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GB0154 TK Northamptonshire Record Office This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 25684 The National Archives MAR 1983 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD OFFICE Accession 1980/199 from H. Taylor Esq.. O.B.E. of Kettering Manager of the Kettering Clothing Co-operative Society (Kaycee) 1931-1951 * President of the Co-operative Productive Federation for 16 years TK 1 Memoirs of J. Eben Taylor (father of Harold Taylor) born Kettering 1850 - went to Puller Baptist Sunday School. Father worked for Ellis & Everard at Isham Station. Moved to Burton Latimer & went to Endowed School (describes masters and teaching). Started shoe trade at age 11. Apprenticed to Wm. Seal as shoemaker but failed to learn much. Transferred to Mr. Sharp. Obtained work at Woodford ironstone works, walking k miles there & k miles back. Had to marry Hannah Treadgold who died after birth of child. Did furnace work at nights. Stayed away from work at Burton Feast and was sacked. Got work at a new pit at Woodford. Uncomfortable lodgings. Got better lodgings at Mrs. Owen's, member of the Baptist Chapel. Went to prayer meetings and cottage meetings. Married Naomi Daniels after she had nursed him through an illness. Started stitching shoes with brother & brother in-law and sang songs & played jokes on visitors. Patching shoes and soling them. Memories of his youth from age 11 - chapel choir and more jokes - learned to play instruments and to dance. Playing music at public houses and outside houses at Christmas time. Played concertina solo & comic singing. At last God inspired him to stop drinking & join a Bible Class. Started collecting garden rents & pew rents. Describes chapel ministers. His children and the efficacy of Potters Asthma Powder. Pencil manuscript, written in November 1908. 2 Curriculum Vitae of Harold Taylor (born 1896) with details of education and offices held, to 1956 In handwriting of H. Taylor 3-54 Pocket Book Diaries of Harold Taylor 3 Diary 1920 recording daily events, meetings attended, philosophical and religious sentiments, books read & lectures heard & given, gardening, church services 2 TK 4 Diary 1921 as above 5 Diary 1922 as above 6 Diary 1923 as above 7 Diary 1924 8 Diary 1925 9 Diary 1926 10 Diary 1927 11 Diary 1929 (loose inside: photograph of man in plus-fours, cuttings of poems, newspaper correspondence on Future of Co-operation) 12 Diary 1931 13 Diary 1932 14 Diary 1933 15 Diary 1934 16 Diary 1935 17 Diary 1937 18 Diary 1938 19 Diary 1939 20 Diary 1940 21 Diary 1941 (loose inside: Typescript poem "The Only One" 10.7.1941 re the effect of war on the Home Front. Photograph of house of E.B. G-oss Printed "Appeal to Reason" by R.J. Davies advocating a negotiated end to the war, 1941. Letter from Leics. Police re discovery of Co-op Clothing parcel, 11.5.1941) 22 Diary 1942 23 Diary 1943 24 Diary 1944 25 Diary 1945 TK 26 Diary 1947 27 Diary 1948 (loose inside: Medical prescription for "Asprionide". : 3 Italian banknotes (5, 50 & 50 Lire). : Newspaper letter by H. Taylor on Foreign broadcast programmes in Radio Times. : Newspaper cutting re Atom bombs). 28 Diary 1949 29 Diary 1950 30 Diary 1951 31 Diary 1952 32 Diary 1953 33 Diary '1954 34 Diary 1955 35 Diary 1956 36 Diary 1957 37 Diary 1958 38 Diary 1959 39 Diary i960 40 Diary 1961 (loose inside: 2 bill s from Edm. Barrett of N'ton re Longines bracelet watch) 41 Diary 1962 42 Diary 1963 43 Diary 1964 (loose inside: Bil l of Bellevue Strand Hotel, Ordrup, Denmark : Newspaper cutting re value of £1) 44 Diary 1965 (loose inside: H. Taylor's Labour Party membership card 1965 : Newspaper cutting re Freemasonry on B.B.C. T.V.) 45 Diary 1966 46 Diary 1969 (loose inside: Plan of Nottingham June 1966) TK 1+7 Diary 1970 (loose inside: Staff list of unnamed school - I.R. Harris Headmaster : Newspaper cutting re illness of H. Taylor : Newspaper cutting on Atom Tests : Bill, Talbot Hotel, Oundle, for lunch 48 Diary 1971 49 Diary 1972 (loose inside: 2 Medical prescriptions for "Exemplum" : Graph showing decline in purchasing value of £1 : Decimal currency conversion table : Newspaper cutting on expensive game shoots : Poem "God's Voice" sung to Pinlandia 50 Diary 1973 Only December 1972 is filled in 51 Diary 1973 (loose inside: Newspaper cutting re 5 property fortunes) 52 Diary 1974 (loose inside: Newspaper cutting re John Keir of Corby) : Northants Police receipt re glove found : In Memoriam Card for David Bourdas Stalker (29 years master of School, Burton Latimer died 1893) : List of National Officials of Co-op Union Ltd.) 53 Diary 1975 (loose inside: Newspaper cutting re increased postal charges) 54 Chart Diary 1976 Newspaper cutting re Atom bomb (loose inside: victims : Newspaper cutting re Government borrowing : H. Taylor visiting card) TK 55-63 Notebooks of Harold Taylor (small size diaries with only few entries) 55 Notebook 1934 mainly recording appointment times and engagements 56 Notebook 1935 as above 57 Notebook 'Kaycee' 1939 as above 58 Notebook 'Kaycee' 1950 as above (loose inside: cutting re visit of Mayor of Kettering Mrs Surridge 1950. : Visiting card of Miss G.F. Polley Gen. Sec. of International Co-Op Alliance : Printed ticket in Finnish). 