1941-1948
Gloucestershire Archives D1180/9/18
Letters written by Percy G Snape between September 1941 and August 1948
£2.15.0 cheque to Commissioners of Inland Revenue enclosed.
Henry Robert Hooper
P G Snape P.695/1550. £7.5.0 cheque with card enclosed.
Faded. Proposal to lay something in the towing path sanctioned for 3s paid in advance.
Blunder Lock. Damage by enemy action. No response from you to letter 11 May 1945. When may Committee expect compensation?
Block House at entrance to factory. Block House should be removed and bridge made to swing as before. Bridge to be cleaned and oiled.
Notice of File sent to Company's Auditors for attention.
Income tax. Company's £10.10 cheque enclosed.
Income Tax P G Snape £7.14 cheque enclosed.
Demand Note N 48 handed to Company's Auditors
Re refuse in canal from wooden bungalows on Bridge End estate. Committee willing to put up Notice Boards. Statement of Bylaw No.31 of Company's Byelaws.
Receipt of letter 25 January. Before Committee 20 February.
Block House and Canal Bridge at entrance to Factory. See 306.
Continuation of 312
Re Frome Hall Meadow. Deleted
Frome Hall Meadow. Faded. Rewrite of 314?
Income Tax P.695/550. Remittance Card. £7.8.0 cheque enclosed.
Income Tax Returns !945-46. P.695/1550. W R Bloxam
Premises at Dudbridge. Your offer of 1s per week's rent accepted
Only nominal value 30p a share. W R Bloxam
Moorage charges Glos & Berkeley Canal Junction and Whitminster. Stroudwater Canal not navigable.
Faded. Relating to 295
P G Snape Income Tax. Remittance Card and 9s cheque enclosed.
Workmen's Compensation Insurance. Thanks for your letter of yesterday.
Workmen's Compensation Insurance. Company's cheque for £5.12.2
Messrs Wiggall & Son. Bill for removal of trees from canal land.
Copy of Mr Wiggall's report re poplar trees at Downfield.
Re row of poplar trees by playing field next to canal. Removal of branch by Mr Wiggall £1.15. Dangerous trees might cause damage to waterway.
Half Yearly Meeting. Date faded.
Re share No.122. Death of Miss Hallewell Details registered. New Share Certificate in name of Mr Bloxam. Thank you for P.O. for 10s enclosed.
Receipt of letter 1st July. Before Committee 24 July.
Re Moorage. L Pockett thinks 5s for each boat. If chance of increased amount
The Avon Queen
Wages Declaration.
Removal of Defence. Rent for two Pill Boxes 5s per annum. I leave it to you to fix compensation.
Note. Adjacent to Walk Bridge
Continuation of 340: Percy G Snape
Re Swing Bridge. Damage to Swing Bridge owing to excessive traffic. Iron Swing Pole removed and not returned. Committee glad to hear that you will put bridge in good condition and refix pole.
No communication with Thames from Severn via Stroud. Stroudwater not navigable and Thames & Severn closed. Contact Gloucester Dock Co
I return Mr Redler's letter 8 August to you and copy of my letter today written to Mr Redler.
Company responsible for [Cuckolds Brook] culvert under canal which is not silted up. Brook below between property of Stroud Urban District Council and Copeland Chatterton Co badly silted. Also culvert under Cainscross Road
Continuation of 345.
Workmen's Compensation Insurance Premium. Cheque £2.5.6 balance of Premium enclosed.
Share No.122. Certificate in your name enclosed
Receipt of your letter 27 August.
Culvert under canal clear. Small deposit of silt on your side. Your man present at inspection. No sign of overflow. Your man not sure if there had been any.
Re your letter 27 August
Remittance Card and £1.0.0 cheque enclosed.
Receipt of your letter 1 October. Receipt for £5.5.0 cheque enclosed
Culvert is clear. Navigation not responsible for overflow or flooding. No right to go on land on your side.
Swing Bridge and Blockhouse next Sperry Gyroscope Co Stonehouse. Report of your inspection. Swing Pole removed at creation of Blockhouse not found. Estimate for replacement asked for.
Swing Bridge at Framilode under repair. Ask your man not to take his heavy lorry over the bridge Company liable to provide a bridge necessary to carry traffic normal at time canal was constructed. He does not quite appreciate the position
Stroud Metal Co. Water Supply. Re your letter 6 November enclosing drawing of proposed scheme. Permanent Pumping Station on Navigation land. Company can have all the water they need by gravitation without expense of a pumping station.
Removal of two Pill Boxes Canal Bank
Acknowledgement and thanks for your letter of 2 December.
My Committee has no objection to you searching for rabbits at the mud tip at Stonehouse.
Swing Bridge at Framilode under repair. Please explain to your lorry driver
Framilode Swing Bridge. Your lorry is being taken over the bridge. As I have to report on this matter
Return of Agreement (in duplicate) enclosed with your letter 5 December
Income Tax. Notice of Assessment sent to Company's Auditors
Income Tax. Inspector of Taxes informed that enclosed Notice of Assessment has been sent to you.
Swing Bridge at Framilode. Notice on bridge
12s cheque enclosed.
General Half Yearly Meeting 22 January 1947 3.30 o'clock. Rough statement of receipts and expenses enclosed
Rough statement of receipts and expenses.
Details of Balance.
Framilode Bridge (Canal). Re letter 18 December
Letter signed by W R Bloxam
Removal of 2 Pill Boxes Whitminster and Eastington. Contact with Messrs Holbrow of Tetbury to give estimate. We have heard nothing further.
Enclosing an estimate from Holbrow & Sons for removal of two pill boxes at Whitminster and Eastington
Re Swing Bridge at Framilode. Bridge under repair. Request your driver not to take lorry over bridge provided for traffic normal at time of construction. Our lockkeeper has spoken to your man but he does not quite appreciate position regarding bridge. Notice re closure exhibited . Use of bridge entirely at your own risk.
Income Tax. P.690/1550. I enclose Company's cheque for 16s
Re your letter 21 February
Re your letter 15 March. Repairs to bridge delayed by weather.
Re your letter 17 March. Mrs Davies will continue to pay the rent.
Framilode Swing Bridge. Re your letter 20 March. Bridge closed for repairs
Government Stocking Site Stonehouse. Company will accept notice to terminate tenancy from 1941. I will inspect site.
Lack of repair to bank of Thames & Severn Canal. Flood 16 inches deep in cellars of Navigation Office.
Income Tax. Employees' Returns and Tax Deduction Cards enclosed.
Agreement 8 March 1945 between Navigation and your Company enclosed.
Re Ash Tree fallen across our property and not removed. Obstructs intake and our sluices and weir on river. Culvert under canal will be blocked and cause flooding. You will be responsible. Other trees next to our works at Lodgemore may fall and cause further damage to our property.
Trees between locks at Newtown and Pike Bridge. Could cause serious damage and flooding. Your responsibility. Whiting
I have received your letter
Removal of two pill boxes at Whitminster and Eastington. Thank you for your letter 15 May. I return signed acceptance form. I assume we are to inform Messrs Holbrow that their estimate has been accepted. I await your instructions.
You may pass with a canoe from the Junction at Framilode to Wallbridge at your own risk and peril. Do not use the locks or bridges. Free passage. For Thames & Severn Canal contact Clerk of County Council
Pill Boxes - faded.
Framilode Bridge. Immediate repairs should be carried out. No definite management. Navigation liable if accident happens. I propose to carry out repairs arranged next week.
Official authority to start work. Inform War Dept. Land Agent
Framilode Swing Bridge. Re your letter 12 June. Repairs completed
