons 1966 See also photo album No.1. Note by Ewart Clay. MS Photocopy. 2 ff.

1966

1 Photograph of a portrait of DC painted to mark his retirement. 2 Extract from the JB Journal, April - June 1966. 3 Letters, cards etc to DC congratulating him and wishing him well on his retirem...

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Douglas Crockatt - between the wars

1932-1986

1 Why Dyers and Cleaners? D Allan Crockatt, 1986. MS. Photocopy. 3 pp. 2 Biography of A.J. Crockatt by Douglas Crockatt dated January 1962, shortly after his death. TS. 1ff 3 Some aspects of Ga...

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D Allan Crockatt’s Magistracy

1850-1980

Loose Letter from the Lord Chancellor’s office, House of Lords, to DAC, 11 May 1983. TS. Proof of Article from The Magistrate, n.d. entitled The Chairman and the New Magistrate by DAC. Attached is D...

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Papers relating to co-partnership

1976-1986

See TS note by Ewart Clay, September 1986 127/1 Participation Today by Rex Adams, The Industrial Participation Society, 1984 and signed by the author. Pages 51-53 relate to a case study on Johnson Gr...

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No. 5 labelled University of Leeds 1969 onwards

1959-1997

Photograph album contains photographs of Honorary degree days, swan-upping and a Civic Banquet in Johannesburg, 1959 Various press-cuttings regarding the University, swan-upping, Duchess of Kent’s ...

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Pullars of Perth

1824-1949

See comments on the Pullar papers by Ewart Clay. TS 107/1 Pullars of Perth, 1824-1924. The Romance of cleaning and Dyeing by Sir John Foster Fraser. An illustrated book (second edition) on the work o...

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Harris Cleaning and Herbert Harris

1780-1980

Herbert Harris, of Joseph Harris Ltd wanted to make provision in his Will, for the company to be offered to Johnson Group on his death, if they wanted to purchase, and DC should be associated with the...

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The Worshipful Company of Dyers

1965-1974

Note by Ewart Clay. MS. 1. Personal (9 items) a) B& w photograph of Douglas Crockatt as Prime Warden of Worshipful Company of Dyers, 1965." b) Notification of meeting, illustrating the style used b...

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