| Description | Papers and correspondence relating to conferences concerning industrial development in Lancashire.
Includes: correspondence and papers concerning a conference convened by the Mayors of St. Helens and Wigan, 'Post-War Industrial Development in the South Lancashire Coalfield' (Aug - Sep 1944); correspondence concerning the establishment of a committee, 'Precautions Against Serious Unemployment in South Lancashire District' (Oct 1944); papers and correspondence relating to a meeting of the Lancashire County Council Planning and Development Committee, including a report on post-war development (Dec 1944); papers concerning a conference in February 1945 on the Industrial Development of Lancashire at the Guildhall, Preston, with an letter of invite to this from Lord Derby (Jan 1945). |