I saw this interesting piece of information on the Hampshire Newpaper's site today at: http://www.thisishampshire.net/ I hope he belongs to one of you!! Moya Page (nee Banting) researching BANTING and PERREN in Hampshire Shock find! THE SURPRISE discovery of a 90-year-old document in Basingstoke offices has sparked an attempt to trace the family of the person it centres on. Staff from Southern Electric were tidying up their Winchester Road offices on Friday as part of acompany "dump it day" when a local manager stumbled across an apprenticeship contract dated June 1913. The agreement, signed by a man named Harold Hogarth Vevers and the local Electricity Corporation, details his hours of work, rate of pay and even includes a few sobering clauses. Manager Ric Newson, who found the document, said: "There are some interesting clauses in the agreement, one of which states that the apprentice shall 'not play cards' or other 'unlawful games' and is not allowed to 'haunt' or 'frequent' taverns." Mr Newson was tidying out files, desks and boxes from the Basingstoke office as part of a big staff clear out when he discovered the old contract, which has been passed to the Museum of Electricity in Christchurch. It states that Mr Vevers working week was 56.5 hours and his pay was 2/6d a week in the first year, rising to 5/-d in the second year and 7/6d in the third. The hard-working employee was allowed no sick pay and was granted just two weeks holiday a year. Southern Electric is now trying to trace any relatives of Mr Vevers in order to let them have a copy of this document. Are you related to Mr Vevers or can you help Southern Electric trace his relatives? Contact the newsdesk on 01256 337444 or send an e-mail to : newsdesk@basingstokegazette.co.uk