| Description | This material consists of two souvenir brochures produced by the Association as part of their Jubilee celebrations. The first was produced to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the United Chain Makers' & Chain Strikers' Association, Saltney, Pontypridd & Staffordshire in 1889, and the second was produced to mark the fiftieth anniversary of this foundation. The brochures contains a short history of the Association, together with profiles and photographs of the officials in 1914 and in 1939. The 1939 brochure also contains an account of the celebrations at Chester at the Town Hall, and the service attended by members of the Association and their employers at Chester Cathedral on 16 July.
Both brochures also include photographs of the Executive Council, the Committee of Employers Association, and photographs of chainmakers at work in some of the factories which employed members of the Association.
The 1914 brochure contains a list of members of the Association, and of the Block Chain Makers Association. The 1939 brochure contains a list of firms whose employees took part in the Jubilee Celebrations at the front of volume, and a list of past Presidents of the Association at the back. |