These records concern the Trafford Park branch of the A.Sc.W. which became the A.E.I. (Associated Electrical Industries) Manchester branch in 1962 and then part of the A.S.T.M.S. in 1968. The A.Sc.W. Trafford Park/AEI Manchester branch records consist of Branch minutes; Branch accounts, finances and salaries; Branch correspondence; Branch activities, circulars, rules, membership and bulletins; Head office; North West region; Other branches; National annual councils; Miscellaneous records; Records of the Amalgamation of A.Sc.W. & A.S.T.M.S. A.S.T.M.S. records comprise of AEI Manchester branch; No.2 division (regional); Head office; Confederation of Shipbuilding & Engineering Unions; Miscellaneous papers; Publications; Material belonging to Wilf Walker which were donated with this deposit but is not part of the official papers of the ASTMS.