| Description | Bundle of papers and correspondence relating to the Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926.
Includes: public notice of minimum and overtime rates of wages for male and female workers in agriculture in Lancashire, broken down by age (14 to 21 years and over) and gender (April 1938); booklet, produced by the Ministry of Health, on 'free grants to house the farm workers properly'; correspondence regarding applications under the Act for improvements to Rock Savage Farm on the Bold Hall Estate (1941), unspecified land in Cronton (August 1939), and Cross Hillocks Cottages (1936); draft Whiston R.D.C. guidance, with handwritten amendments, on the conditions required for an application for assistance under the Act and a blank application form (c. 1930s); form showing level of assistance provided by Whiston R.D.C. under the Housing (Rural Workers) Acts (January 1941); statement regarding homes on South Lane, Bold, and Whitefield Lane, Tarbock (April 1952); Lancashire County Council guidance regarding assistance under the Act (c. 1938); blank application form for a grant or loan under the Act; details of publicity carried out by Whiston R.D.C. regarding the facilities offered by the Acts (May 1937); handwritten list of persons supplied with particulars of Scheme (May 1937); correspondence with, and circulars from, the Ministry of Health; draft statement, with amendments, of assistance to be offered by Whiston R.D.C. subject to the Act (March 1928); summary of replies received by the Land Agents' Society in response to the 1926 Act. |