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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.

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.

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.

Gus Jones Papers

  • GB 0210 GUSJON
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1982 (accumulated [c.1939]-1982)

The fonds comprises papers of Gus Jones mostly relating to his public career; there are few personal or family papers.

Jones, Gus 1912-1988

Public life and offices

The group comprises papers relating to the local government authorities and other bodies on which Gus Jones served, together with other administrative and political papers, 1929-1982.

Welshpool Borough Council

The series comprises papers relating to Welshpool Borough Council, namely collecting books, agendas and minutes, and letters and papers.

Welshpool (Wales). Borough Council.

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

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

Working papers

The file contains working papers of Gus Jones as a member of the Welshpool Borough Council, including his period as mayor, 1965-1967. Included are papers, 1962-1966, concerning the failure of the then town clerk to return housing revenue accounts to the Welsh Office.

Royal British Legion Cambrian Factory, Llanwrtyd

The series contains a leaflet relating to the factory, a brochure entitled 'Care on Parade' (an exhibition of the work of the Royal British Legion, 1981, including the factory), and a sheet of headed letter paper.

Royal British Legion Cambrian Factory (Llanwrtud, Wales)

Royal British Legion Housing Association Ltd

The series contains the annual report of the Association, 1976-1977, including reference to the opening of William Ainge Court in May 1977, together with letters relating to the local house committee.

Royal British Legion Housing Association Limited

Toc H Movement

The series contains papers relating to the Toc H Christian Fellowship Movement, including programmes, pamphlets and invitations reflecting the activities of the movement on a national, regional and local level.

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