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Arguments in favour of changing from a flat rate system of charging (simple charge per unit of gas consumed) to a two-part tariff (service charge plus charge for gas consumed) or a block rate tariff (price per unit of gas reduces as more gas is consumed).

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Report on 'The functions and Constitution of the Regional Councils'.

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Sent by K. W. H. Bloor to his parents stating that he is well and a prisoner of the Italians.

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Between the dates 1050 and 1795. Includes notes for an article or address about the origin of coinage, the pound sterling and the value of money over the centuries.

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Article (possibly unfinished) giving road safety advice to cyclists and motorists.

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Allegorical tale about putting capital to work.

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Suggests the separation of the coke and gas industries, and the fact that coke is old fashioned and gas up to date.

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File with the text of an address and a list of lantern slides. Please note, the original lantern slides were not deposited with the archives service.

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On the subject of Braque’s painting, the Man With a Guitar in particular and modern art in general.

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Sarcastic prayer and hymn alluding to the lethargy and inefficiency of Civil Servants.

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Report on 'The functions and Constitution of the Regional Councils'.

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The report itself is missing.

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At present this collection only comprises one file with the text of an address and a list of lantern slides. Please note, the original lantern slides were not deposited with the archives service.

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Poem written to announce that the Bloors were expecting a child.

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As listed by H. E. Bloor.

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The envelope contains seven photographs of old gas fires and other gas appliances.

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The report explains the Corporation’s policy for the supply of energy to Council houses and their building of 'All electric' houses. He proposed to write to the Finance Committee to request a meeting to put the case for gas to be supplied to the houses.

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Article bemoaning the way in which the Socialist Government was being held to ransom by the Trade Unions.

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Includes general files, patent specifications, prototypes, documents relating to H E Bloor's interests, documents relating to the gas industry in York and elsewhere, the Gas Undertakings Bill 1934, newspaper cuttings and personal papers. See file level descriptions for more detailed information about this collection.

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Published books retained by Harold Edgar Bloor during the course of his life.

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In an exercise book. Tables of analysis of coals from collieries in England and Wales, and the amounts of gas, coke, tar etc. they produce.

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Includes cuttings from the First World War, report of the presentation to H E Bloor on leaving Carlisle Gas Works, cuttings from the Second World War dealing with some of its more controversial aspects, H. E. Bloor’s son’s capture by the Italians etc.

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Includes correspondence, original writings and other documents relating to the life and work of Harold Edgar Bloor.

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Application for the position of Engineer and Manager, with references attached. Also includes the Annual Report of the Gas Department of the City of Carlisle.

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With handwritten draft.

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Includes cuttings from the First World War, report of the presentation to H E Bloor on leaving Carlisle Gas Works, cuttings from the Second World War dealing with some of its more controversial aspects, H. E. Bloor’s son’s capture by the Italians etc.

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General files on a variety of topics retained by Harold Edgar Bloor during the course of his working life.

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Includes report of the General Committee to the Supporters of the National Gas Congress and Exhibition 1913, statement of accounts 1912-1914 and list of contributions from gas undertakings.

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H. E. Bloor’s report and recommendations for the reconstruction of the York Gas Works plus the report by Corbet Woodall and Son, Civil Engineers, London on which it was based.

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Files relating to a variety of different subjects in which Harold Bloor was working.

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Report by H. E. Bloor on the effects of World War I on the gas industry. Includes a report on the British Gas Industry by Bernard de Comminges and letters from him dated 1936.

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Regarding sliding scale provisions.

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Paper read by H. E. Bloor to the British Commercial Gas Association Northern District Conference in Newcastle.

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Extract from Mr. Bloor’s Report of October 1914 on 'THE WAR'. How fluctuations in the price of gold during the war could affect the Sliding Scale (a formula which established a relationship between the maximum dividend payable to shareholders.

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The letter regrets the adverse effects that the war was having on Christmas and thanks them for the money they sent to him to bring some poor people a little comfort.

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Regarding sliding scale provisions.

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Files relating to patents, the gas industry and the future of gas in York. Includes reports and associated correspondence written by H E Bloor.

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H. E. Bloor’s report to the Directors of the York Gas Company regarding the installation of stoking machinery in the Retort House at York.

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H. E. Bloor’s report to the Directors of the York Gas Company on the carbonising plant and stoking machinery at the old works.

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Application for revision of the sliding scale. Includes sections on the history of the sliding scale, the special circumstances of the York Gas Company and why the sliding scale should be revised. Typed copy and a more complete hand written copy.

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Thanking him for his letter of sympathy following the death of the Bloors’ daughter.

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The posting relates to West Riding Motor Volunteer Corps. No. 4 Group.

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H. E. Bloor’s letter to the National Gas Council presented to a Board Meeting of the York Gas Company regarding the post war reconstruction and development of the York Gas Works.

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H. E. Bloor’s report to the Directors of the York Gas Company covering the five financial years 1914 to 1918 inclusive including a comparative analysis of the accounts.

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Address given after his election to President. 2 copies.

