| Description | Papers and correspondence regarding Whiston Rural District Council transport arrangements and acquisition and sale of vehicles.
Includes: vehicle 'C' defence permit dashboard display disc (expires April 1947); sales brochures for the Three Way Austin Van and Fordson vans; issue of the 'Bedford Magazine' (Jul 1948); correspondence and sales details with motor vehicle dealers and haulage contractors, including purchase of vehicles for the delivery of school meals from the Cooking Depot (1945 - 1950) and the Ford Emergency Food Vans Trust (1943 - 1945); correspondence with Lancashire County Council regarding taxation of vehicles (1943 - 1950); Forms of Tender for motor vehicles, correspondence regarding advertisement and sale of vehicles (1946 - 1950); correspondence with the Licensing Authority and Regional Traffic Commissioners, Manchester, regarding vehicles (1939 - 1949); correspondence with the Ministry of Food, Manchester, regarding vehicles owned by the Ministry of Food (1942 - 1948); completed mileage return forms for vehicles owned by the Ministry of Food, with number of meals supplied (Aug 1945, Apr and Jun 1946); various handwritten notes and calculations; correspondence with the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co. Ltd., Warrington, regarding the insurance of vehicles (Oct 1943, Aug - Sep 1945); handdrawn map showing route for Ministry of Food vehicles (Aug 1943); Motor Vehicle Log Book (1942 - 1945). |