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Gus Jones Papers File
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Agendas and minutes

The file contains agendas, minutes and supporting papers of the council and committees, including papers, 1973, of the shadow authority.

Agendas and minutes

The file contains agendas and minutes of the Welshpool Borough Council, mainly relating to the business of the Housing Committee, including slum clearance.

Welshpool (Wales). Borough Council. Housing Committee

Agendas and minutes

The file contains council and committee papers, including some relating to the town hall, and the Armory recreation centre; together with a review of community boundaries.

Collecting books

The file contains collecting books for the local fund of the Lord Mayor of London's Fund for the Relief of Distress in Mining Areas, opened by Sarah Evans Davies, mayor of Welshpool. The notebooks give the names and addresses of donors, including the employees of local companies, and the sums donated.

Davies, Sarah Evans, d. 1944

Correspondence and papers

The file contains letters, branch bulletins, orders of service, accounts relating to the personal affairs of individual members, poppy day appeals, commemorations, dedications of standards, and the provision of medical services in Welshpool.

Royal British Legion Poppy Day (Welshpool, Wales)

Election addresses

The file contains papers relating to local government and parliamentary elections. They include addresses by Gwyn M. Evans (Labour), 1964, and Dr Carl Clowes (Plaid Cymru), 1979, as parliamentary candidates for Montgomeryshire.

Family papers

The file contains papers relating to the Girls' Friendly Society, 1905-1939, of which his mother was a member, together with an annual report of the Montgomery District of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, 1929, which lists Gus Jones's uncle, Jonathan Griffiths, as immediate past provincial master, and papers relating to his mother's widow's police pension, 1963.

Invitations and programmes

The file contains invitation cards and programmes relating to local events to which Gus Jones was invited, including the official opening of schools, libraries and homes for the aged.

Invitations and tickets

The file contains invitations to civic receptions and local events, and tickets for the Welshpool Town Council lottery.

Letters

The file contains letters, including some relating to the old cockpit at Welshpool, the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and a gypsy site at the Withy Beds.

Letters and papers

The file contains letters of Gus Jones as county councillor. Correspondents include Alex Carlile, parliamentary candidate for Montgomery, and Delwyn Williams, MP. Subjects include roads, schools and homes for the aged in Powys, 'Nuclear Free Powys', the Montgomery Canal, and the sale of furniture (inventory included) at Clive House, Welshpool.

Minutes

The file comprises the minute book of the Services Committee, 1948-1964.

`No to the Assembly' campaign

The file contains agendas, minutes and accounts of the Montgomeryshire committee of the `No to the Assembly' campaign during the 1979 devolution referendum.

Oldford Infants' School papers

The file contains papers relating to the school, including a programme for the official opening, 1975, and the speech given on the occasion by Gus Jones, chair of the school's managing board, a post he held from 1975 to 1979.

Personal papers

The file contains letters to Gus Jones while he was serving in the Royal Corps of Signals and later during civilian life, including two referring to his British Legion gold medal. The papers also include a report on his father's retirement from the Montgomeryshire Constabulary, 1939; a newsletter of the Welshpool Comforts Fund, 1940; his election address as a candidate for the Powys County Council, 1973; and a journal of a Baltic cruise on the SS Uganda, 1974, visiting Kristiansand, Visby, Leningrad, Helsinki and Copenhagen.

Religious interests

The file contains notices, programmes, orders of service and other papers mainly relating to local churches and chapels. Included are orders of service for annual bilingual inter-denominational services at Abaty Glyn-y-groes (Valle Crucis Abbey), 1979-1980, and for the enthronement of Alwyn Rice Jones as Bishop of St Asaph, 1982, and letters relating to the visit of Pope John Paul II to Canterbury, 1982.

Reports

The file contains reports of the Assistant Director of Social Services relating to the Welshpool sub-office, 1975; and the Curator of the Powysland Museum relating to the staircase from Park, Caersws; the HM Inspector of Schools relating to humanities courses in Powys; and the Welsh Office relating to a planning application in Welshpool, all 1979.

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