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Reference Number496.5 BA11241/E15/Box 2/2
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/11/4
TitleGeneral Purposes Committee
DescriptionHandwritten minutes of the committee. Matters discussed include purchase, lease, upkeep, byelaws and prosecutions for infringing them, and access to land and property at Moorsfields, Jews Patch and Pitchcroft; recreation grounds and facilities; shows, festivals and exhibitions; advertising the city; agricultural shows; regulation of various city charities and establishment of Dr Corbett's charity for the blind; pleasure boats; Severn Fisheries Inquiry; planned railway bridge over the River Severn; various pieces of national legislation affecting the council and city; city boundary extension; appointment and reports of sub-committees; labour exchanges and the unemployed; visit of teachers from Manitoba, Canada; proposed establishment of cavalry barracks in Worcester; train services through Worcester; coronation of George V; communication with Worcester Massachusettes concerning information booklets; opening to the public of the cathedral burial ground; promenade along the River Severn; repairs to the Old Hostel in Friar Street; telephone and postal facilities; railway facilities; railway and canal traffic; and various acts affecting workers or trades.

About two-thirds of the way through the volume, some of the pages are torn but none are missing.
Date1908-1914
Related MaterialMicrofilm copy at 949.65
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