Papers of Sam Bloor, Conservative Councillor
1878-1956
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Total copies: 1
Includes correspondence, election posters, passport, newspaper cuttings, official photographs from the western front of British troops during World War One (presumably a result of the National Federation of One-Man Business Association's visit to France in 1918), and a sympathy resolution signed by the town clerk on Samuel Bloor's death. Also includes certification of Joseph Bloor's service in the Manchester Police 1958-1891, and land tax assessment collectors' duplicates for the Township of Marthall, Bucklow East, in the county of Chester, which show Joseph Bloor paying land tax for Kell Green Hall farm from 1878-1885.
Title:
Papers of Sam Bloor, Conservative Councillor
Date of work:
1878-1956
Reference number:
GB127.MISC/1090
Level of description:
Fonds
Custodial history:
Samuel Bloor (1887?-1956) stood for election in various municipal Manchester wards between 1920 and 1931, he served as councillor for Miles Platting from 1921 to 1927 and for Bradford from 1931-1933. He was also chairman of the National Union of Attested Men, chairman of the Manchester and District One-Man Business Association, and an elective auditor for Manchester Corporation.
Access restrictions:
UnrestrictedThis material is stored off site and we require 2 weeks' notice in order to retrieve it.
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7205248