Warships' Week (Local Exhibitions)

22 sub-files relating to the Museum loans for the Warships' Week local exhibitions held around the country. Consists of: 1) Warship Week Loans: General correspondence and documents relating to the Warship Weeks loans. Includes captions for models and exhibits loaned for the exhibitions, dates for the various Warship Weeks, letter of thanks from Southwark borough council for loan, and correspondence with Epsom and District Local Savings committee, Wimbledon Warship week committee, Borough of Bexley Warship Week Committee, Royal Borough of Kingston-Upon-Thames, Borough of Surbiton, regarding loans. 2) Caterham: Correspondence with Caterham and Warlingham Urban District Council arranging loans for their Warship Week. Includes list of items loaned. 3) Buckhurst Hill: Correspondence arranging loans of models to Chigwell Urban District National Savings Committee for a Warship Week in Buckhurst Hill. Includes correspondence on transport arrangements and protecting of models. 4) Sutton and Cheam: Letter arranging meeting with Borough of Sutton and Cheam Warship Week committee to discuss possibility of loans. 5) Leyton: Correspondence with Leyton Local Savings Committee regarding possible items suitable for their Warships Week exhibition. 6) Walthamstow: Correspondence with Walthamstow Local Savings Committee regarding possible loan of items for their Warship Week, and later cancellation of their exhibition. 7) March: Correspondence with Lloyds Bank Ltd regarding holding a Warship week in March, and possible loans for this. 8) Reigate and Horley: Letter from Reigate and Horley Local Savings Committee regarding possible loan of model of a destroyer for their Warship Week 9) Richmond: Correspondence with Richmond Local Savings Committee regarding loans for their Warship Week 10) Beckenham: Correspondence with Beckenham Civil Defence Association regarding the loan of bunting for their Warship Week. 11) St Albans: Correspondence with St Albans Warship Week Committee arranging loan of models for their Warship week, including transport arrangements. 12) Baldock: Correspondence with the Baldock, Ashwell and District War Savings Committee regarding offer to loan models to their Warship Week, and subequent cancellation of their exhibition. 13) Leeds: Request from Provinicial Newspapers Limited (representing the Yorkshire Evening News) requesting loans for a Warship Week in Leeds. 14) Haverhill: Request from Haverhill Warship Week committee for loans for their Warship Week. Museum's reply offering only photographs 15) Cambridge: Correspondence with Cambridge Local Savings Committee regarding possible loans for their Warship Week 16) South-Eastern Region: Correspondence with the South-East Region of the National Savings Committee allocating some models and exhibits for the duration of their ship weeks. 17) Watford: Note saying loans from St Albans are to be transferred to Watford for their Warship Week 18) Fulham: Correspondence with Fulham Exhibition Local Savings Committee regarding the loan for their Warships Week exhibition. Includes list of exhibits lent. 19) Barnes: Correspondence with Barnes Borough Council arranging loans to them for their Warships Week. Includes press cutting on the resulting display. 20) Hammersmith: Letter requesting loans to Hammersmith Local War Savings Committee for their Warship Week 21) Erith: Correspondence with the Borough of Erith regarding possible loans for their Warship Week exhibition. 22) Ramsgate: Correspondence with Ramsgate Warships Week Committee regarding loans for their Warships Week exhibition. Includes press cuttings relating to the exhibition and a plan of the proposed exhibition layout.

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