Identity area
Reference code
AR1055
Title
Date(s)
- 1922 - 1964 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 item
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Custodial:
Donated by Mr Derek Popplestone, via Mr Ken Harman, in 2011.
Administrative:
Frank.O.Chambers trained at Royal School of Blind, Leatherhead (insert in document) and qualified in 1922. He lived and worked at 15 Sherwood Road, Addiscombe (see 1930 Directory).
The death of a Frank O. Chambers (born about 1898) in the Croydon Registration District is recorded in the March Quarter 1965, vol 5a, p.785.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Piano tuning book of Mr F.O.Chambers, 1922 - 1964. Details of jobs and payment received. Also includes loose receipts and extracts from a brief hand written diary of national and local events.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
An 1889 bound parish magazine for Christ Church, Croydon was also received. This has been transferred to the parish magazine collection. This volume is also inscribed F.A.Chambers, Croydon, presumably father of Frank O.Chambers.