Letter from Claudia Jones to Billy Strachan

Title: Letter from Claudia Jones to Billy Strachan
Description: Claudia Jones linked with London's activist networks and regularly exchanged information with them. In this letter she is requesting information from Billy Strachan on the Jamaican sugar industry.
Creator: Claudia Jones
Location: London, England
Date: 24 July 1962
Collection: Activism
Subject: Claudia Jones
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Item Number: 57

Transcript:

West Indian Gazette
A Periodical of West Indian News and Opinions
250, Brixton Road, London, S.W.9

YOUR REF

TELEPHONE BRIxton 1754

OUR REF CJ/JS

24th July, 1962.

Mr. Bill Strachan,
146, Colin Crescent,
Hendon,
London, N.W.4.

Dear Billy,
Recently I am getting many requests for information on Jamaica Sugar Workers and other West Indian Islands. Requests range from comparison of retail sugar prices with that of the British market, wages as compared to Britain and seasonal employment. You will remember I sent a similar request to you earlier, I wonder if you could let me have this information as soon as possible since I have at the moment a request for this information.

Perhaps you could send the information direct to:

Mr. Douglas Williams,
25 Belvidere Road,
Wallasey,
Cheshire.

he wants this urgently.

Trevor has told me that you agree to do an article for, the Jamaica Independence issue. I am very pleased of course that you have so agreed, since I believe this article will be an indespensible contribution to the issue.

With all good wishes.
Yours sincerely,
MISS CLAUDIA JONES
Editor.

A letter written with a type-writer addressed to 'Mr. Bill Strachan'. The header shows that it was written on behalf of the 'West Indian Gazette: A Periodical of West Indian News and Opinion' and gives the newspaper's address and telephone number. It it signed by hand by Claudia Jones as the editor of the Gazette.