IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4225
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WEMBLEY STADIUM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Date(s): 1927-1992
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 4.22 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Wembley Stadium Public Limited Company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Wembley Stadium was constructed in 1922-23 as an athletics and entertainments centre for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924. It was designed by Sir John Simpson and Maxwell Ayrton and had a seating capacity of 120,000. The 14th Olympic Games were held there in 1948. The stadium was subsequently used for international football and hockey matches, greyhound racing, speedway racing, music concerts, the Football Association (FA) Cup final and Rugby League finals. It was rebuilt in 2007.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Wembley Stadium Public Limited Company relating to the stadium, 1927-1992, including Directors' Board Meetings minutes; correspondence of the Secretary; Wembley Stadium Development Scheme; financial accounts including cash books, journals, day books; wages books; employee record cards; records relating to pensions; race lists of greyhounds and their owners; legal and property records. Also records of associated company Juliana's Discotheques Limited, including minutes, memorandum and articles of association and share certificates.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Corporate Records LMA/4225/A Accounting Records LMA/4225/C Records Relating to Employees LMA/4225/D Records Relating to The Greyhounds LMA/4225/E Legal Records LMA/4225/F Associated Companies LMA/4225/G.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in 1999 (B99/055)
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009