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D2684 - W S Stone of Darley Dale, poultry farmer - 1929-1974

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D2684/1
Title	Volume with name W S Stone and Darley Dale written in pencil on inside of front cover
Date	1929-1974
Description	[W S Stone, Stanton, also appears in the body of the book.] First used as a poultry account book, giving costs of food, oil, wire netting etc, numbers of eggs laid and their value, sales of sittings and poultry 1929-1933. At the back, notes relating to the management of the poultry business and an account of sitting sold 1932. In the middle, wine recipes followed by a record of wines made 1955-1974. At end, remembrances of meeting writer’s wife 'Lindy', and of a happy marriage, with a boy and a girl, now grown and married.
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	W S Stone of Darley Dale, poultry farmer
Format	Document
Term	Recipes
	Poultry farming
	Love
	Marriage

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