Description: | Including letters to Hugh Chance from: [?]Disbrowe[?] about the McComb family tree, August - October 1938; [illegible signature] regarding Hugh's nomination to be on the Birmingham Canal Committee, 18th June 1938; George F. Lennox, Builder and Contractor about land at Burcot, including a rough sketch, 3rd November 1939; Vernon & Shakespeare Solicitors, regarding a cheque of Mortgage interest on Titford Property Co. Ltd, 5th December 1941; Chesshire, Gibson & Co., regarding Shepley Farms, 23rd July 1942; Lt. James S. Stokes, June-July 1942; Roger, 21st May 1945; The Education Office, thanking Hugh Chance for his kindness to the Secretary of the West Midlands Advisory Council to Further Education, 11th Nov 1945; H. Garrett, Principal, Municipal College, Smethwick, and G. F. Bennett, Chief Education Officer, Smethwick, both letters of remorse at Hugh Chance not being elected on the Education Committee, 3rd November 1945; E. Blackwell, enrolling Hugh Chance as a member of 'The Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor' and refers to his impending knighthood, 26th June 1945; and unsigned printed letters presumably from Hugh Chance to: Douglas Conway, in reply about the Annual Meeting of the Clent Club, February 1940 (including original from D. Conway); Walter Chance regarding joining the Board of Holbrook's Ltd., 21st March 1940; G. H. Barrington Chance regarding Safety Products Limited, 31st July 1941; Arthur Bryant praising his book 'English Saga', December 1941, including A. Bryant's reply, February 1942; and Martin, about the misbehaviour of an Army officer, January 1942. Also includes a sample of wool, 15% glass, 85% wool; notes on the glass company?, 29th October 1938; a photograph of Hugh Chance, King George VI (in uniform), and Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mother) with a lady showing them glass, c. 1940; a letter to Cynthia Chance from Lloyds Bank Limited about payment of interest on bonds, 2nd April 1940; a booklet called 'John Hopkinson 1849-1898' by Professor James Greig, with a penned note on the front 'Sir Hugh chance with compliments JG'; an invite to Sir Hugh Chance for a dinner to celebrate the centenary of the manufacture of Lighthouse Apparatus on 6th June 1951; and paintings and descriptions in a booklet by B. and C. Chance. Found separate but included in this grouping is: a humourous song written on paper headed Countesswells House, Bieldside, Aberdeen; a list of key events in Hugh Chance's early life; postcards from mountain resorts in Europe, one addressed to Miss Grazelbrook from Hugh Chance, 31.12.21; and papers in a foreign language, seemingly east european, including a letter, 13-10-20. |