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CHAR 1/201 Personal: Admission to Trade Union as a bricklayer: Correspondence and papers.

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CHAR 1/201/1

Letter from M. Allen to WSC, on photograph of WSC in the Daily Mail, working as a bricklayer, while wearing a coat and smoking a cigar.

04 Sep 1928
CHAR 1/201/2

Letter from C.M. Fisher to Peter T. Norrie, on WSC's skill as a bricklayer [carbon].

07 Sep 1928
CHAR 1/201/3-5

Letter from Peter T. Norrie to WSC, enclosing cuttings on the Duke of Connaught's membership of the International Bricklayers Union, and on WSC as a bricklayer, pointing out the badly layed brick in the left hand corner of the picture.

06 Sep 1928
CHAR 1/201/6-7

Cutting from The Star, photograph of WSC's nomination form and entrance fee cheque for membership of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.

11 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/8

Letter from Harold Sisson (an unemployed bricklayer) to WSC, on his admission to the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.

11 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/9-12

Letter from Sir Donald Fergusson, Private secretary to WSC, to D. Fay, pointing out that WSC was not a Civil Servant [carbon].

16 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/13

Letter from D. Fay to WSC, stating that as a Civil Servant he should not have joined the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.

11 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/14-15

Letter from Sir Donald Fergusson, P.S. to WSC, to H.J.B. Morland [carbon].

16 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/16

Letter from H.J.B. Morland to WSC, asking if he would be interested in joining the Tylers and Bricklayers Company.

13 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/17

Letter from WSC to James F. Lane (A.U.B.T.W.), passing on letter from Andrew Hogan [carbon].

16 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/18

Letter from C.M. Fisher, P.S. to WSC, to Andrew Hogan, pointing out that WSC would be doing very little work in competition with those earning their work as bricklayers [carbon].

16 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/19

Letter from C.M. Fisher to T. Gunstone, sending Postal order for 5s, for 4 tickets for A.U.B.T.W. Smoking Concert [carbon].

16 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/20

Letter from T. Gunstone, President, Southampton Branch, Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, asking him to buy tickets for Smoking Concert in aid of widow and family of a late member.

12 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/21

Letter from Sir Donald Fergusson to John W. Brown, giving WSC's apologies for not being able to make use of his services [carbon].

16 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/22

Letter from John W. Brown to WSC, offering his services as a hod-carrier.

12 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/23

Anonymous postcard to WSC, objecting to his admission to the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.

17 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/24-25

Letter from J.J. Riley to WSC, suggesting that he should obtain proper qualifications before calling himself a bricklayer.

10 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/26

Cutting from the Liverpool Daily Courier on the 1st Duke of Marlborough's appropriation of Dutch bricks for the building of Marlborough House.

18 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/27-28

Letter from "A British Subject sodden with Taxation" to WSC, suggesting that it would do him good to be forced to earn his living as a bricklayer, instead of "playing at it and making yourself look a fool".

18 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/29

Letter from Sir Edward Marsh to W. Mills [carbon].

05 Nov 1928
CHAR 1/201/30

Letter from W. Mills to WSC, on his exclusion from the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers for refusing a strike notice in 1922.

[Nov 1928]
CHAR 1/201/31

Letter from WSC to Sir Horace Wilson, asking for advice on invitation to join the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers [carbon].

11 Sep 1928
CHAR 1/201/32

Letter from Sir Edward Marsh to Lord Caldecote, Attorney General, sending papers on WSC's membership of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.

07 Nov 1928
CHAR 1/201/33-34

Letter from James F. Lane, Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers to WSC, on the Union Executive Council's decision that WSC was not eligible for membership of the Union.

01 Nov 1928
CHAR 1/201/35-39

Press statement issued in WSC's behalf, on his reluctance to accept expulsion from the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.

01 Nov 1928
CHAR 1/201/40

Letter from James Lane, Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, to WSC, on his membership of the Union.

18 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/41-42

Letter from James F. Lane to WSC, enclosing his receipt for membership of Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.

06 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/43

Letter from C.M. Fisher to James F. Lane, giving WSC's permission to publish his correspondence with the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.

03 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/44

Letter from WSC to James F. Lane, accepting invitation to join Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, sending 5s entrance fee [carbon].

03 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/45-47

Letter from James F. Lane, Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers to WSC, on the lack of restrictions on the number of bricks that a member may lay in a day, also on the question of restrictions on overtime.

26 Sep 1928
CHAR 1/201/48

Letter from Sir Horace Wilson to WSC, on his membership of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, "the trade is well paid and you could always earn a living at it. You could decline to 'contract in' for the political levy".

14 Sep 1928
CHAR 1/201/49

Letter from WSC to James F. Lane, Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, asking about restrictions on the number of bricks a man may lay in a day, working with non- trade unionists, and restrictions on overtime [carbon].

23 Sep 1928
CHAR 1/201/50-51

Letter from James F. Lane to WSC, on his qualification for membership of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, and explaining membership benefits, sending copy of the Union Rule Book.

10 Sep 1928
CHAR 1/201/52

Letter from WSC to James F. Lane, on his pleasure at being asked to join the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, but on his lack of qualifications, asking for copy of the Union Rule Book [carbon].

07 Sep 1928
CHAR 1/201/53

Letter from James F. Lane to WSC, invitation to join the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers [annotated by WSC].

04 Sep 1928
CHAR 1/201/54

Letter from Sir Edward Marsh to J. Hyde, on WSC's inability to take part in bricklaying scheme in aid of Burnham Congregational Church [carbon].

12 Nov 1928
CHAR 1/201/55-56

Letter from J. Hyde to WSC, asking if he would be willing to take part on bricklaying scheme in aid of Burnham Congregational Church.

11 Nov 1928
CHAR 1/201/57

Letter from Sir Edward Marsh to John Fuller, thanks for kind letter on WSC's membership of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.

20 Nov 1928
CHAR 1/201/58-60

Letter from John Fuller to WSC, on his admission to the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, enclosing cuttings on the subject from the Sydney Sun and the Sydney Morning Herald.

15 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/61-64

Letter from Lord Caldecote, Attorney General, to WSC, advice on his expulsion from the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, stating that in his opinion the Union's action was "ill-founded".

09 Dec 1928
CHAR 1/201/65

Rules of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers [printed].

[1928]
CHAR 1/201/65a

WSC's Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers membership card.

10 Oct 1928
CHAR 1/201/65b

Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers pocket diary [no entries].

[1928]
CHAR 1/201/66

Empty envelope, formerly containing WSC's Union Card.

[1928]
CHAR 1/201/67

Letter from "A Knight of the Blade" to WSC, on his membership of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.

[1928]
CHAR 1/201/68-72

Anonymous letter to WSC, on his membership of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, enclosing press cuttings.

[1928]