59 Notebook 'Kaycee' 1951 as above (loose inside: Norwegian Co-Op visiting card; 60 Notebook 'Kaycee" 1953 as above (loose inside: cutting re H. Taylor as Gov. of Henry Gotch School : cutting re H. Taylor blaming sports clothes for depression in clothing trade : cutting re purchasing power of money) 61 Notebook 'Kayceef 1954 as above (loose inside: Finnish bill : Visiting card of R. Kalari,Chief Engineer of Power stations : Cutting of H. Taylor's opinion of wireless) 62 Notebook 1955 as above (loose inside: Probate a/c re G.Allen (Leicester registry) : Leaflet on Nat. Assistance Grants) 6 TK 63 Notebook 1956 as above (loose inside: cutting of talk by H. Taylor on the Dangers of this Mechanised Age : cuttings on Labour advice sessions in Kettering) Miscellanea relating to Harold Taylor 64 Notebook of clothing cutting-out patterns, with dimensions 65 Notes on a visit to Iceland (7 pages, manuscript) 66 Leather wallet containing: Identity card of Harold Taylor of 30 Pytchley Rd., Kettering issued 28.5.1943 Visiting card of Prof. Dott. Ermanno Mondini of Rome Driving Licence of Harold Taylor of 3 Larch Road, Kettering for 1978-1981 Credit card of H. Taylor with H.A. Saunders of Kettering, 1975 Visiting cards of H. Taylor, O.B.E., C.C. (15) 67 British Passport of Harold Taylor, issued 1945 with photograph. Places visited: Switzerland, Prance, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Iceland, Belgium Note of foreign exchange issued 1946-1954 68 British Passport of Harold Taylor and Eveline Taylor, issued 1957 with photographs. Places visited: Norway & Sweden. Note of foreign exchange issued 1957 69 British Passport of Mrs. E.M. Taylor, issued 1946 with photograph. Visited several places in Europe. Note of foreign exchange issued. 70 Paid-up Share Pass Book of Mrs. E.M. Taylor in the Leicester Temperance Building Society. Account commencing 15.12.1943, closed 13.3.1968. 71 Pass Book of Mrs. E.M. Taylor with the N'ton and County Trustee Savings Bank. Account commencing 29.1.1953, closed 23.1.1961. 72 Notebook kept by H. Taylor recording many aspects of the clothing trade and finances of the Kettering Clothing Co-Op Socy. (notes of meetings with staff and travellers, wages, prices of garments, stocktaking, costs (wholesale and retail), garment-making operations, etc. Entries from c.1928-1949 7 TK 72 (cont.) In leather expandable ring-file. Loose inside pocket: Provident Fund Rules of Kettering Co-Op C.S. : Letter from Andrew Kyle to H. Taylor on the need to have a fund from which grants can be made to charities, in order to lessen distractions at work, 10.7.1936. : Prices per yard for overcoatings, 1940A1 : Trade account figures for 1938 and 1939 73 Draft letter, H. Taylor to the Secy of (Kettering) Co-Op & Labour Party 1922 declining to stand for U.D.C. and giving reasons 74 Letter, E. Mieville, Secy, at Buckingham Palace to H. Taylor, 11.3.1943 Their Majesties enjoyed their visit to the Kettering factory. "Would like the gift of children's garments to go to the Secy, of Edinburgh Children's Holiday Fund. Notes that a permit & coupons are being obtained. 75 Confidential letter, Hugh Dalton at Board of Trade, London to H. Taylor, 31.3.1943 glad to have his opinion on the effect of changes in clothing restrictions on wholesale clothiers. Feels that the present regulations should be maintained and is disinclined to make any concessions. 76 Letter, Hugh Dalton as above to H. Taylor, 15.9.1943 thanks for the way H.T. treated the subject at the quarterly meeting of the K.C. Socy Ltd. Hopes H.T. will continue to keep in touch on matters affecting the clothing trade. I n envelope 77 Letter, T.D. Fay (Private Secy.) at Board of Trade to Harold Taylor, 9.2.1945 thanks for letter to Mr. Dalton re removal of remaining austerity restrictions on civilian clothing. Is sure the President will be interested. 78 Letter, F.H. Shepherd at Board of Trade to Harold Taylor, 13.3.1945 thanks for H. T*s observations as above. The President feels that cloth and labour are still too scarce for de-restriction. Taylor's fear that de-restriction would lead to demands for extreme or wasteful styles is met by coupons & price controls.