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John Brereton Archive

Reference: D/X 2371 Catalogue Title: John Brereton Archive Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: 

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  • John Brereton Archive
    • Photographs and Negatives (Ref: D/X 2371/1)
    • Bills (Ref: D/X 2371/2)
    • Business (Ref: D/X 2371/3)
    • Souvenirs (Ref: D/X 2371/4)
    • Home Guard (Ref: D/X 2371/5)
    • Newspapers (Ref: D/X 2371/6)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 2371/7)

Catalogue Contents

Photographs and Negatives (Ref: D/X 2371/1)Ref: D/X 2371/1/1

Copy photograph of Lewins family of 12 Junction Row, Houghton le Spring 1902 - showing Ralph and Margaret and their children: Jane Ann; Mary; Selina; Hannah; Helen; Matilda; Sarah; Martin and Alice
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2371/1/2

Negative showing a van with the legend Forward Gas parked outside a terrace c.1930
(1 negative)

Ref: D/X 2371/1/3

Negative showing a van with the legend 'Lakeside Novelties are real winners' c.1930
(1 negative)

Ref: D/X 2371/1/4

Two postcards mounted on a piece of cardboard c.1930 - one showing the interior of a printers' office, the other showing the organ of the Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Egremont (Cumberland)
(2 postcards)

Ref: D/X 2371/1/5

Mounted photograph showing a lorry, registration number FK 7279 in the livery of D. Stark Limited 20th/21st century - the Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland in the background
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2371/1/6

Mounted photograph showing two lorries, registration numbers FK 7279 and JC 1900 in the livery of D. Stark Limited 20th/21st century - the Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland in the background
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2371/1/7

Photograph of a Morris Commercial lorry, registration number CW 8522 in the livery of D. Stark Ltd
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2371/1/8

Photograph of a Morris Commercial lorry, registration number CW 8522 in the livery of D. Stark Ltd
(1 photograph)

Bills (Ref: D/X 2371/2)Ref: D/X 2371/2/1

Receipted bill from John Brown, auto engineer and coach builder of Houghton le Spring to John Brereton 5 January 1928 - for a Rover, 2 seater, registration number NU1358 - £15
(1 bill)

Ref: D/X 2371/2/2

Receipted bill from R. D. Harrison of Houghton le Spring, builder, contractor, funeral furnisher etc 22 March 1928 - to W. H. Sedgwick for house repairs - £6.18.4
(1 bill)

Ref: D/X 2371/2/3

Photocopy receipted bill from Breretons Printers to Houghton le Spring Primitive Methodist Church 22 September 1931
(1 bill)

Business (Ref: D/X 2371/3)Ref: D/X 2371/3/1

Photocopy front page of issue No. 1 of Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier 11 December 1925 - printed in Sunderland Echo of 2 February 1993
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2371/3/2

Card advertising the Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier c.1930 - printed by Brereton Ltd of Hetton le Hole and Houghton le Spring
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 2371/3/3

Breretons Printers, 2 The Avenue, Hetton le Hole, price list c.1930
(1 price list)

Ref: D/X 2371/3/4

Certificate for 100 shares of £1 each in Breretons, held by James Hartley Brereton 11 March 1947
(1 certificate)

Ref: D/X 2371/3/5

Certificate for 48 shares of £1 each in Breretons, held by James Hartley Brereton 11 March 1947
(1 certificate)

Ref: D/X 2371/3/6

Sale catalogue of letterpress, printing plant and machinery 20-21 June 1969 - by order of the owners Clemmet & Grimes, consequent on road development, ssale by North-Eastern Tradesetters Limited, sale held at Breretons Limited, 46 Sunderland Street, Houghton le Spring , lots 201-313
(1 catalogue)

Ref: D/X 2371/3/7

Sale catalogue of letterpress, printing plant and machinery 25 April 1970 - by order of the owners Clemmet & Grimes, sale by North-Eastern Tradesetters Ltd, sale held at Pottery Yard, Houghton le Spring , lots 17-128
(1 catalogue)

Souvenirs (Ref: D/X 2371/4)Ref: D/X 2371/4/1

Houghton le Spring & District Education Week handbook and programme 21-27 September 1924
(1 handbook)

Ref: D/X 2371/4/2

Houghton le Spring Urban District Council Houghton Ward coronation celebrations 1937 - printed by Clemmet & Grimes of Pottery Yard, Houghton le Spring
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2371/4/3

Houghton le Spring Modern School sixth annual speech day presentation of prizes 21 July 1953
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2371/4/4

Official opening of re-aligned roads A690 and A182 6 November 1970 - printed by Gilpin Press, Houghton le Spring
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2371/4/5

