| Description | This small notebook contains two memos by an unidentified person relating to meetings and discussions with and about his business partners "JTF", "AF", "TBF", "CJFT" and "JF", at least some of whom were brothers, and it is likely that the author was also a brother. The discussions taking place concern the suggestion by the author that either the printing and newspaper arms be separated or that he retire, and JTF's concern about breaking up the firm and dividing the premises.
The notes include references to a visit by Mr Bemrose [presumably of Derby, printer], Dudley ("a free trader not a churchman") and Bailey. Bailey had been taken into partnershup in the firm c. 1906. The author writes the difference in view between himself and JTF about "recent election advertisements" has led to his considering his position. Reference is also made to "Street Traders matters... the Betting Question and to the time of the leading articles (particularly those of a year or two back) when it was repeatedly assumed that a Radical could do no right and a Conservative could no wrong...". The only other personn mention in the memo by name is Mr Hunter re "the photogravure matter".
At the back of the book, in a much later hand, are listed the titles of several satellite/cable TV channels, c1990s, and a draft letter to Eversheds solicitors regarding transfer of their affairs to Warren & Allen of Nottingham, which had a branch in Ilkeston and closed in 2002. Source: The Law Gazette, 22 February 2002, www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/warren-and-allen-shuts-as-partners-clash-over-future/36299.article |
| Custodial History | This item was donated to Derbyshire Record Office in June 2021, by a friend of the former Shropshire County Archivist, Mrs Marion Roberts (d. 2008). Mrs Roberts was the County Archivist for Shropshire between 1975 and 1989. After she retired she undertook various freelance archive work. No further information about the provenance of this item is known.
Although there is no information in the book to directly connect it to Derbyshire, the reference to Bemrose and to printing is the reason behind it acquisition. |