Personal memoir, handwritten, by Mr T C Aldridge, describing a working life in the city, commencing in 1870, when the writer was 12 years old, and dealing in extense with his employment in the General Steam Navigation Company.
Personal memoir, handwritten, by Mr T C Aldridge, describing a working life in the city, commencing in 1870, when the writer was 12 years old, and dealing in extense with his employment in the General Steam Navigation Company, from 1880, when his first employers, a firm of shipping agents, were taken over by the General Steam Navigation Company, 7 January 1924.
Record Details
| Item reference: | GSN/43/7 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Records of semi-governmental and non-governmental organisations |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1870-1924; 1924-01-01 - ? |
| Creator: | General Steam Navigation Company |
| Credit: | On loan from the P&O Heritage Collection |
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- Original manuscript of 'Semper Fideles: The Saga of the Navvies 1924-47' by H E Hancock. (Manuscript) (GSN/43/1)
- Folder containing general correspondence with the author (i.e. Hancock), and with printers, illustrators, informants and others in connection with 'Semper Fideles', 17 Oct-2 Dec 1949. (Manuscript) (GSN/43/2)
- Folder containing letters received from individuals acknowledging their receipt of complimentary copies of the same, n.d. (Manuscript) (GSN/43/3)
- Wallet file containing letters, requests and etc. pertaining to the retailing by the company, of Hancock's volume c.1949-57. (Manuscript) (GSN/43/4)
- History of the General Steam Navigation Company by Boyd Cable, entitled 'London's Own Liners'. (Manuscript) (GSN/43/5)
- Wallet file containing three copies, with attendant material of a 'Supplementary History of the General Steam Navigation Company' by Col Ewart (Boyd Cable).. (Manuscript) (GSN/43/6)
- Personal memoir, handwritten, by Mr T C Aldridge, describing a working life in the city, commencing in 1870, when the writer was 12 years old, and dealing in extense with his employment in the General Steam Navigation Company. (Manuscript) (GSN/43/7)
- Folder containing short correspondence in connection with Cape Cornford's 'A Century of Sea Trading' c.1929-37. (Manuscript) (GSN/43/8)
- File containing historical materials on the General Steam Navigation Company (Manuscript) (GSN/43/9)
- File cover containing letters written in answer to queries from the general public on the General Steam Navigation Company, its ships and its activities c.1923-28. (Manuscript) (GSN/43/10)
- File cover containing notes and printed matter bearing upon the historical links between Hamburg and the General Steam Navigation Company. (Manuscript) (GSN/43/11)
- File cover containing advertisements and an article on the history of the General Steam Navigation Company, for entry in the Jubilee (1934) issue of 'Fairplay', and correspondence related thereto. (Manuscript) (GSN/43/12)
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