| Description | Handwritten minute book of the Public Offices Committee (the building of council offices) of the Huyton-with-Roby Local Board and Urban District Council. Includes handwritten copies of correspondence between the Huyton Local Board and Lord Derby's solicitors in reference to the new Public Offices and correspondence regarding an appropriate welcome for Lord and Lady Derby on returning from abroad. Includes newspaper cuttings pasted to the inside cover advertising tenders relating to the committee (May 1896), along with loose newspaper cuttings (in sleeves) of tender advertisements published by other local councils. |