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E H Tarrant: Household Accounts

Consists of six handwritten note books of household accounts. There is no indication from the accounts how many people were in the household.However this series of household accounts does offer a basic insight into the ever changing prices of a variety of everyday goods from bread to shoes throughout the period 1976 to 1990. It can also be viewed as representative of not only the kind of things people bought but how often and testament that many people still shopped everyday.

E H Tarrant: Diaries

Consists of four diaries. The diaries cover a comparatively recent period but are mostly personal and do not appear to offer any insight into major events of the time.Within each there are some blank entries but otherwise recording mostly everyday events on a personal level including outings, illness and weather. It appears she went to church and had a liking for cats. Occasional mention of a creche and Age Concern are made but her involvement is not clear. There are also some entries of household accounts and names and addresses at the back.

Gillett and Johnston: Bell and Tuning Books

Tuning at Gillett and Johnston was undertaken according to the 'five toned system, or 'Simpson principle, developed by Cyril Johnston from the writings of Canon Simpson. This was based on the concept that the chord rung by a bell comprised five distinct notes ('strike note, 'hum, 'nominal, 'third, and 'fifth), which had to be harmonised. After the two early rough notebooks (AR1/1/1-2), the main series of tuning books

(AR1/1/3-19) contain details of the tuning of each bell cast or re-cast by the company, including diameter, weight (as cast and as despatched), note, and vibrations (as cast and as tuned). Dates of entries appear to be those of casting rather than tuning, and entries are therefore not in strict chronological order. These books are all marked on the spine 'C.F.J.[ohnston], although they are completed in different hands. All volumes except AR1/1/1 contain indexes of place names.

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