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D8541/6/1 Photograph of Harban Singh and Francis Xavier on a placement with Derby Railways from Malaya 1957.
D8541/6/2 Photograph of Edmund E Oleka and fellow Nigerians outside the Percival house "The Briars" 6 Quarn Drive, Allestree, Derby, DE22 2NQ before the farewell party 14 July 1955.
D8541/6/3 Letter from Government House, Lagos, Nigeria to Mr JE Percival thanking him for his hospitality in housing Nigerian students, 4 February 1956.
D8541/6/4 Christmas card from Professor Doctor Naoichi Tsuyama, Director of Orthopaedic Department Facuilty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan and a photograph of the Percival family having a homecooked Japanese meal in Naoichi Tsuyama and Doctor Hokhoh Kichikawa's flat. Includes a note from the depositor about how Jerome Percival came to know Naoichi Tsuyama
D8541/6/5 Christmas card and message from Nawal Safurat, an Egyptian aeronoutical engineer on a placement with Rolls Royce, 1964.
D8541/6/6 Letter from Mrs Coombes, Durban, Natal, South Africa to Mrs [Margaret] Percival, Derby regarding entertaining her son Jerome Percival while his troop ship called in at Durban 20 December 1942. Also includes a newspaper cutting from Derby Evening Telegraph regarding Jerome Percival entertaining Mr and Mrs Coombes when they visited Derby in July 1960.
D8541/6/7 A letter from Charles Hill, Honorary Secretary of The Anglo-Caribbean Club of Derbyshire writing to Mr and Mrs Percival thanking them for helping in organising a party at Meynell Langley for 30 West Indian children and their parents 1 Oct 1958. Charles Hill wrote "Your tireless efforts in helping to break down mythical barriers that divide some people is a great contribution towards making a better world". Also includes newspaper cuttings about the event.
D8541/6/8 Correspondence regarding the East and West Friendship Council 1956-1958.
D8541/6/9 Minutes of the International Friendship League Derby branch 1956-1958.
D8541/6/10 Amity News - Journal of Derby branch of the International Friendship League. Also includes newspaper cuttings, programmes, and correspondence 1955-1972. |