File containing order allocations numbered 100 to 199, maintained by a committee of the Leeds Association of Woollen and Worsted Manufacturers under the auspices of the Wool Control

Scope and Content

A loose-leaf file containing order allocations numbered 100 to 199, maintained by a committee of the Leeds Association of Woollen and Worsted Manufacturers under the auspices of the Wool Control, 1941-1942

Administrative / Biographical History

The Wool Control (Secretariat) was set up on the day, in 1939, that war was declared, in order to prevent the supply problems that had occurred during the First World War. Raw materials were rationed and were available only by licence from the Ministry of Supply

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mr. J. Goodall through the good offices of Bradford Industrial Museum, December 1980

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

None