Brocklehurst Saga; being the history of the firm of Brocklehurst & Co, auctioneers, valuers and estate agents of Macclesfield, Cheshire
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- Author(s) Massey, Harry
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1971
- Pages 65pp
- Publisher The firm
- Place Published Macclesfield
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- Name Cheshire Archives & Local Studies
- City Chester
- County Cheshire
- Country England
- Postcode CH1 1RL
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An account of the writer's business career at Brocklehursts which he joined in 1915 and was a partner in from 1922. Anecdotal, detailed and illuminating, describing the work of the firm - eg in rating valuation; advisers to local public house owners, Ind Coope; dealing with compensation claims re redundant public houses arising out of Licensing Consolidation Act, 1910; work as expert witness; etc. Ends his account in 1957