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Reference Number496.5 BA11241/E15/Box 5/2
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/11/11
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; duties and appointment of staff; advertising the city; use of recreation ground for food production during World War Two, and re-conversion after it had ended; 'Holidays at Home' programme of events for workers' leave; military practice and parades; erosion of river banks; Victory celebrations and honorary freedom of the city given to Prime Minister Winston Churchill; proparations for race meetings at Pitchcroft, and work required to the ground beforehand; Perdiswell Aerodrome; damage caused by 1947 floods; homes for disabled soldiers and sailors; and the Three Counties Show.
Date1944-1948
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