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Paper given by H. E. Bloor and Dr. Samuel Rideal to the Ninth Annual Conference of the British Commercial Gas Association in Sheffield. 'Gas for lighting in housing schemes'.

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Lists the real and imagined advantages of gas lighting over electric.

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Article reviewing the activities of the British Commercial Gas Association and a copy of the Bulletin of the British Commercial Gas Association, Vol. X. No. 102 in which the article is printed on page 127.

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Thanking Bloor for a cheque and his friendship.

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Consulting Engineer H. E. Bloor. Includes blue prints and contract with Gibbons Bros. Ltd., Dudley.

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Report on how the cost is determined.

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Documents relating to the report in BLO/1/6.

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Copy of a speech given on the 100th birthday of James Melrose, director of the Gas Company, 5/8/1928. Includes letters of congratulation from businesses associated with the Gas Company, letters of condolence following his death in February 1929 and obituary.

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Correspondence and reports regarding a damages claim made by Mrs T. W. Magson, 17, Emerald Street when she tripped over a flagstone reinstated by the Gas Company in Warwick Street following a repair of a gas leak.

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Correspondence regarding the appointment of A. Allanson as Manager of Minster Engineering (Chairman H. E. Bloor), as well as evidence collected by H. E. Bloor about the poor performance of A. Allanson and his alleged conspiracy with Rymer of Bootham Engineering.

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Correspondence regarding the Klonne gasholder built built by them at York (NB La Louviere), problems with the packing rings, the lift, problems with the passport of the German Erector in York and grease leaking round the rivets.

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Arbitrator H E Bloor.

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Regarding the Klonne gasholder explosion at La Louviere in Belgium 1932. Includes correspondence, newspaper cuttings, reports, reports of experiments carried out, pressure charts and drawings of details of the gasholder.

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Some correspondence but mainly expert reports from a variety of sources (including H.E.Bloor) on the inspections at La Louviere and suggestions regarding possible causes of the explosion.

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In July 1932 a joint committee of representatives of the National Gas Council and the British Commercial Gas Association was set up to consider the supply of gas to Government Departments, County Councils etc.

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Correspondence and reports by H. E. Bloor regarding the explosion in a Klonne gas holder at La Louviere, Belgium on 4/10/1932.

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Regarding the invention of humidification by means of domestic heating apparatus by H.E.Bloor. Hand written and typed copies of a description of the apparatus.

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2 copies.

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Hand written report on the probable sequence of events that led to the explosion, with calculations to support the theory.

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Includes correspondence regarding a robot illuminated sign lit by gas, patent specification and some correspondence regarding the cigarette paper made from tobacco stalks.

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Correspondence with Franklin Thorp (Engineers, Patentees and Scientific Apparatus Manufacturers) regarding H. E. Bloor’s idea for the manufacture of cigarette paper from tobacco (samples included) and their unsuccessful attempts to sell the idea.

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Correspondence regarding an arrangement between H. E. Bloor and Bentley Engineering for H. Bentley to rent space at Minster Engineering for storage and manufacturing. H. Bentley runs into financial difficulties, apparently owing H. E. Bloor money.

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Provisional patent specification for 'Improvements in or relating to cinematographic films and cameras' i.e. a camera producing three-dimensional films. Also includes correspondence regarding a humidification / air-conditioning invention, patent specification.

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Reprint from the Yorkshire Herald 4/1/1933 in which H. E. Bloor’s letter to the York City Council is reproduced. The Council were considering converting some of the gas street lights to electricity and the letter lists all the advantages of gas.

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Subtitled 'Laddy'. Story about the last days of the Bloors’ aged dog told from the perspective of the dog. The dog looks forward to Easter when master Ken (the Bloors’ son) will be home from boarding school but it becomes paralysed and is put to sleep.

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H. E. Bloor’s report to the Directors of the York Gas Company on the output of gas and how demand may be increased. Includes a letter to the City Engineer, F. W. Spurr, arguing for the supply of gas to council houses, list of quantities gas sold.

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Notes for a speech to the Rotary club entitled 'My visit to Canada and the USA'.

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Report favouring the use of gas in housing instead of electricity.

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Extensive report on the future of the gas industry and how to deal with the competition from electricity.

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Files relating to a variety of different subjects in which Harold Bloor was working.

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The conference was dealing with the development and extension of gas supplies.

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Includes correspondence between H.E.Bloor and the Horstmann Gear Co. Ltd. regarding the production under licence and the naming of the Newblor Pilot Caps, as well as 1952/53 letters regarding royalty payments.

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Correspondence regarding the cigarette paper made from tobacco between A. H. Downes-Shaw (Imperial Tobacco), J. H. Player (Nottingham) and J. N. Derbyshire (accountant, Nottingham).

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Correspondence between George Beloe Ellis, Solicitor and Chartered Patent Agent, London and H.E.Bloor regarding a licence agreement with The Horstmann Gear Company Limited, Bath for the production of the Nublor Pilot Caps invented by H.E.Bloor.

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