Catalogue

Minute book of [board] meetings, 12 July 1950 - 29 September 1960

Minute book of [board] meetings, 21 December 1960 - 3 January 1967 Includes: minutes of meeting of SS Handbags Ltd., 16 March 1962; minutes of the meetings of the trustees of the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd. Pension Fund, 4 June 1964 - 4 January 1966

Minutes of a board meeting, 2 April 1970

Amended agenda for an extraordinary board meeting (to be held on 29 January 1966), 27 January 1966

Minutes of an extraordinary board meeting, 29 January 1966 and correspondence relating to this meeting, 24 - 31 January 1966

Minutes of an extraordinary board meeting, 27 February 1970

Minutes of a meeting of the trustees of the pension scheme, 1 February 1967

Minutes of a meeting of the trustees of the pension scheme, 27 February 1970

Minutes of the extraordinary general meeting during which it was resolved that the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd. should be wound up, 20 October 1980

Book of monthly payments to Inland Revenue, 1961 - 1981

Book of amounts received and paid by the pension fund and superannuation fund, 23 April 1964 - 31 March 1978 Enclosures

Memoranda between Mr. G.E. Severs and Mr. S. Amerikaner concerning the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd's expense budget, 25 October -23 December 1965

Balance sheet and accounts, 31 January 1969

Balance sheet and accounts, 31 January 1970

Balance sheet and accounts, 31 January 1971

Balance sheet and accounts, 31 January 1972

Directors' report and accounts, 31 January 1974

Directors' report and accounts of T.T. Leathers International Ltd. and subsidiary company, 31 January 1974

Directors' report and accounts, 31 January 1975

Directors' report and accounts, 31 January 1977

Directors' report and accounts, 31 January 1978

Cash book, 7 February 1973 - 22 September 1980

Account book, February 1973 - December 1980

Cash book, February 1973 - August 1980

Book of salary payments, April 1974 - August 1980

Petty cash book, February 1976 - September 1980

Account book, January 1977 - September 1980

Card index of sales, 1977 - 1980

Sales cash book, sales returns journal and sales journal, February - May 1979

Sales cash book, sales returns journal and sales journal, June 1979 - May 1980

Sales cash book, sales payments cash book and sales journal, July - September 1980

Purchase cash book, purchase returns journal and purchase journal, February - May 1979

Purchase cash book, purchase returns journal and purchase journal, June 1979 - May 1980

Purchase receipt cash book, purchase cash book and purchase journal, June - September 1980

List of sundry creditors, bank interest and charges and sundry debtors, 31 May 1980

Entries from financial journal, 31 May 1980

Trial balance sheet, 31 May 1980

Balance sheet, 31 May 1980

Bank reconciliation, 31 May 1980

Trading and profit and loss account (draft), 31 May 1980

Profit and loss account, 31 May 1980

Trial balance sheet, 1 June 1980

Trial balance sheet, 20 October 1980

Correspondence between North Eastern Trading Estates Ltd. [later Industrial Estates Management Corporation for England], Team Valley, Gateshead, and the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning the latter's factory, 9 December 1947 - 15 June 1976 Enclosed in D/All 71/1-86

20 May 1960 (1) Industrial Estates Management Corporation for England (2) Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd. Lease from (1) to (2) (for 21 years) of factory and land, being site No. WA1 on the West Auckland Estate, Bishop Auckland Rent: £2950 Note that this lease was surrendered to the English Industrial Estates Corporation, 7 November 1980

Correspondence between the National Leather Goods and Saddlery Association, 6 Cannon Street, London, and the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning changes in carriage charges, 22 - 26 January 1965

Memorandum from Company Secretary to Mr. R.R. Hughes requesting him to write a report on the modernisation of the factory, 10 August 1965, and a report concerning this matter, [19] August 1965

Memorandum from Company Secretary to Mr. R.R. Hughes requesting the latter to write a report concerning the weekly transfer from direct to indirect wages, and Mr. Hughes' reply, 10 August 1965

Memorandum from the Company Secretary to Mr. S. Amerikaner, requesting him to write a report about the reduction in working hours, and Mr. Amerikaner's reply, 10 August 1965

Memorandum from G.D. Sheraton concerning changes in the company's sample range, 20 August 1965

Correspondence between Sharpe, Fairbrother & Company, chartered accountants, 49 Bedford Row, London, S.N. Walton & Hardy, solicitors and commissioner for oaths, 35 Bondgate, Darlington, Mr. S. Amerikaner, 45 High Point, North Hill, London, and the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning the provisions to be made for the retirement of Mr. S. Amerikaner and Mr. F.S. Smith, 23 December 1966 - 10 February 1967

Correspondence between the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, Sharpe, Fairbrother & Company, chartered accountants, 49 Bedford Row, London, and S.N. Walton & Hardy, solicitors, 35 Bondgate, Darlington, concerning the future retirement of Mr. S. Rollman, 19 December 1967 - 3 January 1968

Correspondence between the Alligator Leather Goods Company, St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, and S.N. Walton & Hardy, solicitors, 35 Bondgate, Darlington, concerning the preparation of a Deed of Appointment, 6 - 8 April 1970

Correspondence between Sharpe, Fairbrother & Company, chartered accountants, 49 Bedford Row, London, and the Alligator Leather Goods Company, St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning a notice of change of [Company] Secretary, 8 - 9 April 1970

