East Moors Steel Works and Guest Keen and Nettlefolds

Title

East Moors Steel Works and Guest Keen and Nettlefolds

Shelfmark

MS. Callaghan 9

Summary

Comprises:

Folder labelled "9004: H/Ind: 68", containing correspondence and reports regarding the East Moor Steel Works and the effects of its closure on GKN [Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Limited]. Correspondents include Raymond P. Brooks, Fred Cartwright, Gerald Turnbull and Ted Rowlands, among others. 1968

Folder labelled "9005: H/Ind: 68-72", containing correspondence, press clippings and reports relating to the future of the East Moors Steel Works and its effect on Guest Keen Nettlefolds Limited, 1970-1972, and correspondence regarding redundancies at Guest Keen Iron and Steel Works. Correspondents include Emrys Jones, Harold Lever, [Herbert] Morley, W.J. Ball, Lord Melchett [Julian Mond], Ivor Parton, Ted Rowlands, Sir Raymond Brookes, Bill Tobutt, Lionel Pugh, Sir John Eden and [Stuart] Lloyd Jones, among others. 1966

Folder labelled "9006: H/Ind: 62-69", containing correspondence and reports about the British steel industry, mostly regarding Guest Keen and Nettlefolds. Correspondents include Kenneth Hahn, Raymond Brooks, Richard Marsh, Robert Carr, Anthony Barber, [Norman Richard Rowley] Brooke and Harold Wilson, among others. Also includes copies of Steel News and British Steel, British Steel Corporation 1967-1968 annual report, and a Labour Party report on steel nationalisation. 1959-1969

Date

1959-1972

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (3 folders)