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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The file contains general standing orders, and standing orders relating to contracts.

The file contains notes for two speeches made by Gus Jones, one in opposition to the establishment of a gypsy site at Welshpool, and the other a vote of thanks to Harry Jones, a planning officer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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