EXERCISE BOOK, CUTTINGS COLLECTION

ONE BOOK OF CUTTINGS: 51 Leaves, Watered 'silk' covers, leather corners and spine. Mid Victorian mathematical exercise book, c.186-

v.f. cover : 12 cuttings, mounted. 3 accounts of George III being assaulted, 1795, 1796 & 1800 : below, Oct. 11/52, The Great Exhibition: death of Mr. George Wombwell, November 30th 1850: Death of Carter, the "Lion King" June 26th 1847: re-appearance of ... January 2nd 1847: Col 2 'Shot Extraordinary, November 12th, 1851: How to treat a watch, Edward Grafton on Horology, undated: Death of Madame Tussaud, April 20, 1850: .... Zoological Gardens, April 4th 1840, below in pencil, Mr Broughton; Failure of John Kenyon Winterbottom, Stockport, n.d; Marriage of Mr J.C. Mathews, of the Borough Gaol to Alice, 2nd daughter of Mr Owen Roberts, Cross-Street, Manchester, n.d. "Five Minutes" - Punch's Almanack.

12 loose cuttings:

1. Mss extract copied from 'The Manchester Guardian' March 24th 1841 "Belle Vue Gardens, Hyde Park" ... The Gardens are now open .... recent improvements .... now an extension of land .... 6 .... fish ponds .....

Cream note-paper, folded. 17.4cm x 22.6cm.

2. Restaurants in Zoological Gardens ..... Berlin, London Gardens Hamburg. The Times, Monday October 9th, n.d. ? c.1880

3. .... New Ground not to be at Belle Vue. Site nr Moss Side purchased ... stand accommodation, 120,000 people. (Lloyd estate agent Mr Joshua Berry, of John Dalton Street. 16¾ acres ... hoped to open ground in September 1923 .... grand stand, 15,000 .... popular sides, 55,000 ... extra cost compared with Belle Vue site, estimated at £7,000 ... cost of materials & labour fallen by c.50%

'Manchester Evening News' Tuesday, May 9th 1922

4. Garden Planning at the Zoo. 'Future scheme' Gardens of the Zoological Society ....work for 1914 ... completion of Mappin Terraces ... extension of pheasantry.

Ink mss underlinings throughout text, also ink mss notes. Heading notes, 'I consider there is going to be a "boom" in "Zoos" but do keep Hagenbach out of Manchester by being in first .... if his venture in London is a success, you will have him North may be "White City" arrow, Prepare John for this he may faint. B.V. See Lines. What oh! ... which may be a copy of B.V. Sea Lions, Flamingoes & the devil knows what may come. JJ

Times, December 29, 1913.

5. GIRAFFES: Photograph A one day-old giraffe at Belle Vue Zoo, Manchester ... first to be born there for almost 20 yrs.

The Guardian, November 10, 1966.

6. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. BELLE VUE SEASON 1898. EVENING PROGRAMME 4 unnumbered pages. r.p.3 : 1898 in pencil.

7. Power of Kindeness. The only effective way of training animals. 'People' April 2/22

8. Leaf from calendar ? Belle Vue Calendar : APRIL 1932, 24-30

Calendar entries, in pencil

Monday 25 Belle Vue, 5.30

Vaudrey's Office, 2.30

Tuesday 26 Samuel National Liberal, 10.30

Macclesfield Assessment, 3.30

Macclesfield Education, 4.0

Wednesday 27 Iles evening, 6

Thursday 28 Stockport Court, 10.30

Belle Vue Meeting

Verso ink mss notes, in G.J.'s hand

April 18th Appointed Zoological Advisor to Belle Vue at one hundred guineas a year. I/understand W.B. Iles is their animal man, asked about animals to which he replied he had been obliged to fit animals to cages. What they wanted was a new outdoor lion house & other outdoor cages. I said lion house not required, "that in the present they lived the best in Europe" To which in reply "dont kid yourself." Later I spoke to J.H. Iles who said he would tell me personally what he wanted (remarking the time was pressing) only a fortnight to Whit Week.

9. Mr. G. JENNISON AND BELLE VUE

Mr G. Jennison ... naturalist-in-charge of B.V. Zoological Gardens ... appointed special-adviser on animal matters recently, revised articles on animals for the new edition of Liddell and Scott's "Lexicon".

Vertical ink mss note in l.h. margin, Satys M'chester Guardian in case you did not see it. Mounted on headed note-paper, About May 1932, ink mss hand, ? J.J.'s hand.

"Barwicke Lodge" Disley, Cheshire.

10. Mr. James Jennison. Obituary notice, a/c of death of James Jennison's 10th & youngest child of John Jennison, Belle Vue, bookkeeper with Longsight silk manufacturer, 18 Belle Vue Gardens, firework director ... James Morris's bird shop, London Road .... 1869 took over animals .... 1872 Wombwell's Edinburgh sale bought for £640, Maharajah ... 1878 became gardens' director .... introduced first electric light in north .... Married 1895. His son James Leonard Jennison .... 'Missing' since Battle of Vimy Ridge May last (1916).

'Manchester Guardian' December 10th 1917.

11. TO-DAY'S RUSH : A LAY MADE ABOUT THE YEAR OF THE CITY MVI. 9 stanzas poem.

Stanza 2 : 1.4 'And hold it at Belle Vue'

Stanza 8 : 1.4 'Belle Vue is just the place'

Stanza 9 : 1.10 'O'er the folly at Belle Vue'

The Manchester Guardian, June 23, 1906

12. Death of Mr John Jennison. Obituary, in envelope, ink mss note death Sept 20 1869

Proprietor ... creator of Belle Vue Gardens .... commenced life in humble position, handloom weaver ... while working at trade in Stockport commenced line of business he followed with success in Manchester c.1829 established in town's outskirts ... 'Jennison Gardens' c. ½ acre .... 1836 Belle Vue Gardens .... half an acre, only building .... wayside public house ... no capital to begin with ... 1852 ... 1st great pictures 'Siege of Algiers' died at 11.30 yesterday morning (September 19th 1869) at Belle Vue Gardens, aged 80 .....

Page 2 : 5 cuttings:

1. THE VICTORIA REGIA WATER LILY AT CHATSWORTH. Gardeners Chronicle.

2. GORTON/LEVENSHULME & LONGSIGHT. Directory 1824, written in ink mss note.

3. THIRTY-EIGHTH DAY'S SALE/WEDNESDAY the 7th of JUNE, 1786./ CURIOUS SNUFF-BOXES &c. Lot 4942 to 4053. Ink mss notes, 'Portland Museum the property of the late Duchess/of Portland sold at her late residence in Privy Garden.

4. CURIOSITIES OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH (From Stow's Chronicle, A.D. 1576)

5. CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENT. FROM THE QUIZZICAL GAZETTE, APRIL 1st, 1819

v.p.2. ... The Great Exhibition/cont from p.3. Meeting of Exhibitors.

p.3. The Great Exhibition. April 27th, details of arrangements, below SAMUEL JENNISON, BROOK HOUSE ACADEMY, CHRISTMAS 1849

v.p.3 Great Exhibition, 3 newspaper cuttings, continued from p.4.

Cutting 3 : ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

p.4 3 cuttings: 3 cols ... May 4th ... Col.3 : RETURN OF THE QUEEN/ CIRCULATION OF THE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND VISITORS.

v.p.4. 3 cuttings, May 18th B. Life, cont from cuttings of p.5. Col.2 : the DRAMA. The Great Exhibition. Col.3. ADMISSION OF EXHIBITORS/CAR-HIRE/BIRMINGHAM/THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The receipts at "world's fair" ... further increase ... no less than £4,229 ... taken ... 50,000 to 60,000 at a time ...

p.5. 3 cuttings, Col.1 : May 11th Belt's Life 1851

The Great Exhibition

Col.2 : The Great Exhibition

185 receipts for sale of season tickets ....

Col.3 : The Great Exhibition

May 25th 1851. B.Life.

v.p.5. 3 cols of cuttings:

Col.1. The Great Exhibition

June 29th Bells Life, 1851

Col.2 CONVERSAZIONE AT THE MANSION HOUSE ...

GREAT EXHIBITION ... no of visitors ... exceeded 25,000

Receipts ... 2,591

Col.3 vertically placed cutting, THE GREAT EXHIBITION June 15 1851

Lower r.h.c. Bell's Life, below ink mss notes in C19th copper plate, rd p

2 " 38

0

8p Answer.

p.6.

3 cols. cuttings:

Col.1 THE GREAT EXHIBITION

June 1st Bell's Life 1851

Col.2 THE GREAT EXHIBITION

Bell's life June 8th 1851

Receipts : May 1 to May 31

Total .... £123,861 16 6

Col.3 THE GREAT EXHIBITION

Bell's Life June 22nd 1851 ...

v.p.6. 4 cuttings 3 THE GREAT EXHIBITION

July 6th Bell's Life 1851

July 27th B.Life

July 12th ... Spectator ... ?1851

The Queen continues her morning visits .....

1 The Metropolis, Spectator July 19th

p.7. THE GREAT EXHIBITION, 5 cuttings. August 1851

1. THE GREAT EXHIBITION, August 3rd B.L.

2. THE GREAT EXHIBITION, August 10th B.L.

3. THE GREAT EXHIBITION, August 17th B.L.

4. THE GREAT EXHIBITION, August 31st B.L.

Below ink copper-plate hand. In 3038 pints, how many quarts, and

5. THE GREAT EXHIBITION August 24th B.L.

p.8. THE GREAT EXHIBITION, 5 cuttings, extracted from Bell's Life dated respectively, August, Sept 7th, 14th, 28th, 21st & Oct 5th

1 loose cutting. CRYSTAL PALACE GROUNDS (200 Acres) AND GUIDE THERETO. below REFERENCE, /1-13 for plan of Interior of Building, see next page, also, Exhibitions & Attractions, including Train Service between London Bridge/Victoria & City.

Browned at edges.

p.7. THE LAST WEEK OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Oct 12th 1851 B.L. 2 cuttings. Ink mss below cuttings, not legible.

v.p.7. 3 cuttings: cont of p.8. October 19th B.Life 1851 Grand Total £469,115 13

October 26th THE LATE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Also cont of Cutting 2 of p.8 ...the appointment of Col.Reid to the Governorship of Malta ....

Copper-plate ink mss notes below cuttings.

p.8. 2 cuttings : 1. CLOSE OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION. October 19th B.Life 1851

Cutting 1 : STATISTICS OF THE EXHIBITION ... Grand Total 6,201,856

Below ink mss notes 18 6 gal 3885

647-3

215 run. 15 gal Answer

Red ink ruled margins.

v.p.8. The Court, 2 cuttings. Spectator Febry 15th 1840

Description of Queen Victoria's Wedding.

p.9. The Court/cont. 1 cutting. Spectator, February 8th 1840 ink mss notes visible 1425

356 gal. 1 qt. Answer. red ink ruled margins.

v.p.9. Last night's gazette ... announcement of Prince Albert's title 'His Royal Highness ... also COLLEGE OF ARMS, February 7 ..... bearing of Royal Arms .... February 8th 1840.

Below: ink mss notes, firkins, gallons, and pints

.... 10080 ... Answer

In 72 6 hhd of beer, how many gallons and quarts ....

156816 qt Answer. Red ink ruled margins.

p.10 2 cuttings, 1848, May TOWN TALK ... infant princess ... Her infant Royal Highness ... christened "Louisa Caroline Alberta" in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace ...

June 1850 COURT. CHRISTENING OF PRINCE ARTHUR .. third son of ... Prince Albert ... below, ink mss notes, 4 gal. of beer, 10 gallons ?

706 gal, Answer. Margins ruled as for previous entries.

v.p.10 Ink mss notes, How many pints are in 303 hhd. 38 gals. 3 qt. 1pt of beer?

... 131207 p.t. Answer.

p.11 Dry Measure

In 23 quarters of corn, how many bushels?

184 answer.

How many pecks are in 161 gallons?

... 80 peck 1 gal. Answer.

v.p.11 In 2906 pecks, how many bushels? ....726 bus. 2 pec. Answer

In 367 quarts of corn, how many bushels?

11 bu. 1 pec. 1 gal. 3 qt. Answer.

p.12 How many pecks are in 442 qt. 5 bu. 3 pk of wheat?

.... 14167 pecks. Answer

Reduce 278 ch. 34 bu. of coals to bushels?

10042 bu. Answer?

v.p.12 In 3898 pecks of wheat, how many quarts?

12191.6 bu. pec. Answer

In 24967 bushels of oaks, how many lasts?

312 busls. 7 bu. Answer.

p.13 Time Reduce 16 hr Omi to minutes?

1000 mi Answer

In 271 days, how many weeks, and months?

9 mo. 2w. 5 dys. Answer

v.p.13 Reduce 11 days to hours and minutes

15840 minutes

Reduce 9 mo. 17 hr to hours

mo hour

60163 hrs Answer.

p.14 Reduce 2 mo. 3 days, 16 min. to minutes?

56176 min. Answer

In 426900 seconds, how many minutes, hours and days.

49 d. 9h. 15 mins. Answer

v.p.14

Motion

In 1800, how many minutes and seconds?

648000 Answer

In 21 o 10'43 how many seconds?

76243 Answer

p.15 How many degrees in 670 minutes?

11o 10' Answer

How many thirds in one sign.

6480000 Answer

v.p.15 How many thirds are in a great circle?

77760000 Answer.

p.16 What is the sun's place in the ecliptic, his longitude being 700809 seconds?

6 signs 14o 40-9" Answer

v.p.16 Compounde/ADDITIONS.// To find the sum of several numbers consisting of two or more denominations. Add the numbers in the lowest denominations together and reduce the sum to the higher denomination: write down the remainder and carry the quotient to the next column; of which ....

p.17 find the sum, and reduce it as before. Proceed in the same manner, through all the denominations to the highest. When there are two plans of figures in one column, first add the unit together, and then the tenth, as in Simple addition. 6 cols. of figures.

v.p.17-v.p.33 2 sets of figures per page

p.34 Troy Weight. 2 sets of figures, also on verso.

p.35 Avoir du pois Weight. 2 sets of figures lb oz cwt

Tons cwt qr. lb., verso as recto of p.35

p.36 Apothecaries Weight. 2 sets of figures.

Lb oz dr

Dr sc gr

v.p.36 1 set of figures.

p.37 Cloth Measure

Yd qr nl

El qr nl 2 sets of figures, 4 sets of figures.

v.p.37-r.p.38 Waterstaining.

v.p.38 Long Measure 2 sets of figures

Miles fur p

Yd ft. in .b.a.

p.39 2 sets of figures

Ft. in b.c.

L ml fur p.

v.p.39 Land Measure 3 sets of figures

Acr. rd pr

p.40 Wine Measure 2 sets of figures

Ru gal pt

Tuns hhd gal. qt. also verso p.40 2 sets of figures

p.41 Ale and Beer Measure

Bar. fir. gal

Hhd. gal. qt 2 sets of figures, to recto of p.42

v.p.42 Dry Measure Qu. bu. pec

Bu. pec gal 2 sets of figures, also recto p.43

v.p.43 3 cuttings, ink C19th copper-plate hand, continuation of figures.

a) GREAT MUSICAL FETE AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE on MONDAY NEXT, 23rd July ... CLARINET BANDS ... French Ebony Clarinet ... presented by Mr. Joseph Higham, Victoria Bridge, Manchester ... The Belle Vue Brass Band, under the direction of Herr Sommer, will perform for dancing after the Contest. The Representation of the SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL ... Fireworks by Bruce, at 9.30

b) ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE ... DANSON & SONS' GRAND MODEL PICTURE OF SEBASTOPOL ... The Belle Vue Brass Band in attendance ....

c) ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS BELLE VUE M.JULLIEN'S ... CONCERT AND MILITARY FETE, ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 4th ... under the direction of Mr. GRATTAN COOKE .... Tickets to be had at the Gardens on Saturday 21st July to Friday August 3rd and at the office of the Manchester Weekly Advertiser, Market-street, from Monday 30th July to Friday 3rd August both days inclusive.

Admission to the Gardens on the day of the concert 2s each up to nine o'clock p.m. after that hour ls each.

d) ROYAL PATRIOTIC FUND-BELLE VUE RACE GROUND. MONDAY NEXT January 22 ... J. JENNISON ... presenting £10 ... divided into 4 prizes ... the entrance money 2s 6d each being added. Admission to the grounds, 3d each, to the gardens 6d each.

N.B. Full particulars, including names, in Bell's Life to-morrow.

p.44. Time, 2 sets of figures: Mo. wk. d

Wk d hr mi

v.p.44. 4 cuttings:

a) ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE ... opening of the Gardens for the Season, and the completion by Messrs DANSON & SONS of London ... SEBASTOPOL ... FIRST REPRESENTATION 28th MAY, WHIT MONDAY improvements ... a covered avenue, nearly 200 yards in length .... The musical direction of Herr SOMMER ... play on his new instrument, Sommerophone, as performed by him at M.Jullien's Concerts, the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, during the Exhibition of 1851 ..... Belle Vue Brass Band .... every day during Whitweek ... the Bramley Brass Band ... 20 performers, under ... Mr. Jackson ... Admission during .... 1855 - in pencil

THIRD ANNUAL CONTEST FOR PRIZES .... 29th May .... Band .... Conductor No. of Performers. Total no. of performers .... 320

PRIZES ... A Brass Side Drum .... manufactured by Mr. Higham of Victoria Bridge, Manchester.

CUTTING 2 : DRUM and FIFE BAND CONTEST at BELLE VUE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, MANCHESTER. WHIT-TUESDAY, May 29, 1855

A SPECIAL TRAIN will LEAVE BRADFORD at 7 a.m. ... for Longsight Station (Belle Vue) ... returning .... 10.30 p.m.

Fares, there and back s. d.

Bradford and Low Moor .... 3 0

Halifax, Sowerby Bridge and Hebden Bridge, 2 6

The Bradford and Shipley Bands will proceed by this train .... 320 performers ... Bradford Observer May 24th 1855

CUTTING 3 : ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE, MANCHESTER - M. JULLIEN'S FAREWELL CONCERT and MILITARY FETE ....

August 20th, 1855 ... Tickets, price One Shilling, may be purchased at the Gardens and at the Office of the Manchester Weekly Advertiser, up to Saturday 18th August. Admission at the gates, Two shillings.

CUTTING 4 : ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE, OPEN to the Public EVERY DAY ... DANSON AND SONS ... CITY OF MOSCOW. Macewen's omnibuses every ten minutes ....

CUTTING 5 & 6 : mounted vertically

CUTTING 5 : HERR SOMMER AT POMONA GARDENS ... Saturday, September 15 (For one night only) ... Concert ... Miss CICELY NOTT, from Jullien's concerts ... ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, DANSON & SONS' ... MODEL PICTURE OF SEBASTOPOL ... Belle Vue Brass Band every day.

Leader Mr. J.W. Tideswell

Cutting 6 : Last representation of the Burning of Moscow, at Belle Vue, Sat. Oct. 7th at 7.15 p.m.

BALLOON ASCENT ... Oct 7, at half-past four ... by Mr. DEAN of London, in the Prince of Wales balloon ... ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE - LAST REPRESENTATION of the BURNING OF MOSCOW (the picture by Danson and Sons, of London) ... BALLOON ASCENT by Mr Dean in the Prince of Wales at 4.30) ... Menagerie now includes Lions and Lionesses. Double tickets are issued at London Road Station by every train during the afternoon returning after the fireworks by special train. The Belle Vue Omnibuses take in passengers at the foot of the gallery steps ... after the fireworks. MacEwen's Omnibuses leave the house at the conclusion of the entertainments.

Ink mss notes visible.

p.45 : ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE. Monday, September 24th 1855 A HAND-BELL RINGING CONTEST by 13 sets, 120 performers, on 614 bells ... Omnibus fare, 2d. FALL OF SEBASTOPOL ... Mr. Bruce.

Sets, names of No. of performers, No. of Bells.

Prizes: £10, £5, £3, £2, £1, 10s. Playing to commence 1 o'clock. Programme of tunes, 1d.

Tickets bought of Mr. Higham, Victoria Bridge

Mr. Marsden, London Road Bridge and at the Gardens up to Saturday 22nd at 6d each ...

Admission on the day, One shilling.

Section 2 : STORMING OF THE RUSSIAN FORTS

Cutting 2: M. JULLIEN'S ... CONCERT AND MILITARY FETE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 4th ... The 2nd LIFE GUARDS ... under .. MR GRATTON COOKE, and by ... permission of Col. Williams ... Tickets ... at the Gardens, on and after Saturday 21st July to Friday 3rd August: at the office of the Manchester Weekly Advertiser, Market Street, from Monday 30th July to Friday, August 3rd, both days inclusive.

Cutting 3: ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE - STORMING OF THE RUSSIAN FORTS

Section 2 : Monday, Sept. 24th 1855 as cutting 1.

Section 3 : Grand Baby Show - Pomona Gardens, September 22, 1855

No. of competitors, 133-List of Candidates close on Thursday, the 20th. Entrance for nurse and child, 1s ... name and age of child.

Tickets, price 1s ... at the News Rooms, Brown-street

Mr. T.J. Wood, hatter, 8 Market place and 33 Market place

Mr J. Higham, music seller, Victoria Bridge

Mr. Townsend, music seller, Victoria Bridge

Mr. Townsend, music seller, King street, and

Mrs. M. Corrigan, printer, 34 Shudehill: up to the 21st entrance on the day, 2s.

SPECIAL TRAINS ... will leave Blackburn at 8.45 a.m. returning at 10.15 p.m.

Paragraph 4 : ... Danson & sons' ... model picture of SEBASTOPOL ...

Paragraph 5 : as Paragraph of cutting 1.

Ink mss notes, visible.

v.p.45 How long is it since the building of London, supposing it to have been built 1108 years before the birth of our Savious?

.... 741 years - Answer

Supposed I was born in the year 1840; in what year shall I be 21 years of age?

1861 Answer

C19th copper-plate.

p.46 1 cutting, 1854 in pencil at left hand side.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE, MANCHESTER-WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS ...

THE BURNING OF MOSCOW IN 1812

... just completed by Messrs DANSON & SONS of London .... EVERY NIGHT during the week. The Belle Vue Brass Band will occupy the New Grand Arabesque Orchestra every day during the week; and, on and after Tuesday, assisted by the Stretford Brass Band ... The Menagerie ... additions since last season-The Dancing Platform ... enlarged ... Gallery for viewing ... extended ... increased facilities of exit afforded ... increased number of Pleasure Boats ... Museum of natural history ... re-arranged ... catalogue prepared, price one penny ... Gardens enriched with ... figures and bronzes ... including Nelson & Wellington ... A new ... Tea Room .... Admission: 6d each up to four o'clock: after that hour, ls.

Railway from London Road, fare 2d ... Increased facilities of exit at the house entrance ... provided for the holidays.

Ink mss notes legible ... to his eldest daughter six

... five hundred pounds more than to

... the fortune of the youngest was

Forty-six thousand, seven hundred and fifty pounds; what was the eldest daughter's fortune, and the sum of both.

... 52350 Eldest daughter's fortune

... Answer

100000 Sum of both

v. p.46 7 cuttings.

Cuttings 1 & 2, vertically mounted.

Cutting 1 : 1854 August 2nd

BALLOON ASCENT at the ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE Lieutenant Chambers, R.N. ... FIRST ASCENT ... New BALLOON, the Victory, Saturday 5th August at 6.30 p.m.

Belle Vue Brass Band ... 2 p.m. till 10.00 p.m.

A special train to Manchester for the fireworks.

Admission 6d ... during entire day.

... BURNING OF THE CITY OF MOSCOW at 9.30 p.m.

Picture ... by DANSON & SONS of London.

... addition ... four ... Lions and Lionesses, a Puma, Hyena, several hundred Birds. ... Double Tickets .... London Road Station by every train during the afternoon, 10.30 by special train ....

Professor RANSOM & HILL ... in ... Gardens with their new AMERICAN DAGUERROTYPE APPARATUS on Tuesday August 8th, and during the week ... (to take) portraits.

Cutting 2 : as Para 3 of Cutting 1. 1854 in pencil r.h. margin.

Cutting 3 : Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue, Hyde Road

... this day concludes ... siege of Seringapatam ... Gardens remain open for promenade during the winter months as usual. Below, heading as above: ... Saturday (15th October) Last Exhibition of the Storming of Seringapatam ... painted by Messrs Danson and Sons of London at half-past six. ... Omnibuses and trains to town after the Fireworks. 1853

In pencil, lower r.h.c.

Col.2. Cutting 2. Cheap train to Belle Vue Gardens.

A pleasure train may leave Warrington ... Wed. July 20th for BELLE VUE GARDENS AND BACK, at a Low Fare, to see the SIEGE OF SERINGAPATAM, ... 1853, in pencil in lower r.h.c.

Col.2. Cutting 3. TO SKATERS-BELLE VUE MR JENNISON ... now in Gardens, ... SHEET OF ICE ... Admission: Six-pence each. A number of modern Skates, ... all sizes on Hire, at the Gardens. Below in ink False, november 23rd 1853

Col.2. Cutting 4. GARDENS Open Every Day J. JENNISON, Proprietor .... Danson & Sons ... historical Picture of 'Moscow' .... BURNING OF MOSCOW, 1812 painted in 30,000 ft of canvas ... every Mon. Wed. and Sat. at 9 p.m. below with small engraving of trains, BRASS BAND CONTEST, on Belle Vue Wakes, Monday September 4th 1854 at the BELLE VUE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Manchester, below name of bands, performers and name of leader. Prize Gradings: £20; £10; £6; £4; £3 and £1.

Successful Band, as well as 1st Prize will receive a Contre-brass, or Bombardon, with ... recent improvements. German-silver mountings, value £10.10s., presented by Mr. Joseph Higham, Victoria Bridge, Manchester.

National Anthem played 191 competitors at once

... Special train leaves Macclesfield Station at 9-30 a.m. returning from Longsight at 9.35 p.m. 'Return fares, incl. Admission to the Grounds, 2s (covered carriages).

September 1854 Macclesfield Journal.

