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SHROPSHIRE ARCHIVES
Copies of this list may be taken for research purposes only.
For other uses, the permission of the Team Leader, Archives is required.
PENTABUS COLLECTION
1973-2014
Records of the Pentabus Theatre Company.
Pentabus was set up by West Midlands Arts in 1974 as a touring theatre company and community arts project to serve the rural communities of the West Midlands.
It became incorporated as a private limited company in 1983, under the name of Pentabus Arts Limited. It continues to be know as the Pentabus Theatre Company or simply Pentabus.
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Business records
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8872/1/1
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Incorporation
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1983
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8872/1/1/1
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Memorandum of association of Pentabus Arts Limited
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19 July 1983
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8872/1/1/2
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Articles of association of Pentabus Arts Limited
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19 July 1983
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8872/1/1/3
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Certificate of incorporation of Pentabus Arts Limited
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19 Aug 1983
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8872/1/2
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Minutes
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8872/1/2/1
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Minutes of board meetings
Covering 1991-1992, 1998-2014
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1991-2014
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8872/1/2/2
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Minutes of annual general meetings
Excludes 22nd AGM (2005) and 23rd AGM (2006).
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1998-2013
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8872/1/3
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Reports and plans
See also reports included in minutes and annual accounts.
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8872/1/3/1
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Report on Investigation into Touring Theatre Provision For The Rural Areas of the West Midlands
researched and written by Sue Dunderdale for the West Midlands Arts Association. [Typescript]
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Feb 1974
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8872/1/3/2
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A Touring Company of the West Midlands by Valerie Rogers
Undergraduate study based on Pentabus including notes on their establishment, first hand account of three separate days spent with them during their first tour, Aug - Nov 1974 and assessment of grass roots work, Dec 1974 - Mar 1975.
Includes:
Printed programmes for Lost in London and Working Out the End.
Pentabus Programme (typed sheets) for first tour, 20 Aug - 2 Nov 1974 and second tour with Charlie Chaplin Show 28 Apr - 24 May [1975].
Two photographs of Lost in London stage ''environment'', 1974
''Partnership in Practice: the Work of the Regional Arts Associations'' published by the Standing Conference of the Regional Arts Associations 1973 [printed pamphlet].
Valerie Rogers was a drama student at Hereford College of Education where Pentabus visited to perform in 1974 and she subsequently based this study on them for her course.
[See also 8872/1/3/1 for copy of ''Report on Investigation into Touring Theatre Provision For The Rural Areas of the West Midlands'' by Sue Dunderdale 1974 originally included with the study.]
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1974-1975
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8872/1/3/3
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Pentabus Experiment: Report and Assessment
''Pentabus Experiment: Report and Assessment of Period 1st April 1974 - 12th December 1975. Plans for 1st April 1976 - 31st March 1977.''
Contents:
Historical Background by John Murphy (Research and Acceptance of Pentabus Concept; The First Year)
Assessment of the Pentabus Experiment by Sue Dunderdale (The First Tour July - Nov 1974; Grass Roots Period Nov 1974 - Mar 1975; Spring Tour July - Aug 1975; Autumn Tour, Sept - Dec 1975)
Pentabus 1976-1977 (General Objectives and Chronological Structure).
Appendix 1 Interim Report
Appendix 2 Touring Director's Report
(Sue Dunderdale 15 Oct 1974)
Appendix 3 Drama Officer's Report
(Patric Gilchrist 11 Oct 1974)
Appendix 4 Grass Roots Period Nov 1974 - Mar 1975 (Sue Dunderdale)
Appendix 5 Hereford and Worcester Grass Roots Work 1975
Appendix 6: Report and Assessment of Summer Period in Shropshire (Jonathan Cross 19 Dec 1975)
Two copies:
Copy 1 has title and contents page.
Copy 2 has additional Appendix 7: Report on Work in Progress in Shropshire, Apr - Jun 1974 (Jonathan Cross 17 June 1975)
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1975
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8872/1/3/4
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Pentabus: The first eight years of a rural community theatre and arts project in the West Midlands
Report by Jonathan Cross, Pentabus Project Director.
Based on six-monthly reports to West Midlands Arts 1977-1982 to prepare for impending move to independence scheduled to take place 1983-1984. Includes Pentabus facts and figures with key dates, 1973-1982.
[Typescript, 16 pages].
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Oct 1982
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8872/1/3/5
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Report of the West Midlands Arts Appraisal Group of Pentabus Arts Limited
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1988
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8872/1/3/6
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Annual report
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1989
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8872/1/3/7
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Making Friends and Influencing People
A report by Arts Consortium to Pentabus Arts Limited
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Mar 1989
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8872/1/3/8
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Dispelling Myths, Creating Legends
Report by Pentabus Theatre Company of the way forward, 1993 on.
