At the dawn of the 20th Century the hand-written letter was King! The first commercially available typewriters were produced by Remington in the 1870s but were prohibitively expensive so were only found in large businesses. It is widely considered that the introduction of the typewriter opened-up the working world to women. Typing classes became popular in ...
Reference: WH0974
Part of a letter written to the chair of Westerham’s Nursing Association from the Charity Commission giving suggestions as to how to disperse the remaining funds when the association was wound up following the formation of the National Health Service in 1948
Reference: WH0744
Alongside his ‘day-job’ running the Herald Steam Printing Works, printing Hookers Almanack and the Westerham Herald newspaper, Charles Hooker was Secretary of the Westerham Gas and Coke Company who ran the gas works. This would provide added income but along with that would go added responsibility. However, for all businesses at the turn of the ...
Reference: WH0943