https://bealey.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/archives-there-is-something-about-the-smell-and-feel-of-a-one-hundred-and-twenty-year-old-piece-of-paper/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/bolt-label-stickers-002.jpgBolt Label Stickers https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/bolt-label-stickers-003.jpgBolt Label Stickers The designs were always very colourful and used lots of different subjects. This one of a lady in indian costume is particularly attractive.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/gmro-building-00113.jpgGMRO Building 0011https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/gmcro-006.jpgGMCROThe Greater Manchester County Record Office is where the trade mark and bolt sticker books have been sent for conservation.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/gmro-building-00112.jpgGMRO Building 0011https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/gmro-building-00111.jpgBolt Sticker BookOne of the bealey Trade mark books which is being conserved at the Greater Manchester County Record Office by Nic Raynor the conservator. This will take many hours of painstaking work to strengthen the pages and rebuild the edges of the paper before the binding can be re-attached.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/bolt-label-stickers-0011.jpgBolt Label Stickers One of the colourful images which were stuck onto wrapped bolts of cloth for export.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/bolt-label-stickers-001.jpgBolt Label Stickers One of the colourful designs which were stuck onto wrapped bolts of cloth for export.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/gmro-building-0011.jpgTrade Mark BooksOne of the bealey Trade mark books which is being conserved at the Greater Manchester County Record Office by Nic Raynor the conservator.2011-01-24T20:24:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/cataloguing-and-arrangement-what-goes-where-and-why/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/example-document-with-ref-no-32.jpgExample document with ref nohttps://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/example-document-with-ref-no-31.jpgExample document with ref no.This the reverse of a Sun Fire Office insurance policy for the Creams Paper factory which was sent to Mary Bealey in September 1843. Note the penny red stamp, rex wax seal and its catalogue reference number in the bottom right corner.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/example-document-with-ref-no-3.jpgExample document with ref no 3https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/example-documents-0041.jpgExample documentsThere can be thousands of documents in a collection which need to be arranged and catalogued so that researchers can find the information that they need.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/example-documents-004.jpgExample documents here can be thousands of documents in a collection which need to be arranged and catalogued so that they can be found.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/stacks-001.jpgThe rollong stacks.The boxes are stored on shelves which can be moved backwards and forwards by turning the handles at the end of the row.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/items-which-arent-part-of-collection-0031.jpgItems which aren't part of collection.Many items can be stored in a box, some are from completely different collections.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/items-which-arent-part-of-collection-003.jpgItems which aren't part of collection.Many things can be stored in a box, some belonging to different collections.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/example-document-with-ref-no-21.jpgExample document with ref no.This the reverse of a Sun Fire Office insurance policy for the Creams Paper factory which was sent to Mary Bealey in September 1843. Note the penny red stamp, rex wax seal and its catalogue reference number in the bottom right corner.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/example-document-with-ref-no-2.jpgExample document with ref noThis is the reverse of a Sun fire Office insurance policy for the creams paper factory. Note the penny red stamp, the red wax seal on the right and it's catalogue reference number written at the bottom right corner.2011-01-17T11:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/1856-a-year-in-the-life-of-mary-bealey-as-told-by-her-cheques/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/mary-bealey-cheques-012.jpgMary Bealey ChequeA cheque written in February 1856 drawn upon Mary Bealey's personal account at the bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne & Smiths of 1 Lombard Street, London. https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/mary-bealey-cheques-0042.jpgMary Bealey ChequeA cheque written in February 1856 drawn upon Mary Bealey's personal account at the bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne & Smiths of 1 Lombard Street, London. https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/mary-bealey-cheques-0041.jpgMary Bealey Cheques A cheque written in february 1856 drawn upon Mary Bealey's personal account at the bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne & Smiths of 1 Lombard Street, London. https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/mary-bealey-cheques-004.jpgMary Bealey Cheques A cheque written in february 1856 drawn upon Mary Bealey's personal account at the bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne & Smiths of 1 Lombard Street, London. https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/mary-bealey-cheques-011.jpgMary Bealey Cheques The brown paper packet containing the cheque stubs and cheques of Mary Bealey.2011-01-12T12:30:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/mary-bealeys-methodist-chapel/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/harriers1.jpgClose Wesleyan Harrier TeamGradually, other activities were included for the children of the chapel and school. These are the Close Wesleyan Harrier Team in 1902.