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Reference NumberP/MIS/481
LevelFile
TitleWalker family of 19 Leopold Buildings / Leopold Flats, Columbia Road, Bethnal Green
Date(s)1945-1962
DescriptionBundle of weekly rent books, rent receipts, Welfare Foods Service tokens, notices re rent increases re tenants of Leopold Buildings (later Leopold Flats), Columbia Road, E.2.

Contains the following:

Rent increase notifications dated: 1 October 1949; 5 April 1962; 11 April 1963 (the property's name is given as Leopold Buildings in the 1949 notification and Leopold Flats in the 1960s notifications).

Weekly rent books:

- Belonging to Mr T Walker, of 19 Leopold Flats: 1959-1961. Contains completed entries for 26 February 1961 - 16 April 1961 inclusive, the rest of the pages have been unused (scored through).

- Belonging to Mr T Walker, of 19 Leopold Flats: 1962-1967. Contains completed entries for 23 April 1962 - 16 Sept 1963 inclusive, the rest of the pages left blank..

(Managing agents are listed as: Harold Selby & Co., 70-74 City Road, London E.C.1)

Rent Receipt folder:

For 19 Leopold Buildings. Includes letter from The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company Limited to Mr Thomas Walker dated 3 August 1945 confirming that he is to be given possession of the tenement 19 Leopold Buildings. Also one receipt dated 4 August 1945 to Thomas Walker re 19 Leopold Buildings and 7 other loose receipts for No. 19 Leopold Buildings (no dates).

Welfare Foods Service records:

- Vitamin Token Book belonging to Mrs E.C. Walker, of 19 Leopold Flats. with some tokens used. Contains tokens that pregnant women could exchange for vitamins to use for themselves.

- Weekly tokens (loose) for Welfare Milk dated 20 Feb 1960 - 18 June 1960.
Extent1 file
CustodialHistoryThe records belonged to the late Mr and Mrs Walker, and were deposited with THLHLA by their daughter, Christine Corderoy.
ArchNoteCatalogued by Natasha Luck, September 2018.
Access StatusOpen
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