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Collapse K1140 - Papworth Village Settlement for the treatment and aftercare of tuberculosis, Papworth, CambridgeshireK1140 - Papworth Village Settlement for the treatment and aftercare of tuberculosis, Papworth, Cambridgeshire
Expand A - Records of Frank Jordan, archivist and historian of the Settlement and villageA - Records of Frank Jordan, archivist and historian of the Settlement and village
Collapse B - Special Collections: Records of the Village Settlement and elsewhere arranged and listed in detail by Frank Jordan while in office and after his retirementB - Special Collections: Records of the Village Settlement and elsewhere arranged and listed in detail by Frank Jordan while in office and after his retirement
Expand 4 - Frank Jordan's Lists of Records4 - Frank Jordan's Lists of Records
Collapse 5 - Records Arranged and Listed by Frank Jordan5 - Records Arranged and Listed by Frank Jordan
Expand 1 - 'Literature Publicity': brochures and leaflets about Papworth Village Settlement, (many printed at Papworth), for fundraising, programmes for film showings in aid of Papworth cuttings from magazines of articles about Papworth1 - 'Literature Publicity': brochures and leaflets about Papworth Village Settlement, (many printed at Papworth), for fundraising, programmes for film showings in aid of Papworth cuttings from magazines of articles about Papworth
Expand 2 - 'Literature Publicity: Newspapers' 2 - 'Literature Publicity: Newspapers'
Expand 3 - 'Literature General': Documents from the Village Settlement and elsewhere3 - 'Literature General': Documents from the Village Settlement and elsewhere
Expand 4 - 'Literature Medical' 4 - 'Literature Medical'
Expand 5 - 'Literature Medical Booklets' 5 - 'Literature Medical Booklets'
Expand 6 - 'Literature pre-Settlement' 6 - 'Literature pre-Settlement'
Expand 7 - 'Literature Catalogue' 7 - 'Literature Catalogue'
Expand 8 - "Papworth Annual"8 - "Papworth Annual"
Expand 9 - "Papworth's Progress"9 - "Papworth's Progress"
Expand 10 - Papworth [Annual] Reports 10 - Papworth [Annual] Reports
Expand 11 - "The Colonist"11 - "The Colonist"
Expand 12 - "Pendragon Post"12 - "Pendragon Post"
Expand 13 - Photographs of village scenes, buildings and people13 - Photographs of village scenes, buildings and people
Expand 14 - Photographs of exterior and interior of medical buildings and hostels, Papworth Hall, medical staff and patients, facilities for the disabled, shelters and ambulances; series entitled "Photographs Medical"14 - Photographs of exterior and interior of medical buildings and hostels, Papworth Hall, medical staff and patients, facilities for the disabled, shelters and ambulances; series entitled "Photographs Medical"
Collapse 15 - Photographs of interior and exterior of offices and workshops, goods produced by the Industries, visits by VIPs, royal warrant and personnel 15 - Photographs of interior and exterior of offices and workshops, goods produced by the Industries, visits by VIPs, royal warrant and personnel
1 - Coachmaking Department; making Austin shooting brakes
2 - Coachmaking Department (previously Carpentry)
3 - Lea-Francis shooting brake
4 - Head Office Reception; interior
5 - Carpentry Department; making huts
6 - First Carpentry Shop
7 - View of the Carpentry Department from Papworth Hall
8 - Poultry house building at the Carpentry Dept.
9 - Carpentry Department; interior
10 - Carpentry Department; exterior view from across the field
11 - Carpentry Machine Shop
12 - Carpentry Dept; making South Park Huts
13 - Carpentry Machine Shop
14 - Carpentry Workshop interior
15 - Carpentry Workshop exterior and lumber yard
16 - Ludermann Jointer from Sweden
17 - Coach Building Dept; showing B.W.4 Austin
18 - Coach Building Dept; showing B.W.4 Austin
19 - New B.W.A Austin Shooting Brake; front view
20 - Line-up of the S.P.Pump Appliances for Ministry of Works contract. These are "Green Goddess" fire engines.