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/harriers.jpgClose Wesleyan Harrier TeamGradually, other activities were included for the children of the chapel and school. These are the Close Wesleyan Harrier Team in 1902.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/close-day-school-teachers-large2.jpgClose Day School Teachers The teachers of Close Day School who tought the different classes to the children of the Bealey's works. https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/close-day-school-teachers-large1.jpgClose day School Teachers The teachers of Close Day School who tought the different classes to the children of the Bealey's works. https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/close-day-school-teachers-large.jpgClose day School Teachers The teachers at Close Day School.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/close-methodist-chapel-large1.jpgClose Methodist Chapel largeMary Bealey's Close Methodist Chapel.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/chapel-building-tenders-bills-002.jpgChapel building tenders & bills 002Tenders from tradesmen and bills for the work carried out. Click on the image to enlarge.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/chapel-building-committee1.jpgChapel Building CommitteeMary Bealey's request for permission to erect a chapel at Radcliffe Close which was submitted to the Chapel Building Committee. Click on the image to enlarge.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/chapel-building-committee.jpgChapel Building CommitteeMary Bealey's request for permission to erect a chapel at Radcliffe Close which was submitted to the Chapel Building Committee. Click on the image to enlarge.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/chapel-land-clearance-for-foundation-stone-ceremony-003.jpgChapel land clearance for foundation stone ceremony.Agreement between Mary Bealey and Thomas Hall dated 10th April 1838. 2012-03-05T09:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/great-plans-for-the-future-but-what-are-they/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/plan-id-006.jpgPlan ID 006This blueprint tells us that these were purifiers, but wh don't know what they were for or how it fitted into the overall manufacturing or bleaching processes of the factory.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/plan-id05.jpgPlan ID05Does anyone know what this is or what it was used for?https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/plan-id-004.jpgPlan ID2010-12-15T12:25:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/lest-we-forget-the-bealeys-and-the-great-war-part-3/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/fwwhaigposter.jpgBritonsAnother of the Kitchener recruiting posters from WWI.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/wwi-documents-032-cropped1.jpgRobert LomasRobert Lomas in his uniformhttps://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/radcliffewm.jpgRadcliffeWMRadcliffe war memorial as seen on the "Roll of Honour" site compled by Laura Vizard.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/wwi-documents-013.jpgThomas HayesThomas Hayes' entry in the Bealey's wages allowance book.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/wwi-documents-041.jpgThomas Hayeshttps://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/wwi-documents-043-cropped.jpgThomas HayesThomas Hayes in his uniformhttps://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/wwi-documents-039.jpgWilliam Henry Hollandhttps://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/wwi-documents-037-cropped.jpgWilliam Henry HollandWilliam Henry Holland in his uniformhttps://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/wwi-documents-034-cropped.jpgRobert Lomashttps://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/wwi-documents-032-cropped.jpgRobert LomasRobert in his uniform.2010-11-11T20:37:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/lest-we-forget-bealeys-and-the-great-war-part-1/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/niederzwehren-cemetary.jpgNiederzwehren CemeteryNiederzwehren Cemetery, Frederick's last resting place and a long way from home in Bury, Lancashire.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/frederick-bealey-001.jpgFrederick Bealey Major Frederick Arthur Harold Bealey at Bad colberg prisoner of war camp, 1918.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/neverforget1.jpgPoppyAn evocative image of trench warfare in the Great War.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/neverforget.jpgNever Forget PoppyA beautifully evocative image showing trench warfare in WWI.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/remembrance_day___poppy_day_by_daliscar1.jpgRemembrance Day Poppyhttps://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/images.jpgPoppy2010-11-11T09:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/lest-we-forget-the-bealeys-and-the-great-war-part-2/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/prestwich-a-c-bealey-jr.jpgPrestwich A C Bealey JrAdam Crompton Bealey Jr. is remembered on the gravestone of his mother Lydia and brother Samuel.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/jerusalem-cemetery.jpgJerusalem cemeteryJerusalem War Cemetery, Israel where Adam Crompton Bealey lies.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/bealey_a.jpgA.C. BealeyAdam Crompton Bealey's grave in the Jerusalem War Cemetery.