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CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
GB 0074 CLC/537 · Collection · 1867-1982

Records of Customs and Excise, comprising 'poundage and premium' ledgers relating to pensions arrangements for Customs and Excise staff, 1867-1868. Also letters to Customs and Excise from authors whose books had been counterfeited, 1905-08.

Customs and Excise Office
GB 0074 LMA/4251 · Collection · 1971-1985

Papers relating to the Claire Rayner novels The Performers, a twelve book series about London which traces a family from the 1800s. The series contains draft manuscripts of each volume along with research, time lines and notes on political events, dress, religion, travel, medicine, foreign affairs, industry and agriculture covering the period during which the novels are set.

Rayner , Claire Berenice , 1931-2010 , journalist and author