Part 4: Official letters and records

Use the links below to download the sources and accompanying material for the ideas in Part 4.

Resources

Idea 32: Why was an eleven-year-old sent to prison?

• Image: Crime Sheet for John Greening, 31 May 1873 (PCOM 2/291 f.8)
• Transcript: Crime Sheet for John Greening, 31 May 1873 (PCOM 2/291 f.8)

Idea 33: SOS

• Image: Telegram from RMS Titanic (MT 9/920C (525))

Idea 34: On the register

• Image: Ramsden Mill Working Time Book (C 106/44)

Idea 35: Look what came in the post!

• Image: Letter from the Central Board of Health in London to the Board of Health for Newcastle (PC 1/93)
• Transcript: Letter from the Central Board of Health in London to the Board of Health for Newcastle (PC 1/93)

Idea 36: It's official!

• Image: Official letter sent from the British Foreign Office to the Netherlands Legation, 29 November 1938 (FO 371/22538)
• Image: Official letter sent from the British Foreign Office to the Netherlands Legation, 29 November 1938 (FO 371/22538)

Idea 37: A snapshot of a football hero

• Image: Tottenham Hotspur FC with Walter Tull in front row (COPY 1/539 (18))
• Image: Walter Tull Temporary Commission (WO 339/90293)

Idea 38: Training to be a spy

• Image: SOE Training Advice on Disguise (HS 7/55)

Idea 39: Flying high

• Image: Application for a Pilot's Licence (BT 217/1282/8)

Idea 40: Using a source on the moon!

• Image: Telegram from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Washington, July 1969 (FCO 55/351)
• Transcript: Telegram from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Washington, July 1969 (FCO 55/351)

Idea 41: Suffering for suffrage?

• Image: Page 1 – Official letter from the police at Scotland Yard, London (WORK 11/117)
• Image: Page 2 – Official letter from the police at Scotland Yard, London (WORK 11/117)
• Transcript: Official letter from the police at Scotland Yard, London (WORK 11/117)

Idea 42: Working cats

• Image: Memo (HO 223/43 (5))
• Image: Newspaper Article (HO 223/43 (9))