21 - Construction of S.P.Pump Appliances
22 - Construction of S.P.Pump Appliances
23 - Carpentry Dept; wartime glider building
24 - Visit of the Princess Royal; inspecting Pye Outside Broadcasting Van with Mr. Jordan, Manager
25 - View of chassis storage at the rear of the Coachbuilding Department
26 - Coachbuilding Dept; Vehicles awaiting chassis
27 - Coachbuilding Dept; Miss Herbison's visit
28 - Coachbuilding Dept; Miss Herbison's visit
29 - Travel Goods Department
30 - Travel Goods Department
31 - Copy of the Certificate giving Papworth Industries a Royal Warrant for Trunk and Cabinet Making
32 - Harry Wolfe (driver) standing beside his Papworth Industries vehicle
33 - Papworth Industries transport fleet
34 - The Colony Bus; transport to Cambridge
35 - Papworth Industries Industrial lorry fleet
36 - Bill Aveston standing beside his Thornycroft
37 - Coachbuilding Dept; work on the Austin Shooting Brakes
38 - Carpentry Dept; triple drum sander
39 - Group photograph outside the Carpentry Dept. (aircraft dept during the war)
40 - Bill Aveston sitting on a truck
41 - Travel Goods Department
42 - Carpentry Dept
43 - Head Office; exterior
44 - Head Office; interior
45 - The Poultry Farm Breeding Station
46 - William Marshall, Incubator Specialist, at his desk
47 - Group photograph of the printer's worker-patients
48 - Group photograph of the printer's worker-patients or Papworth workers
49 - Tailor at work
50 - Model making in Hut
51 - Sign writers - Geo Goozee
52 - Sign writers - Geo Goozee
53 - Cambridge Showrooms; a view from across the road
54 - Head Office Main Entrance
55 - Head Office Exterior; view from across the road
56 - Incubator Laboratory; interior
57 - William Marshall in the Incubator Laboratory
58 - William Marshall, Incubator Specialist, at his desk
59 - Upholstery Department; first floor, rear printers
60 - Upholstery Department; first floor, building behind main Printer's factory (later book binding)
61 - Upholstery Department in previous Travel Goods Factory; exterior
62 - Upholstery Dept; interior
63 - Upholstery Dept; seewing machine area
64 - Group photograph of Travel Goods personnel
65 - Travel Goods wartime workers (note the camoflage on the outside of the building)
66 - Travel Goods Dept; visit of Archbishop of Cantebury (Archbishop Lang)
67 - Travel Goods Factory; interior
68 - Rebuilding Travel Goods Factory after fire
69 - New Travel Goods Factory
70 - New Travel Goods Factory
71 - Travel Goods Factory; interior view showing the cutters
72 - Travel Goods Factory; interior view showing the stitchers
73 - Travel Goods Dept; bag bench
74 - Travel Goods Dept; bags
75 - Travel Goods Dept; suitcase bench
76 - Upholstery Dept; visit by George Lansbury M.P
77 - Travel Goods Dept; trunk making
78 - Cabinet Dept; one bay extension under construction
79 - Cabinet Dept; one bay extension under construction
80 - Cabinet Dept; one bay extension under construction
81 - Cabinet Dept; one bay extension under construction
82 - Cabinet Dept; one bay extension under construction
83 - Cabinet Shop; original building
84 - Cabinet Making
85 - Cabinet Dept; assembly
86 - Machine Shop (later Printers warehouse)
87 - Cabinet Shop; kilns exterior
88 - Cabinet Shop; kilns exterior
89 - Cabinet Shop; kilns exterior
90 - Cabinet Shop; kilns exterior
91 - Printers Dept; printers machines
92 - Printers Dept; printers machines
93 - Printers Dept; Bookbinders
94 - Printers Dept; Bookbinders
95 - Printers Dept; Bookbinders
96 - Printers Dept; printer's machines
97 - Printers Dept; printer's machines
98 - Printers Machine shop
99 - Printers Machine shop
100 - Printers Machine shop
101 - Printers Machine shop g.fl 'Pells'
102 - Printers Dept; compositing room
103 - Printers Dept; Bookbinders
104 - Printers Machine shop
105 - Varrier-Jones at Papworth Industries; visit from the Duke of Kent
106 - Varrier-Jones at Papworth Industries; visit from the Duke of Kent
107 - Printers; exterior
108 - Printers; exterior
109 - Printers; exterior
110 - Printing Dept; first workshop
111 - Printers Machine shop
112 - Printers Dept, Bookbinding; first workshop
113 - Head Office, Main Entrance
114 - Building Dept.; building the extension to Benhard Baron Hospital
115 - Carpentry Dept.
116 - Capentry Dept.; exterior view
117 - Capentry Dept.; exterior view
118 - Capentry Dept.; exterior view
119 - Capentry Dept.; exterior view
120 - Carpentry Dept.
