ELECTION POSTER/ALBERT TURNER/DISLEY/RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION.// (p.1) Monday,...

ELECTION POSTER/ALBERT TURNER/DISLEY/RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION.//

(p.1) Monday, April 5th, 1937.//

ALBERT TURNER/The Labour Candidate ... Polling from 12 noon to 8 p.m. at ST. MARY'S SCHOOLS, DISLEY.

To centre right, candidate's photograph. 26.5cm.

Pencil mss notes, in upper r.h.c. in G. Jennison's hand.

5 Councillors/Bowden 660/Mrs Brayshaw 660/1 never canvassed.

Beaumont 596, Pearson 576 (aboub)/402, Jennison all the other did.

Elected 365 not elected/Lockerbie 298 about/Lomas 175 (about).//

p.2-p.3 DISLEY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL, APRIL 5th, 1937

(Candidate's aims):-

(p.2) : AMENITIES OF THE DISTRICT

... Full use of the Town and Country Planning Act ....

SANITATION AND REFUSE DISPOSAL

... Institution of ... weekly collection of household refuse ... speedy conversion of pail closets to the w.c. system ... 'controlled tipping' recommended by the Ministry of Health, 1922 .....

HOUSING AND OVER CROWDING.

(p.3) : RENT CONTROL ... Disley residents long paid more than permitted rent ... past 2 years ... secured redress for 50 or so tenants in Disley, Newtown, and Furness Vale ... some overcharged by 4/- a week.

ASSESSMENTS

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE

PLAYING FIELDS

.... The Coronation Playing Fields ... anticipating substantial financial support from the County for this amenity .....

EVENING PLAY CENTRE

(Signed)

A. Turner

5 Sherbrooke Road,

DISLEY

March 27th, 1937

(p.4) : ALBERT TURNER/is supported by : 12 names & Bleachers' and Dyers' Union. National Union of Railwaymen.

And many others.

Details about polling, etc. as (p.1)

Printers: J. Andrew & Co. Ltd. Trade Union Printers "Herald-Reporter" Office, Hamnett St. Hyde.

Pencil mss note in G. Jennison's hand in lower r.h.c. His was the first overt attempt/to run the village/election on/political lines/

But the Tories/have been doing/it long enough/Hency Beaumont & Bowden.//

Folded. 26.6cm.