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'File 29/28 British Industrial Fair' [207v] (414/512)
The record is made up of 1 file (256 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1934-24 Dec 1950. It was written in English, Arabic, French, Spanish and Portuguese. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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SCHEDULE OF TRADES REPRESENTED AT THE B.I.F.
BIRMINGHAM
GROUP A—HARDWARE, IRONMONGERY
AND BRASSFOUNDRY
(a) Military, Naval, cabinet, domestic and
general brassfoundery. General hardware,
safes, locks, hinges, handles, bolts, springs,
staples, nails. Sheet metal work, cash and
deed boxes and trunks of all descriptions.
Hearth furniture. General hollow-ware, copper
and bronze goods (excluding fancy goods).
General wire work and wire goods. Domestic
washing and labour-saving appliances, knife
cleaning machines, etc. Household woodware,
string, cord and twine. Preserving bottles and
jars. Weighing machines, including automatic.
Industrial Transfers.
(6) Farm and Garden Equipment
Dairy utensils, milk separators, churns, Cow
house equipment, poultry equipment, stable
fitments and appointments, cart gear. Farm
and garden tools and fitments, barrows, ladders,
sprayers, lawn mowers and rollers. Wire
netting and fencing. Guns and Rifles, including
Sporting.
GROUP B—BUILDING
Bricks, Tiles, Terracotta, slates, chimneys, drain
pipes. Timber, joinery, mouldings, castings.
Rainwater and soil goods. Plumbers’ brass-
foundry, cisterns and tanks. Lead goods,
wrought iron, art metal work and steel equip
ment. Builders’ ironmongery (also in Group A).
Central heating and ventilation. Sanitary water
supply, baths, bathroom, shop, restaurant and
bar fittings. Plate glass. Decorators’ materials,
paints, distempers, varnishes, wallpapers. Roof
and roofing material. Stoves, ranges. Boilers,
gates, fireplaces, mantels, and surrounds of all
descriptions, tiles, etc.
GROUP C—ELECTRICITY
Generators, motors, transformers, rectifiers, con
densers, accumulators, switchgear, cable,
meters and all accessories. Industrial and
domestic applications for heating, cooking,
lighting and power and accessories. Telephone
and telegraph equipment.
[CASTLE BROMWICH]
GROUP D—ENGINEERING
(a) Engineering
Foundry and steelworks equipment. Mechanical
handling of materials. Prime movers, water
turbines, steam boilers, steam, gas and oil
engines and associated equipment. Engineering
instruments for indicating, recording and
control purposes. Industrial filters. Machine
tools and accessories for metal, wood, etc.
Lubricating, cutting and fuel oils. Plant for
industrial purposes ; cement, rubber, textiles,
paper, leather, footwear, laundries, foodstuffs,
brewing, distilling, plastics, chemicals, etc.
(b) Metals {excluding precious metals)
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys,
bars, sections, plates, castings, forgings,
stampings, pressings, wire, tubes and fittings,
Tool steels.
(c) Quarry, Mining, Colliery, Road and Oil Field
Machinery and equipment. Compressors, drills,
excavators, trench pumps, stone breakers,
screens, rollers, concrete mixers, tar boilers and
sprayers. Pipes, culverts, manhole and drain
covers, kerbs, pavings, cement, road metal,
asphalt, tar. Signposts and automatic signals.
Sewage and refuse disposal plants. Structural
steel, ferro-concrete. Hoists, derricks, cranes,
lifts.
(d) Transport
Locomotives, rolling stock and equipment.
Aircraft, shipping and accessories. Motor
cycles, cycles and accessories. Electric vehicles
(trade) under 1 ton. Components and accessories
of mechanically driven road vehicles with the
exception of specialised units which are solely
for use in such vehicles.
(e) Gas
Retorts and carbonising plant, exhausters,
scrubbers, washers and purifiers, holders,
governors and station meters, coke screening
plant, paints and jointing material. Boosters,
valves, meters, gauges. Gas engines, industrial
furnaces and heating appliances, cocks,
governors and fittings, street lamps, lighting
burners and mantles, fires, cookers, water
heaters and domestic appliances.
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SERVICES
Export journals, trade journals, transport services, publicity services, trade organisations,
industrial welfare associations, packing materials and cardboard boxes for all trades represented m
the Birmingham section of the Fair.
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This file contains correspondence, promotional material and other documents related to the British Industries Fair (BIF) in London and other similar events in London, including a mechanical handling conference (1948) and an engineering and marine exhibition (1949).
The file contains a number of invitations to attend the fair that were sent to prominent merchants in Bahrain by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain as well as replies sent back by these merchants. Much of this correspondence is in Arabic (with English translations).
The file also contains promotional material related to the BIF and other events including the following:
- a pamphlet written by Malcolm Logan entitled 'Story of the B.I.F.' The pamphlet is in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese (folios 142-149);
- two posters for the Mechanical Handling Conference in London 1948, one in French (folio 151) and one in English (folio 152);
- a pamphlet entitled 'Background to the B.I.F.' (folios 203-210).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (256 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-117; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled (except for a few circled numbers which have been crossed out).
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- IOR/R/15/2/1755
- Title
- 'File 29/28 British Industrial Fair'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:19v, 23r:36v, 40r, 41r:41v, 40v, 42r:63v, 67r:72v, 76r:76v, 80r:82v, 84r:95v, 97r:134v, 136r:210v, 212r:222v, 224r:233v, 235r:255v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence