| Description | Bundle of papers and correspondence primarily relating to the joint use of fire engines with other Councils. Includes: letter from A.F. Mann, Clerk to the Assessment Committee, Prescot Union, offering to send copies of valuation lists for Eccleston and Whiston to the Prescot U.D.C. (8 April 1895); various drafts of a Proposed Heads of Agreement for joint use of fire engine between Prescot and Whiston (all around 1899); various drafts of agreement for use of steam fire engine and fire brigade between Prescot U.D.C. and the Whiston Parish Council, along with versions naming Eccleston and Rainhill Parish Councils in addition (1899); notes regarding agreements for joint use of fire engine; two drafts of report and estimate of cost for the fire engine (May 1899); letter, with original envelope, from Frederick Barlow, Saddler and Harness Maker, Prescot and Huyton, with an estimate of cost for a fire engine harness (May 1899); newspaper cutting detailing Aughton Parochial Committee's discussions over a proposed steam fire engine (1899); two versions of a draft agreement between Prescot U.D.C and William Rose & Co., Salford, for the supply of a steam fire engine (1899); proofs of rules and regulations for the Prescot U.D.C. Fire Brigade (1899) and final publication as a small booklet (1900); statement of expenditure and average cost of maintenance of steam fire engine over five years (1901-1906); correspondence from Thomas Seddon, Baker, St. Helens Road, Prescot, requesting payment for the upkeep of horses that are available for use by the fire brigade (September-December 1906); letter from Whiston Parish Council objecting to the level of payment they are making for the use of the fire engine (12 December 1906); two letters from G.W. Swift, Clerk to Huyton-with-Roby Urban District Council, enquiring about terms for the fire engine to deal with fires in the Huyton-with-Roby district (August-September 1907); copy of a letter from Henry Cross and Son to Mrs. C. Harrison, Laundry Cottages, Marton, near Blackpool, regarding legal proceedings against her by Mr. Taylor (12 October 1907); letters from David Seddon, Clerk to the Whiston Parish Council, regarding agreement of terms for the use of the fire engine (November 1912-March 1913); and draft agreements between Prescot U.D.C. and Whiston Parish Council for the use of the fire engine and fire brigade (1913). |