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- 1945-1970 (Creation)
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0.08 linear metres
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Biographical history
Douglas Ritchie Limited was incorporated in July 1946 as a family construction company located in Welford-upon-Avon. Its directors were Major Douglas C. Ritchie and Mr. J. Pridding who were also the principle share holders along with Douglas Ritchie's wife Mrs. O.M. Ritchie.
Douglas Ritchie Limited was purchased by Flowers Breweries Limited in 1958 and subsequently became part of the Whitbread organisation when Flowers Breweries Limited was acquired in 1962.
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GB 0074 LMA/4453/Z 1945-1970 Collection 0.08 linear metres Douglas Ritchie Ltd , construction company
Douglas Ritchie Limited was incorporated in July 1946 as a family construction company located in Welford-upon-Avon. Its directors were Major Douglas C. Ritchie and Mr. J. Pridding who were also the principle share holders along with Douglas Ritchie's wife Mrs. O.M. Ritchie.
Douglas Ritchie Limited was purchased by Flowers Breweries Limited in 1958 and subsequently became part of the Whitbread organisation when Flowers Breweries Limited was acquired in 1962.
Received in 2001 as a gift.
Records of Douglas Ritchie Limited, construction company, including papers relating to the acquisition of the Company by Flowers Brewery, accounts and annual returns, and correspondence relating to planning and building.
Records arranged in one series: LMA/4453/Z/01: Correspondence and accounts.
Available for general access.
Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See also reference LMA/4453/W (Flowers Breweries).
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Received in 2001 as a gift.
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Records of Douglas Ritchie Limited, construction company, including papers relating to the acquisition of the Company by Flowers Brewery, accounts and annual returns, and correspondence relating to planning and building.
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Records arranged in one series: LMA/4453/Z/01: Correspondence and accounts.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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See also reference LMA/4453/W (Flowers Breweries).
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English