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Reference Number496.5 BA11241/E15/Box 5/1
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/11/10
TitleGeneral Purposes Committee
DescriptionTyped minutes of the committee. Matters discussed include: lease, use, facilities, maintenance of and public order at Pitchcroft and other recreation grounds, churchyards, parks, sports facilities and the River Severn; appointment, duties and reports of the various sub-committees; wages, duties and appointment of staff; Peridswell Aerodrome; payments to the unemployed; advertising the city; Three Counties Show; workmen's wages; entertainment provision on Sunday, predominantly for war workers and military personnel; use of recreation ground for food production during World War Two; purchase of a piano previously owned by Sir Edward Elgar; 'Holidays at Home' programme for workers' summer holidays; proposed purchase of Nunnery Wood from Christ Church College, Oxford.
Date1937-1944
Related MaterialMicrofilm copy at 949.65
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