Correspondence with Alfred Ridgway

Scope and Content

Correspondence between Alfred Ridgway, journalist, and W.P. Crozier, relating to the termination of Ridgway's employment in the city office of the Manchester Guardian, with discussion of notice period, and an appeal from Ridgway for the decision to be reconsidered, which is declined. There is a request by Ridgway to be considered for employment in the Manchester office of the paper, with the provision of specimens of previous work, which is declined owing to a lack of vacancies. Also included are internal memoranda and correspondence on the subject between Crozier and Richard Freund, journalist.