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Description: | Leather bound visitor's book for the visit of The Queen to Crabtree's Lincoln Works. It has been signed by Her Majesty, her attendants and other guests. The cover is red, embossed in gold with the word 'Visitors'. There is a thin white cushion inside the front and back covers. The pages are cream, with some having a decorative border. The second page is inscribed: 'J.A. Crabtree & Co. Ltd., Lincoln Works, Walsall, Staffordshire' in calligraphy. The Crabtree motif (a grey/green tree with the word 'CRAB' across it in gold) is above. The third page (reverse) is inscribed 'Visit to Lincoln Works of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday 24th May 1962' in a mixture of gold embossed lettering and calligraphy in red and black, with the Walsall crest. The fourth page is marked with the Royal crest and is signed 'Elizabeth R'. The rest of the album has columns headed with 'Date', 'Signature' and 'Title or Rank'. It has been signed by the Lady-in-Waiting, Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen, Equerry-in-Waiting to the Queen, Mayor and Mayoress of Walsall and the Chief Constable. The second page from the back is inscribed 'School of Arts and Crafts, Goodall Street, Walsall, Principle George Wilcott A.R.C.A' in calligraphic writing. It is stored in a box patterned in black and blue, with the word 'Visitors' on the lid. There is a thin white cushion loose at the bottom.
Visitor's Book for H.M. Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Lincoln Works. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Monarchy Black Country Royalty Electrical industry | Temporal: | 1962 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Crabtree Electrical Industries Ltd.; 1919-1999 | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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