| Repository | Archives |
| Reference Number | P/FAI/2 |
| Alternative Reference Number | L.1086 |
| Level | File |
| Title | 'Recollections of Poplar and Bromley' by William Henry Fairbairns |
| Date(s) | 1918-1939 |
| Description | Typescript recollections, June 1919, 18 pages. Details his life and family history, as well as documenting his local area, Poplar and Bromley.
With manuscript amendments. Includes postcard of Poplar Library, High Street, Poplar; cutting 'chronology of the Poplar Libraries' 1890-1928; postcard of the railway station, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 1880. Also press cutting article from the East End News (3 March 1939) on 'The Thames of My Boyhood' and letters received by Fairbairns from William Benson Thorne, Librarian, Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, concerning receipt of Fairbairns' works, 1918-1939. |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| RelatedMaterial | For further reference copy see Local History Library reference L76 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Request | YES - You can order this material to consult in our Reading Room. |
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