Correspondence from the Department of Employment, Northern Regional Office, 93A Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne [later Northern Redundancy Payments Office, Wellbar House, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne], to the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning the latter's debt to the Redundancy Fund, 6 August 1975 - 11 September 1980

Papers relating to the liquidation of Keenmark Clothing Ltd., Hartlepool, in which the Alligator Leather Goods Company was a creditor, 21 August 1975 - 26 March 1976

Correspondence from Stenhouse Reed Shaw Life and Pensions Ltd., life assurance brokers, Clayton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, and G.D. Sheraton, 21 Northumberland Avenue, Bishop Auckland, concerning the pension arrangements of the G.D. Sheraton; also policy schedule for G.D. Sheraton, May - June 1977 Enclosed in D/All 11

Correspondence from the English Industrial Estates Corporation, Team Valley Estate, Gateshead, to the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning the latter's factory, 16 May 1977 - 16 April 1980

Two letters from Close, Thornton & Co., solicitors and commissioners for oaths, Darlington, to the Managing Director, Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning the monthly pension payments of Mr. A.E. Smith and Mr. S. Rollman, 15 January 1979 - 6 February 1980

Letter from the Collector of Taxes, Darlington, to the Secretary, Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning an underpayment in National Insurance Contributions, 12 February 1979

Letter from W.E. Clarke, Fashions and Footwear, Ripley, Derbyshire, to the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning an outstanding credit note, 17 February 1979

Papers relating to the liquidation of Inger Nielson's Shop, 'Sobo', Krislemarkrej 29, Krislemark, DK-4700 Noestved, Denmark, one of whose creditors was the Alligator Leather Goods Company, 20 April 1979 - 2 July 1980

Correspondence between Appleby, Hope & Matthews, solicitors, 35 High Street, Normanby, Middlesbrough, and T.T. Leather International, 3 Queen Street, Barnard Castle, concerning an enforcement notice served by Durham City Council in relation to premises in Ludworth, 8 - 23 May 1979

Letter from the Footwear, Leather and Fur Skin Industry Training Board, Sutton Coldfield, to Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning non-payment of levy, 5 September 1979

Letter from A. Lennox and Sons Ltd., Armagh, to H. & H. Factors Ltd. (Alligator Leather Goods) Randolph House, 46-63 Wellesley Road, Croydon, concerning an unpaid account, 24 September 1979

Letter from the Co-operative Retail Services Ltd., Doncaster, to the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning an unpaid account, 30 September 1979

Correspondence from Camp Hopson & Company Ltd., Northbrook Street, Newbury, to the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning an unpaid account, 20 November 1979 - 7 January 1980

Letter from the Mansfield and Worksop Co-operative Society, Queen Street, Mansfield, to H. and H. Factors Ltd., Randolph House, Wellesley Road, Croydon, concerning an unpaid debt in the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd. account, 31 January 1980

Letter from Northern Gas, Wear Area, Commercial Road, Hendon, Sunderland, to the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning an unpaid gas bill, 1 May 1980

Correspondence between the Department of Employment, Northern Redundancy Payments Office, Wellbar House, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, and T.T. Leathers International Ltd., 3 Queen Street, Barnard Castle, concerning redundancies at the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., and papers concerning the employees to be made redundant, 9 May - 4 July 1980

Correspondence concerning the liquidation of the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., between Coad & Company, chartered accountants, 49 Duke Street, Darlington, and the North Eastern Electricity Board, Close, Thornton & Company, solicitors, Wear Valley District Council, City of Durham Council, English Industrial Estates Corporation, Department of Health and Social Security, Barclays Bank Ltd., Northumbrian Water Authority, and Post Office Telecommunications, 26 June 1980 - 18 March 1981

Correspondence from Wear Valley District Council, Treasurer's Department to Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, requesting the payment of the latter's trade refuse collection account, 10 July - 4 September 1980

Summons issued by the Northumbria Water Authority against Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., in respect of a claim for water service charges, 8 August 1980

Writ of summons issued against the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd. by Phipps-Faine Ltd., [Basingstoke], in respect of a claim for the price of goods sold and delivered, in April - June 1980, and acknowledgement of service of writ, 12 August 1980

Letter from George P. Reed Ltd., incorporated insurance brokers, Clayton House, Clayton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning a Commercial Union sprinklers inspection report, and accompanying list of recommendations made by the sprinkler surveyor, 19 August 1980

Letter from the Northumbria Water Authority, Wear Division, Wear House, Abbey Road, Pity Me, Durham, to the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning the renewal of the latter's water meter, and meter renewal form, 20 August 1980

Final notice from Commercial Credit Services, 19-21 High Street, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, to Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning the latter's unpaid account, 5 September 1980

Summons issued by Wear Valley District Council to the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd., in respect of a claim for unpaid rates, 5 September 1980

Letter from Barkers Department Store, Fulham, to H. and H. Factors Ltd., Randolph House, 46-48 Wellesley Road, Croydon, concerning an outstanding debt, 19 September 1980

Correspondence between Wear Valley District Council, Treasurer's Department, Crook, and the Alligator Leather Goods Company, St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, concerning an outstanding rates bill, and notice of distraint, 23 September - 1 October 1980

Plan of the Alligator Leather Goods Company Ltd.'s factory on St. Helen's Industrial Estate, Bishop Auckland, n.d.