121 - Capentry Dept.; Sir Pendrill Varrier-Jones with the Duke of Kent meeting Mr. Rice, General Manager and Mr. Lionel Parsons, Manager
122 - Upholstery Department
123 - Varrier-Jones and the Duke of Kent at Papworth Industries
124 - Varrier-Jones and the Duke of Kent at Papworth Industries
125 - Upholstery Dept.; cutters
126 - Duke and Duchess of York with Varrier-Jones in the trunk making room
127 - An example of the trunks made at Papworth
128 - Varrier-Jones with the Duke of Kent outside the main building of the Travel Goods Department
129 - New Travel Goods Factory
130 - Upholstery Dept; sewing area
131 - Upholstery Dept; making suitcases
132 - Travel Goods Dept; interior
133 - Cutting trees for the 'Rustic' Bridge; the bridge between Papworth Hall and South Park
134 - Building the 'Rustic' Bridge
135 - Cabinet Dept; main building without factory and office extension
136 - Cabinet Dept; main building without factory and office extension
137 - Cabinet Dept; main building without factory and office extension
138 - Cabinet Dept; main building without factory and office extension - side view
139 - Cabinet Dept; workshop (later Printers)
140 - Cabinet Dept; exterior
141 - Cabinet Shop; wing making for the war effort
142 - Cabinet Shop; wing making for the war effort
143 - Mr Payne repairing aircraft wings in cabinet workshop
144 - Cabinet Shop; wing making for the war effort (duplicate of 260 Ind.2-1)
145 - Coachbuilding Dept; interior
146 - Cabinet Shop; assembly
147 - Cabinet Dept; main building
148 - Cabinet Dept; main building
149 - Cabinet Dept; assembly
150 - Cabinet Dept
151 - Cabinet Dept; assembly
152 - Cabinet Dept; polishing room
153 - Cabinet Dept
154 - Cabinet Dept
155 - Cabinet and Carpentry Dept Display
156 - Cabinet Dept; assembly
157 - Cabinet Dept; assembly
158 - Cabinet Dept; spray shop
159 - Cabinet Dept; visit from the Archbishop of Cantebury
160 - Cabinet Dept; the Archbishop of Cantebury talking to Fred Tuckwell
161 - Shed on Display
162 - Upholstery Dept; suitcase making
163 - Printers Dept; Bookbinders
164 - Printers Dept; Bookbinders
165 - Upholstery Dept; suitcase making
166 - Carpentry Shop
167 - Travel Goods Dept; exterior
168 - Carpenters Shop
169 - Group photograph of Carpenters shop personnel
170 - Carpenters Shop
171 - Papworth Industries transport truck
172 - Papworth Industries transport truck
173 - Group photograph of the Carpentry Dept.
174 - Carpentry Dept.
175 - Carpentry Dept, exterior view
176 - Coachbuilding Dept.
177 - Coachbuilding Dept.; line of bodies (U.B.D. type) for Southern Electricity
178 - Coachbuilding Dept.; line of bodies (U.B.D. type) for Southern Electricity
179 - Printers machine room
180 - Printers machine room and bookbinding
181 - Printer machine room
182 - New President Double-Demi Machine
183 - Bookbinding warehouse
184 - Presentation to Mrs. Jones, Printers Reader by Ronnie Wright
185 - Travel Goods Department Celebration for reaching £1,000,000 turnover; picture of six staff with a total of 250 years of service
186 - Travel Goods Department Celebration for reaching £1,000,000 turnover
187 - Travel Goods; worker's entrance
188 - Travel Goods; new entrance stairwell
189 - Travel Goods warehouse
190 - Papworth Industries lorry
191 - Bill Aveston with one of Papworth's first lorry (enlargement of 1529 Ind1-21)
192 - Coachbuilding Department
193 - Carpentry Dept; the openair workshop
194 - Carpentry Department
195 - Bringing in the sheaves - the old way
Expand 16 - Photographs taken at Bourn of Sir Pendril Varrier-Jones and of Settlement, soldiers and personnel at Papworth during the Second World War, called "Early Days"16 - Photographs taken at Bourn of Sir Pendril Varrier-Jones and of Settlement, soldiers and personnel at Papworth during the Second World War, called "Early Days"
Expand 17 - Photographs of Sir Pendrill Varrier-Jones, his grave, Matron Borne, medical and Settlement personnel, Ernest and Anna Maria Hooley, visits by royalty and VIPs, called "Royals and Persons"17 - Photographs of Sir Pendrill Varrier-Jones, his grave, Matron Borne, medical and Settlement personnel, Ernest and Anna Maria Hooley, visits by royalty and VIPs, called "Royals and Persons"
Expand 18 - Photographs taken at village pantomimes, sporting activities, flower shows, Women's Institute, Gala Week, called "Entertainments and Publicity"18 - Photographs taken at village pantomimes, sporting activities, flower shows, Women's Institute, Gala Week, called "Entertainments and Publicity"
Expand 6 - Collected Records: Photographs6 - Collected Records: Photographs
Expand C - Official and business records of the SettlementC - Official and business records of the Settlement
Expand D - Records Collected from other IndividualsD - Records Collected from other Individuals
Expand E - Papworth Oral History ProjectE - Papworth Oral History Project
Photograph of an unidentified woman, Papworth, 1930s

Photograph of an unidentified woman, Papworth, 1930s

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Photograph of an unidentified woman, Papworth, 1930s
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