| Description | Papers and correspondence relating to a housing contracts with J.L. Rawsthorne & Company to build 138 homes: 76 off Dragon Lane, Whiston; 24 on Clock Face Road, Bold; 22 on The Avenue, Eccleston; 8 on School Lane, Kirkby; 4 houses on Greensbridge Lane, Tarbock; 2 on Pepper St, Hale; and 2 on Chapel Lane, Cronton.
The bundle includes: signed contract between Whiston R.D.C. and J.L. Rawsthorne & Company; correspondence with Rawsthorne & Co., Martins Bank Limited and Gornall & Wainwright, Architects; Interim Development Certificates for the housing developments (March 1938); consent to loan £60,000 from the Ministry of Health (January 1938); architectural plans for the housing scheme by Gornall & Wainwright; correspondence with the District Auditor, Preston; Rawsthorne & Co.'s Final Statement of Accounts and internal council communication regarding this (1941).
Also includes correspondence with other individuals and companies who unsuccessfully tendered for the work: R. Bowdler of Rainford; Benjamin Johnson of Whiston; H. Brookfield of Halewood; J. Jones & Sons of Hunts Cross; J.W. Jones & Sons of Liverpool; Lloyd & Cross of Birkenhead; Harry Fairclough of Warrington; S. & A. Taylor of Prescot; R. & J. Bradley of Ashton-in-Makerfield; A.J. Kenwright of St. Helens; A. McColl & Son of St. Helens; Harry Horridge & Co. of Earlestown; Clough & Gaskell of Wigan. |