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/badge_122.gifbadgeBadge of the Somerset Light Infantry 3 & 4 Btn (Prince Albert) 1908/1922https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/boerwarscroll.jpgBoer War ScrollThis is the Boer War Scroll which members of the XXth Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Voluntary Company, including Adam, received in their return home. https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/their-name-liveth-for-evermore.jpgTheir name liveth for evermoreEach of the Commonwealth cemeteries has a large Stone of Remembrance and they all carry the same inscription devised by Rudyard Kipling: “Their Name Liveth For Evermore”.2016-09-15T06:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/bleachers-association-archive/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/quarry-bank-mill.jpgQuarry Bank MillQuarry Bank Mill https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/quarry-bank-mill-tower.jpgQuarry Bank Mill TowerQuarry Bank Mill owned by the National trust, is the home of the Bleachers' Association Archive.2010-11-05T16:38:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/good-times-and-bad-times-with-the-bleachers-association/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bleachers-association-3-large.jpgFalling profitsThe falling profits of Bealey's led to a loss per ton of cloth bleached in 1934 and 1935.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bleachers-association-small1.jpgBleachers' Association Annual Report The Managing Directors are concerned about the costs of Bealey's "branch" of the Association. https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bleachers-association-small.jpgBleachers' Association Annual ReportBealey's costs seem to be higher than other branches in the association and so Mr Thwaites is asked to explain why.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bleachers-association.jpgShirting Starchers' AssociationAt this meeting of the Shirting Starchers' Association, it was decided to reduce the cost of light shirting and that a meeting should be held every Friday at Glaister's office to report where the reduction had been made.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bleachers-association-001small.jpgBleachers Association MeetingImportant business decisions were made at the Associations' meetings which could affect the profitability and demand of their goods.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bleachers-association-5-002.jpgBleachers Association hotel receiptsWith that amount of alcohol being consumed at the monthly meetings, it looks as though the Association members knew how to enjoy themselves.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bleachers-association-4-large.jpgBleachers Association Minute BookThe lighter side of the Association can be glimpsed from entries in the minute book such as this one recording Mr Bridson's fine.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bleachers-association-logo.jpgBleachers' Association LogoThe Bealey's were members of the Bleachers' Association and through their documents we can trace the good and the bad times for the comapany.2010-10-29T11:35:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/the-bealey-family-talk-at-radcliffe-library/2010-12-12T16:05:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/radcliffe-the-library-and-the-bealeys/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/radcliffe-library-008-large.jpgRadcliffe Library The radcliffe Library building would still be recognisible to Adam Crompton Bealey, whose benefaction enabled the town to enjoy the new leisure and education facilities for generations.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/radcliffe-library-009-small.jpgRadcliffe Library lending departmentThe lending of a wide selection of books for the general public allowed many people to enjoy a new width and depth of knowledge which they had never previously had access to.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/radcliffe-library-small.jpgRadcliffe Library reading roomThe reading room of the library provided facilities for everyone to read the latest editions of the newspapers.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/radcliffe-library-003-large.jpgRadcliffe Library lending departmentThe lending department of the new library in 1907.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/radcliffe-library-006-large.jpgRadcliffe Library on Stand LaneRadcliffe Library on the Stand Lane site, formerly the site of a chapel and a newspaper.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/a-c-bealey-large.jpgA.C. Bealey Adam Crompton Bealey, President of the Radcliffe & District Literary & Scientific Society, who bought the site of the present library for the town.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/radcliffe-library-001large.jpgRadcliffe Library 1908Radcliffe library in 1908, a year after it was built on land purchased by Adam Crompton Bealey.2017-01-19T19:57:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/publicity-and-our-bealey-poster/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bealey_poster.jpgBealey posterThis is the poster which we have put up in the local libraries, the art gallery and the museum.2010-10-04T09:22:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/keep-the-receipt/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/crescent-ironworks-salford.jpgCrescent Ironworks, SalfordAnother example of artwork which perfectly illustrates life as it was in Salford in 1910 showing trams passing the factory gates.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/yates-seed-merchants.jpgYates Seed MerchantsCan you imagine an NHS hospital growing their own food today?https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/james-lawless.jpgJames LawlessBury Market lives on!https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/britannia-mills-cobden-street.jpgBritannia Mills, Cobden StreetTheir corporate identity was important to the Mill owners, who commissioned these idealised images of their Mills.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/bealey-hospital-receipts-005.jpgJames Rider & Son ButchersThis is a perfect example of how illustrations were used to embellish everyday items such as receipts.2010-09-28T11:09:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/about/2015-02-26T19:04:34+00:00weekly0.6https://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/richard-bealeys-grand-tour-1830/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/english_school-giraffe.jpgenglish_school-giraffeRichard was able to touch the giraffe and was most impressed by it.