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Reference Number496.5 BA11241/E15/Box 4/2
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/11/8
TitleGeneral Purposes Committee
DescriptionTyped minutes of the committee. Matters discussed include: lease, use, facilities, maintenance of and public order (including prosecutions) at Pitchcroft and other recreation grounds, churchyards, parks, sports fields and the River Severn; appointment and duties of the various sub-committees; preservation of historic buildings; advertising the city; work schemes for the unemployed and disabled; wages, uniforms and appointment of staff; bands in parks, including noise, permits and copyright issues; inland waterways; agricultural show; local charities; civil aerodrome; proposed closure of the office of Customs & Excise; Local Government Act 1929; divorce jurisdiction and Worcester Assizes; land at Wilesmiths Timber Yard; train services through Worcester; boundary extensions; drainage of land; polling districts; factory sites, development of industry in the city and the British Industries Fair; contact with other cities called Worcester; visit of the Prince of Wales in 1932; and commissioning of a portrait of Deputy Mayoress Ogilvy.

Cover embossed with 'Vol. 3.'. Every page has been initialed by the chairman after concerns that extra typed pages could be inserted.
Date1929-1934
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