Lambton and Houghton Heritage Banner Group unveiling of Houghton Colliery Banner 9 July 2004 - by Rodney Bickerstaff [sic](president of National pensioners Convention) at Bernard Gilpin Primary School, Houghton le Spring, with photographs of the front and rear of the banner
(1 item)

Home Guard (Ref: D/X 2371/5)Ref: D/X 2371/5/1

Photograph of 14th Durham Battalion, Home Guard October 1944 - showing: 2nd Lieutenant Robinson; Lieutenant Siddell; Lieutenant Northey; 2nd Lieutenant Iley; Lieutenant Gibson; 2nd Lieutenant Hepple; 2nd Lieutenant Batey; Lieutenant Bell; Lieutenant Bailey; Lieutenant Meston; 2nd Lieutenant Southgate; Lieutenant Morland; Lieutenant Wilkinson; 2nd Lieutenant Hogarth; Lieutenant Campbell; Lieutenant Hewison; Lieutenant France DCM, MM; Lieutenant Burt; Lieutenant Tindale; Lieutenant Cave; Captain Priddin; Captain Swann; Captain Thwaites; Lieutenant Hamilton; Captain Bell DCM; Lieutenant Smith; Lieutenant Robson; Lieutenant Colling; Captain Battensby; Captain Robinson; Captain Beckwith; Captain Little; Lieutenant Lloyd DCM; 2nd Lieutenant D. Reed; 2nd Lieutenant Baillie; Lieutenant Carter; 2nd Lieutenant Thorpe; 2nd Lieutenant R. Reed; 2nd Lieutenant Maddison; 2nd Lieutenant Potts; Lieutenant Atkinson; Lieutenant Gill; Major Brereton; Major Anderson MM; Major Sharp MM; Lieutenant-Colonel McLaren MBE; Captain Savage; Lieutenant-Colonel Rogers; Major Carr MC; Major Eykelenboom; Major Adamson; Major Elliott; Major Caldecott; 2nd Lieutenant Dowell; 2nd Lieutenant Sanderson; 2nd Lieutenant Austin; Lieutenant Nairns; 2nd Lieutenant Hall; 2nd Lieutenant Maddison; 2nd Lieutenant Edger; Lieutenant Dowell; 2nd Lieutenant Lawson; 2nd Lieutenant Cook; Lieutenant Willis; 2nd Lieutenant Lumley; Lieutenant Harper; 2nd Lieutenant McDonald; 2nd Lieutenant Preston; Lieutenant Howliston; Lieutenant Hudson; Lieutenant Crawford; Lieutenant Wilson
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2371/5/2

'Stand Down' souvenir of 'A' Company, 14th (Durham) Battalion, Home Guard 3 December 1944 - inside a photograph showing officers of the company: 2nd Lieutenant P. Burns; 2nd Lieutenant S. Thorpe; 2nd Lieutenant S. H. Robinson; 2nd Lieutenant H. Lawson; 2nd Lieutenant J. Tubmen; Lieutenant W. Northey MM; Captain E. A. B. Priddin; Major J. H. Brereton; Lieutenant G. W. Siddell; Lieutenant J. O. Dowell; with autographs on the back
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2371/5/3

'A' Company 14th (Durham) Battalion, Home Guard final statement of accounts 31 December 1944
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2371/5/4

Acknowledgement of uniform on loan for Victory March 8 June 1946
(1 item)

Newspapers (Ref: D/X 2371/6)Ref: D/X 2371/6/1

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 268 - 15 January 1931
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/2

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 315 - 26 November 1931
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/3

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 316 - 3 December 1931
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/4

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 317 - 10 December 1931
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/5

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 554 - 16 July 1936
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/6

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 580 - 21 January 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/7

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 581 - 28 January 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/8

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 582 - 4 February 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/9

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 583 - 11 February 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/10

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 584 - 18 February 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/11

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 585 - 25 February 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/12

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 586 - 4 March 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/13

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 602 - 24 June 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/14

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 605 - 15 July 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/15

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 606 - 22 July 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/16

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 607 - 29 July 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/17

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 607 - 5 August 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/18

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 608 - 12 August 1937
(1 newspaper)

Ref: D/X 2371/6/19

Hetton and Houghton Weekly Courier No. 810 - 17 July 1941
(1 newspaper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 2371/7)Ref: D/X 2371/7/1

Political poster for Argus of Houghton le Spring 9 December 1853 - the poster has been torn in two
(1 poster)

Ref: D/X 2371/7/2

Photocopy political poster for Argus of Houghton le Spring 9 December 1853
(1 poster)

Ref: D/X 2371/7/3

Burrows Pointer Guide Map of Houghton le Spring, with index of streets c.1960
(1 map)

Ref: D/X 2371/7/4

Short, handwritten, life of theologian Bernard Gilpin known as 'the Apostle of the North' (1517-1583) 2017 - buried in Houghton le Spring church
(1 item)



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