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S. Tempest and Company, Business Archive
S. Tempest and Company
1906-1936
Summary of Contents: I. Manufacturing Books. 1906-30s.
Dyeing Order Copy Book. 1906-29
1906-1934
Copies of orders to named dyeing concerns giving instructions and details of amount and type of material sent to be dyed. There are also some orders to printers and later to embroiderers as well as to...
Pattern Book
1920-1929
Diagrams and written details of various patterns for blouses and dresses giving cloth number and width, details of trimmings, some indication of the cost of some of the processes, and instructions for...
School Certificate Book, recording attendance of half-timer employed by the firm (probably the last). June 1919 - June 1920
1919-1920
School certificate book for May Joyce, the last half-timer employed by the company.
General Register
Jul 1919-Aug 1930
Gives information under the usual categories of Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901-11. Young persons and children employed, lime-washing and accident report pages are all completed.
Wages book
1935-1936
Weekly gross and net amounts due to over 100 named workers giving rate per week, hours worked, and contributions.