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/pantheon-panini.jpgPantheon-paniniThe pantheon in Rome, Richard would have visited this and many other famous classical sites and antiquities on the nineteenth century "tourist trail".https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/popepiusviii.jpgPopepiusviiiPope Pious VIII who died in November 1830 not long after rRchard saw him in Rome.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cruikshank_-_traveling_in_france.pngCruikshank_-_Traveling_in_FranceCruikshank's cartoon of a "dilligence" departing on its journey in France.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/map1.jpgmapTypical grand tourist route, similar to the one Richard took in 1830.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/map.jpgmapTypical grand tourist route, similar to the one Richard took in 1830.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/algiers.jpgAlgiersRichard raced to the coast at Marseilles see the french fleet before it sailed into battle at Algiers.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/grand-continental-tour-pics-2-005.jpgGrand & Continental Tour Pics 2 005Richard describes his encounter with a giraffe.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/wilson_lake_avernus_and_the_island_of_capri_c17601.jpgWilson_Lake_Avernus_and_the_island_of_Capri_c1760Richard's description of the scenery he saw on his travels helps us to imagine what it was like and what he saw.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/wilson_lake_avernus_and_the_island_of_capri_c1760.jpgWilson_Lake_Avernus_and_the_island_of_Capri_c1760Richard's description of the scenery as he travelled brings his journey to life helping us imagine scenes such as this.2010-11-17T17:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/where-to-start-the-bealey-family-tree/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/tree.jpgStarting Treehttps://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/joseph-1717-1797.jpgJoseph Bealey (1717-1797)2010-08-27T08:35:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/volunteering-studying-and-conservation/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/helens-conservation-blog-pics-004.jpgHelens Conservation Blog Pics 004Description of trees on plans for Richard Bealey's orchard. They seem to be mostly varieties of apple and pear trees.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/orchard-label.jpgOrchard labelThe label on the plans for the orchard by Richard Bealey.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/helens-conservation-blog-pics-006.jpgHelens Conservation Blog Pics 006Maps and plans which have become torn and very fragile with age.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/conservation-blog-bundle.jpgConservation Blog bundleAn opened bundle of bills and letters still in their brown paper wrapper. Notice the original string on one small bundle and the black wax seal which fastened the bundle together for many years.2018-05-09T10:44:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/where-to-begin/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/blog-where-to-start-002.jpgBlog where to start 002My box list with the old and new box locations, how many items there are, a description and a note about their condition.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/blog-where-to-start-011.jpgBlog where to start 011These packets of loose papers about audits and accounts have been kept together but if the packets had been opened and the contents seperated out, I probably wouldn't know what papers belonged to which audit or set of accounts.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/blog-where-to-start-007.jpgBlog where to start 007Although these tradesmens' bills for the Bealey Memorial Hospital in Radcliffe look untidy, they are still in their original order as they were fastened together in 1916 during WWI.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/blog-where-to-start-005.jpgBlog where to start 005Contents of box 806. These records are about the Bleachworks business.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/archival-boxes-1-003.jpgArchival boxes 1 003Archive boxes. The Bealey papers fill 37 of these boxes and 8 more larger ones with maps and plans.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/notes-list-003.jpgNotes list 003Hand written notes about the Bealey papers. Not straight forward to understand what they are trying to say at this stage!https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/original-lists2-001.jpgOriginal lists2 001Original list of box contents.2010-08-27T13:52:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/the-bealeys-and-international-trade/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cropped-japanese-imports-4.jpgCropped Japanese imports 4Meeting held in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/japanise-imports-2.jpgJapanese imports 2Extract from a British Chamber of Commerce report.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cropped-japanese-imports-3.jpgcropped Japanese imports 3Fall off in UK trade in europe due to Japanese Imports in Moroccohttps://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cropped-japanese-imports-1.jpgCropped Japanese imports 1Urgent letters from British cotton traders looking for customers in Europe.https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cropped-eric-birch-complaint-letters1.jpgEric Birch & Sydney Hudson complaint lettersComplaint letters from British cotton merchants in Saigon & Singapore.2010-08-24T18:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/bury-international-exhibition/https://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/bury-archives-entrance1.jpgBury Archives EntranceEntrance to the archives and museumhttps://bealey.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/archive-exterior1.jpgBury Archives & Museum2010-09-08T20:53:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/the-bealey-family-tree/2010-08-20T12:19:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/the-bealey-papers/2010-10-19T10:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bealey.wordpress.comdaily1.02018-05-09T10:44:11+00:00