Col.3. Cutting 1 Bar 1st cutting, 10 cuttings advertising cheap train journeys to Belle Vue Gardens.

1. Barnaby Fare to B.V. 22nd June

2. Halifax ... Sat 25th June The excursionists ... permitted to visit Manchester ... to return to Gardens any hour.

3. Burslem Wakes, Staffordshire Potteries, Monday 27th June.

4. Penistone & Thurlstone Feasts ... 27th June .... returning from Gorton at 10-45 ....

5. ... from Sheffield to the Gorton Station ... 4th of July First class, 5s : covered carriages 2s 6d. carriages with awnings & seats, 2s ... Two bands ... accompany the tr

6. Burnley ... Fair ... July 11th ....

7. Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway .... A special train from Hadfield at 3.30 p.m. Fares, incl free admission to gardens, from Hadfield, Glossop, Dinting, Mottram and Newton, returning from Gorton after the Fireworks at Belle Vue at 10.45 p.m. Glossop fares ... 2s 6d; third class 2s 3d; Mottram and Newton 2s and 1s each.

8. Ashton & Stalybridge ... Special trains to Gorton. Wed. June 22nd. Saturday 25th; Wed. 29th; Wed. July 6th; Saturday 9th - Fares, incl. free admission ... First class 2s; other classes 1s. The train starts at 4.15 p.m. and returns after the fireworks.

Col.3. Cutting 2: ... Last cheap excursions on Monday, October 3rd, special train will leave Victoria Station, Sheffield at 10.30 a.m. returning from Gorton at 8.0 p.m.

FARES up to ... Free admission to the Gardens up to 5 o'clock

First Class 5s: Covered Carriages 2s 6d. Parties arriving at the Gardens after five o'clock, admitted on the payment of One Shilling each.

p.47 : 8 cuttings.

Col.1 Cutting 1 : MOSCOW ... painted by Danson & Sons of London

Burning ... 1812 ...

Monday, June 26th ... Instrumental Musical Gathering of Eight Bands, c.140 performers.

Cutting 2 : London & North Western Railway ... a special train now run, every 20 mins after the Burning of Moscow from Longsight to Moscow ... 'Return' fares: Third class 4d; 2nd class 6d; 1st Class 8d.

Paragraph 3 : Grand Instrumental Gathering ... Monday 26th June. 8 reed bands, from ... towns in Lancashire & Yorkshire. c.140 performers ... prizes 1st £16 and cocoawood clarionet presented by Mr J. Higham of Victoria Street... List of bands no. of performers

Each band play piece of own selection, at conclusion all bands play National Anthem ... 'start' 2.30 p.m.

Paragraph 4 : Special Cheap Excursions to Belle Vue ... Reed Band Contest ... Monday 26th June .... From Leeds ..... on London and North-Western Railway as far as Mossley, starts 7-30 a.m.

From Wortley ... starting 11 a.m.

From Colne, Burnley, Accrington, Bacup, Newchurch ... and other stations on the East Lancashire Rlwy ... at 8.30 a.m. from Bacup 9.10 Special train from Stalybridge at 1.30 ... All the above trains will return from Longsight and Gorton stations after the conclusion of the entertainments ...

Paragraph 6 : ... Musical attraction ... Monday 31st July ... contest by Fife & Drum Bands, names & residences of bands, number & conductor's name ... at end, all bands, 192 performers play 'British Grenadiers March' & conclude with 'Rule Britannia' Belle Vue Brass Bands will play for dancing ... at dusk BURNING OF MOSCOW as ordinary gala days .... pyrotechnic effects by Bruce ..... contest starts at 2.00 p.m. Railway excursions ..... from Huddersfield, Preston, Burnley, Oldham and the Staffordshire Potteries, taking up passengers at Macclesfield ... from Longsight Station. On the Sheffield & Lincolnshire line from Sheffield and Ashton, returning from Gorton station.

Vertical note, in ink: Guardian July 26th 1854

Below, 1 cutting: repeat of paragraph 4, col.1.

Col.2 Cutting 1 : Advt for the Burning of the City of Moscow ... painted by Danson & Sons of London .... vertical ink mss note, Oldham Chronicle, July 13th 1854, the 3 cuttings below repeat cuttings 1 & 2 on the verso of page 46, the next 2 cuttings....