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Oct 1992
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8872/1/3/9
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Appraisal of Pentabus Theatre Company
Report and associated papers, including:
Letter from Alun Bond, Director, Performing and Combined Arts, West Midlands Arts re forthcoming appraisal
Notes on the history of Pentabus
Strategies, statements of purpose, audience data, budget details
Full list of schools visited and to be visited by Theatre in Education programmes in 1996 (226 performances) - covers Mad Blood Stirring, Greeks and The Box from the Sea.
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1996
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8872/1/3/10
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Pentabus Theatre 3 Year Plan 2001-2004
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Sep 2000
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8872/1/3/11
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Pentabus Theatre 2 Year Plan 2004-2006
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Apr 2004
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8872/1/3/12
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Pentabus Theatre 2 Year Plan 2006-2008
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Feb 2006
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8872/1/3/13
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Pentabus Theatre Business Plan 2013-2016
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2013
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8872/1/3/14
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Pentabus Theatre Company Revised Business Plan 2014-2015
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2014
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8872/1/4
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Finance
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Annual accounts and summaries
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1988-2011
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8872/1/4/1/1
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Annual accounts
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1988-1995
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8872/1/4/1/2
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Annual accounts
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2001-2013
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8872/1/4/1/3
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Financial summaries
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1991-1995
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8872/1/4/1/4
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File of finance and budget papers
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1993-1994
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8872/1/4/1/5
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File of finance and budget papers
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1994-1997
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8872/1/4/1/6
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Financial summaries
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2000-2011
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Cash books
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1991-1993
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8872/1/4/2/1
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Cash book
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1991-1992
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8872/1/4/2/2
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Cash book
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1992-1993
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Invoices
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1989-2006
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8872/1/4/3/1
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File of invoices
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1989-1991
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8872/1/4/3/2
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File of invoices
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1991
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8872/1/4/3/3
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File of invoices
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1991-1993
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8872/1/4/3/4
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File of invoices
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1992
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8872/1/4/3/5
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File of invoices
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1993-1994
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8872/1/4/3/6
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File of invoices
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1994-1995
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8872/1/4/3/7
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File of invoices
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1997-1998
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8872/1/4/3/8
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File of invoices
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1999-2000
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8872/1/4/3/9
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File of invoices
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2000-2001
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8872/1/4/3/10
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File of invoices
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2001-2002
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8872/1/4/3/11
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File of invoices and related papers
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1993-2006
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Staff salaries and wages
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1989-2002
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8872/1/4/4/1
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File of papers re wages, including names of employees
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1989-1992
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8872/1/4/4/2
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File of papers re wages, including names of employees
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1999-2002
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Equipment
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1996-1999
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8872/1/4/5/1
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Equipment orders and National Lottery grant payments
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1996-1999
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8872/1/5
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Funding
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8872/1/5/1
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West Midlands Arts funding agreements
Submissions, agreements and correspondence.
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1995-2013
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8872/1/5/2
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Appeal for funding for purchase of a project van
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1981
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8872/1/5/3
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Contracts and agreements
Including with performers, writers and promoters.
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1991-1998
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8872/1/5/4
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Shropshire County Council revenue contract 2008-2009
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2008
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8872/1/5/5
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Shropshire County Council revenue grant agreement 2012-2014
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July 2012
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8872/1/6
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Building
Records relating to the conversion and lease of The Old School, Bromfield as the new headquarters for the company.
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8872/1/6/1
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Bromfield school conversion project
Background notes and appeal for the project to convert the building for use as a base for Pentabus, currently housed at Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire (theatre company) and Leominster, Herefordshire (community arts project).
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[1986]
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8872/1/6/2
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Appeals for funding for conversion of The Old School, Bromfield
Letters to Leominster District Council and Hereford and Worcester County Counil appealing for a contribution to costs to modify and repair The Old School at Bromfield for use as Pentabus' new headquarters.
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Nov 1986
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8872/1/6/3
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Lease of The Old School, Bromfield
Lease by the Trustess of Plymouth Settled Estates to Pentabus Arts Limited of The Old School, Bromfield from Sep 1987 under the terms of a five yearly lease.
[Copy]
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10 Aug 1990
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8872/1/6/4
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Correpondence with the Earl of Plymouth estate office re the lease
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1990-2007
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8872/1/7
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Friends
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1992
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8872/1/7/1
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File of papers re Friends scheme
File of papers including press cutting and applications for membership of the scheme.
[Access subject to Data Protection Act]
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1992
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8872/1/8
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Branding and publicity
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8872/1/8/1
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Review of publicity style
Intial thoughts on ''What we should say about ourselves'' and copy of statement of purpose.
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2002
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8872/1/8/2
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Notes and correspondence re new Pentabus logo
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2002
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8872/1/9
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Other administrative records
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8872/1/9/1/1-3
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Accident book
With two inserts.
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1979-2007
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8872/1/9/2
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Letters from HM Custon and Excise re liability of supplies
Refers to letter ''regarding the implication of the London Zoo decision''.
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2004
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