| Description | Very large bundle of general correspondence from the office of the Whiston Rural District Council Clerk, J.R. Henley, covering a large range of subjects.
Includes: government circulars regarding the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1952, the employment of older men and women (1954), planning appeals (1953), the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953, the Local Government Superannuation Act, 1953, and the improvement of housing accommodation under the Housing Act, 1949 (1951); notice of an inquiry into the proposed extension of Litherland Urban District (Feb 1953); proposal to alter petty sessional divisions from Lancashire Magistrates' Courts Committee (Jan 1953); address given by Mr. Henley to the Parish Councils Association Area Committee (Jun 1954); Lancashire County Fire Brigade summary of fires (Mar 1953, Jun 1953); Engineer and Surveyor's report (Feb 1953); correspondence with the National Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators (Apr 1954); correspondence regarding planning and estates - 65 Alder Road, Prescot; 14 Cecil Drive, Eccleston; 2 Edward Road, Whiston; Lester Drive, Eccleston; Four Topped Oak Cottages, South Lane, Bold; 10 Whitefield Lane, Tarbock; Mill Lane, Rainhill; 43 [formerly 39] Africander Road; 72 Dragon Lane, Whiston (1950 - 1954); rates levied in the Whiston district for 1938/39, 1946/47 and 1953/54 (Apr 1954); correspondence with the War Damage Commission, Liverpool, regarding bomb damage to Laurel Road and Hawthorn Road, Prescot (Jan 1954); correspondence regarding ownership of a proposed road between 137 and 139 Dragon Lane, Whiston (Jul 1953); figures for Customs and Excise of the area and population of Halewood (May 1953); correspondence regarding attendance at public meeting arranged by the British Productivity Council (1954); correspondence with Lancashire County Council regarding the County Rate Precept 1955/56 (Mar 1955); letter from the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors regarding annual and public holidays with pay schemes (Jul 1950); letter from a council house tenant expressing concern about their lack of privacy if a new home is constructed backing onto them - Trent Close and Dee Road, Rainhill (Jul 1950); correspondence with Halewood and Rainhill Parish Councils regarding administrative issues (1951 - 1954); correspondence with Lancashire County Council regarding the provision of community centres in Kirkby (Apr 1953); correspondence with the Southdene Tenants Association, Kirkby, regarding extending bus services and providing bus shelters (Oct 1954); correspondence with Lancashire County Council regarding civil defence equipment, training and the minutes of a meeting with Geoffrey de Freitas, M.P., Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (1949 - 1954); two letters to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government regarding the Knowsley Married Quarters Estate (1952 - 1953); letter from the Borough and Water Engineer regarding the maintenance of street lamps in Windle (Dec 1953); letter to J.E. MacColl, M.P. for Widnes, regarding street work proposals for the Royal Oak Farm Housing Estate, Whiston (Nov 1953); details of decisions made by the North Western Whitley Council for Local Authorities' Services relating to pay, qualifications and accommodation (Apr 1953); letter to B. Taylor, Prescot, regarding support for the public appeal on behalf of the Prescot Cables A.F.C. (Mar 1955); letter from R. Muir Wilson regarding the Council's Chain of Office (Jul 1955); correspondence regarding Stapleton Avenue, Rainhill (Feb 1955); correspondence with Lancashire County Council and government circulars regarding the Fire Services Act, 1947 (1947 - 1948); correspondence, with map showing proposed sites on Holt Lane, Warburton Hey and St. Helens Road, regarding a new building for the Rainhill Ward Labour Party (Oct 1950); details of formulae used by various authorities in fixing the rentals and selling prices of houses converted into flats (Oct 1950); information regarding the Merseyside Development Area encouraging industry in Merseyside (Oct 1950); correspondence with residents and the Ramblers' Association regarding the alleged obstructions of footpaths at Boundary Farm and The Grange, Holland's House, Halewood (1948 - 1950); summary of discussions at the National and Local Government Officers' Association annual conference (Jun 1953); details of Widnes Corporation Transport Department's intention to close the Widnes - St. Helens Railway Passenger Line and extended bus services (1951); copies of correspondence between the Divisional Planning Office and Messrs. Crossley and Schofield, Blackburn, regarding development of the Kirkby Trading Estate since its time as the Royal Ordnance Factory (Jul 1951); correspondence with a resident on Brookfield Avenue, Rainhill, regarding improvements to the street (Jul 1951); letter concerning the Lancashire Playing Fields Association's Silver Jubilee Appeal (Jul 1951); letter from a disabled ex-service man, of Lyme Close, Huyton, alleging illegal appointment of Presiding Officer and Poll Clerk positions by Whiston R.D.C. (Jul 1951); correspondence with a resident of Higher Road, Halewood, regarding a breakdown in refuse collection (Feb 1952); correspondence with St. Helens and District Hospital Management Committee arranging a visit to Whiston Hospital by the Chair of Whiston R.D.C. (Dec 1951); correspondence with a resident of Mill Brow, Eccleston, regarding the supply of a dust bin (Feb 1952); letter concerning letting and caretaker arrangements for Knowsley Village Hall (Dec 1951); complaint from Prescot, Huyton and District Trades Council regarding Whiston R.D.C's decision to allow 50% of new housing to be built by private licence (Dec 1951); details of Life Assurance Scheme to cover House Purchase Loans from Royal Insurance Company Ltd., Warrington (1951); invitation to a musical evening at the Prescot Congregational Church Schoolroom (Feb 1952); minutes of Lancashire County Council meeting (Mar 1952); complaints from a resident of Bleak Hill Road, St. Helens, regarding refuse collection (Aug 1951); letters from Lancashire Education Committee regarding appointment of Representative Governors of County Secondary Schools to Whiston County Secondary Modern School, Prescot Grammar School and Knowsley Longview County Secondary Modern School (Jun 1952); notes and calculations regarding housing loans from the Public Works Loan Board (1953); table showing the existing and prospective debt attached to drainage and other health services (Mar 1952); minutes of a meeting of the Society of Clerks of Rural District Councils (Jan 1953); correspondence with Lord Derby offering sympathy following the "horrible crime" perpetrated at Knowsley Hall - a reference to the murder by Harold Winstanley of two butlers (and injuring Lady Derby) at Knowsley Hall on 9 October 1952 (Oct 1952); invitation to the opening of the Firemen's Houses at Whiston (Sep 1952); list of new houses built on the Liverpool Corporation Housing Estate, Kirkby (Nov 1952); correspondence with the Earl of Derby's Estates regarding Lord Derby's intention to make alterations to Knowsley Hall (Mar 1953); summary of fires in the Whiston rural district attended by the fire brigade during January 1953; copy of the Rural District Councils Association rules (1952). |