[Album of photos, press cuttings, articles and promotional literature re history of Hooper & Co. / Hooper & Co. (Coachbuilders) Ltd., ca.1961, although covering period 1899-1961. Includes articles, company advertisements, particulars of various state coaches, a 1956 report on Hoopers for the board of BSA, and numerous photos. The photos are of special coaches and motor cars, royal visits to Hoopers in the 1930s, the Hooper factory in the second world war and workshops in the 1950s. Includes also a lacquered coloured line drawing of a char-a-banc designed by HRH Prince Consort and built by Hoopers in 1845] Album of photos circa 1961
[Collection of newspaper cuttings re coal trade and coastal shipping in north-east England, covering period 1788-1800. In scrap-book form (24 leaves) with ms. datings in one hand. A compilation in roughly chronological order, covering various subjects, anecdotes, scandals etc, but with emphasis on the coal trade and coastal shipping] Collection of newspaper cuttings re coal trade and coastal shipping in north-east England 1788-1800