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'File 29/28 British Industrial Fair' [208v] (416/512)
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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ARRAN GE ME NTS FOR OVERSEAS VISITORS TO
B.1.F.
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rooms, and light refreshments will be
available. Facilities include :
Shorthand and typewriting services.
Interpreters.
Long distance trunk and international
telephones.
Postal and telegraphic services.
English and Continental newspapers
and magazines.
Reuter’s News Service by tape machine
(London only).
A special lounge has also been set aside in
the Council House at Birmingham for
Buyers who can find time to spend outside
the Fair. Visitors may have their corres
pondence addressed to them at the clubs or
c/o G.P.O. London.
RATION CARDS
Provisional arrangements have been made
by the Ministry of Food to issue temporary
ration cards to visitors from overseas where
necessary. Details can be obtained from
the enquiry office in the Overseas Buyers’
Clubs. Visitors arriving before the Fair
may obtain information from their hotel.
ADMISSION
The Fair will be open each day, except
Sunday, from Monday, May 8th to Friday,
May 19th, both dates inclusive. The Fair
will open daily from 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
In London admission will be restricted to
trade buyers except on Wednesday, May
17th and Saturday, May 13th. The
Birmingham Section will be open to the
public daily from 2 p.m. and all day on
Saturday.
CATALOGUES
Catalogues of both sections will be
indexed in nine languages. Copies of the <•
advance edition of the catalogues will be
despatched in February, 1950, to those
buyers who have intimated their intention
of visiting the Fair, to selected overseas
firms and to all British Commercial
Diplomatic Officers and United Kingdom
Trade Commissioners throughout the world.
Any further detailed information of
exhibitors in the Birmingham Section can
be obtained on application to the Birming
ham Chamber of Commerce, 95 New Street,
Birmingham.
ACCOMMODATION
Overseas buyers are urged, in their own
interest, to book their hotel accommodation
and their return passages before leaving for
the United Kingdom. This may be done
through any established travel
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
or
through their own connections in this
country. In cases of emergency the „
Reception Branch of the Board of Trade
may be able to help. In Birmingham the
Chamber of Commerce has a special
Accommodation Officer at its premises in
95 New Street, whose duty it is to help
buyers find accommodation in the city.
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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