The Office has received some interesting accessions this quarter, notably:
D211 W&CT Jones Ship-owners of Cardiff C19-20
The papers comprise the records of W. & C. T. Jones Steamship Company Ltd. of Cardiff, along with some personal papers of the owner, Mr William Edwin Jones. In addition, the collection includes miscellaneous papers relating to the Davies Family of Pontypridd and Cardiff; the Broomfield Family of Barry; Frederick Childs and Company Ship-owners of Cardiff; the Richard Family of Cardiff; the Briffeth Family of Cardiff, and collected personal and family papers.
D397 S. Chivers Industrial Properties Ltd and Chivers family papers, 1919-1982
S. Chivers and Co. Ltd was incorporated in 1895 to take over the malt vinegar brewers established by Samuel Chivers (1843-1917) in the 1880s, originally at East Canal Wharf, Cardiff. Samuel Chivers worked in partnership with Isaac Padfield. The partnership was continued by Samuel's two sons. The use of 'S. Chivers and Co. Ltd' was dropped after the Second World War for the sale of jam and marmalades in favour of 'Golden Grove’. A report in 1975 led to a change of name to S. Chivers Industrial Properties Ltd. and the business was sold to Singlo Holdings Ltd. The lease to British Vinegars Ltd was surrendered in 1981 and the company wound up. The collection includes administrative and financial papers and a short history of the firm and the Chivers family.
D398 Milsom photographs of Cardiff goods station 1929
Photographs of the Great Western Railway Co. Newtown Goods Yard, Cardiff. The earlier depot was reorganised and rebuilt by the company 1928-1929 to accommodate the construction of a system of freight trains operating between major towns and cities enabling delivery of goods on the day following despatch, known as the Registered Transits Scheme. The photographs were discarded when the goods yard was closed and saved from destruction by the depositor.
DCR Crawshay family of Treforest C19-20
Papers relating to the Crawshay family of Treforest. Including a series of Victorian photographs of Tudor Crawshay and other family members, correspondence from family members who fought in the Boer War and letters sent from the trenches in the First World War. There are also estate accounts and material relating to other prominent Glamorgan families, including the Nicholls and Carnes who were related to the Crawshays by marriage.
The Fothergill family on holiday in Switzerland, the photograph was taken on 11 August 1884 (DCR)
