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Collapse 04515 - LESTER'S, CHEMISTS, NUNEATON - 1872-late 20th century04515 - LESTER'S, CHEMISTS, NUNEATON - 1872-late 20th century
1 - Certificate of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain that Henry Lester is duly qualified to be registered as a chemist and druggist. London - 18 Oct 1872
Expand 2 - Accounts2 - Accounts
Expand 3 - Prescriptions3 - Prescriptions
Expand 4 - Letter book and diaries4 - Letter book and diaries
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1 - Press cuttings of Lester's advertisements in the local press, pasted into a Kodak manufacturer's catalogue - 1927-1929
2 - Press cuttings of Lester's advertisements in the local press, pasted into Cuxson, Gerrard and Co's Catalogue of surgical instruments and appliances, etc. - 1929-1932
3 - Press cuttings of Lester's advertisements in the local press, pasted into a printed catalogue of patent medicines and proprietary articles - 1932-1957
4 - Press cuttings of Lester's advertisements in the local press, pasted into "The Wine and Spirit Trade Diary 1951". - 1958-1963
5 - Booklet about the firm produced 58 years after its establishment in 1872, entitled "Over Half a Century of Service in Nuneaton." - 1930
6 - Lester and Son's Family Almanack and Price List. - 1920-1938
7 - Lester's Christmas Catalogue - 1928-1932, 1934, 1935
8 - Lester's Wine and Spirit Price List and Christmas Gift Catalogue (last two do not include gift catalogues). - 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1961, 1962
9 - Lester's posters for wines and spirits at Christmas - 1924, 1925
10 - Year Book and Medical Guide - 1937
11 - Notice of Lester's decision to close their Abbey Street shop and transfer its business to the new pharmacy next to the Post Office - [1930]
12 - Draft poster and ? press release, respecting Lester's offer to replace free of charge all breakages to spectacles for a period of one year after purchase. (Manuscript) - c.1930
13 - Lester's Camera Catalogue - 1955
14 - A.R.P: Householder's Air Raid Precautions Chart illustrating Home Office instructions on how to make a room gas proof, pamphlets listing recommended articles to have in the refuge room and hints and general instructions for the refuge room. - c.1940
15 - "The Midland Dailty Tribune" for 7th April. - 1930
16 - "Nuneaton Observer" for 5th November: the back page contains a full-page advertisment of Lester's , The Chemists and Opticians. - 1937
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