| Description | Whiston Rural Old Age Pension Sub-Committee Minute Book.
Includes loose inserts: handwritten letter from HM Customs and Excise to the Clerk, Whiston Rural Pension Sub-Committee, regarding a question about an individual's case (August 1938); notice of a decision by the Ministry of National Insurance concerning a pensions appeal (September 1946); handwritten letter requesting an appeal against a pension decision (November 1947); various government circulars regarding pensions; notices of decisions by the Minister of National Insurance to deny or entitle pension claim (1946-1948); handwritten letter thanking the Committee for a decision in favor of the sender (June 1948); handwritten notes; typescript copy of a message to Old Age Pension Committees from the Chancellor of the Exchequer (undated); typescript letter from the Clerk of the Local Pension Committee, Lancashire County Council, regarding appointment of members to the Whiston Pension Sub-Committee (March 1946); typescript letter from the Clerk of the Local Pension Committee, Lancashire County Council, regarding the transfer of functions from the Old Age Pension Committees to the National Assistance Board (May 1948); handwritten letter regarding the sender's aunt, a patient in the County Mental Hospital, Rainhill, who has been refused a pension (February 1948). |