Cutting 4 : ... TEMPERANCE GALA, under the auspices of the Manchester & Salford Temperance Societies on Monday, July 17th ... several new features ... BURNING OF MOSCOW ... with an extra display of fireworks. Additional bands ... Vocal and Instrumental Concert : Principal vocalists Messrs. Edmundson, Slater, Smith & Watson. Hibbert's ... marquee erected ... in which ... Temperance meetings ... take place ... Admission Tickets, if purchased before the 17th 9d each, during the whole of day, 1s. Tickets to be had at the Temperance Hotels in Manchester ....

Col.3 Cutting 1 : dayed vertically August 16th, repeat

Cutting 2 : vertically mounted : advt for .... reed bands. mss ink note, Independent Sheffield, July 22nd 1854

v.p.47 7 cuttings

Col.1 Cutting 1 : repeat

Cutting 2 : Second trip to Belle Vue, Manchester. Monday August 29th 1853 Special trains leave Sheffield ... at 12.30 and 1.0 p.m. returning after the Siege of Seringapatam, which will on this occasion..... unsurpassed in the Season .... witnessed by upwards of 200,000 Visitors ... Low Fares include Free Admission to the Gardens up to Seven O'clock p.m.

First Class 5s; Covered Carriages 2s6d; Carriages with Awnings and Seats, 2s.

Cutting 3 : MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY ... WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS ... CHEAP TRIPS, MANCHESTER RACES.

A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave the Victoria Station on WHIT-MONDAY, the 5th of June at 7.0 a.m. for MANCHESTER returning from London Road Station at 5.30 p.m. the same day, or at 4.15 p.m. on the following day (TUESDAY)

Fares: First Class 6s; Covered carriages 3s.

On WHIT-WEDNESDAY, the 7th June, a special train will leave Victoria Station, Sheffield at 7.0 a.m. for MANCHESTER RACES, returning from the London Road Station at 8.0 p.m. the same day. Fares: 6s and Covered carriages 3s. London-road Station, Manchester, 1st June 1854.

Col. 2 Cutting 1 : Paragraph 1 National Independent Odd Fellows Fete, Wednesday ... August 10th at the Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue .... Grand Gala, in aid of the Orphan School in connection with the National Independent order of the Odd Fellows of the Manchester District under the patronage of the Mayor of Manchester, Alderman Sir E Armitage, Walker, Pilling ... Councillors Heywood .... Transparency of the ... Duke of Wellington .... the Manchester Sax-Horn Band will be in attendance JUVENILE CONCERT .... at Five O'Clock by the Children PROGRAMME 1853, in pencil, Conductor ... Mr R. Weston Tickets to be had at the district office, Peel's Arms, Mason-street, Swan street, at the schools; and from the host and officers of every lodge in Manchester and Salford: Thomas Singleton, chairman, 9 Mount Street, Chorlton; Mr Stome, watch-maker, 6 Oldham Street, J. Battersby, 11 Cook-street, Chorlton and from J.C. Cooper, secretary, 16 Miller-street ....

Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue. The National Odd Fellows Fete, under the patronage of the Mayor ....

... the Capture of Seringapatam ... Display of Fireworks by Bruce & Prescott ....

.... Musical treat ... 11th July, ... assemblage of temperance drum and fife bands, nine in number .... of upwards 200 performers ... players come from districts widely apart ... 9 bands listed, home, conductor and number of performers.

1st tune will be played at 2.00 p.m. & each band to play 4 tunes of own selection & to perform each 3 times over ... none except conductor & bass drummer to be over age of 20 yrs ... date 1853 in pencil below cutting.

Col.3 Cutting 1 : ..... First Gala Night of the Session, Monday May 15th 1854 ... Messrs. DANSON & SONS' ... CONFLAGRATION OF MOSCOW 1812 ... covers area of not less than 30,000 sq. feet ... 1854 in pencil, at right hand side. FIRST REPRESENTATION TAKE PLACE .... MONDAY the 25th of MAY ... Since last year ... improvements ... introduced throughout gardens ... During winter months, Proprietor succeeded in laying down a ... paved road with flagged footways from Longsight to the ... stabling adjoining the house ... outlet from Manchester for ... conveyances. ... Octagonal Orchestra, in the Arabesque style of decoration, from designs furnished by Messrs. DANSON & SONS ... constructed, adjoining ... dancing Platform, the Ornamental Walks & Promenades ... interspersed with .... Figures & groups of statutary .... Room erected for ... tea parties.

The B.V. Brass Band ... increased no. of performers .... play in new Orchestra every day - Leader Mr. J. HOUGH.

Cutting 2 : Repeat.

p.48 : 10 newspaper cuttings. The upper edge cropped.

Cutting 1 : Potteries to Belle-Vue and back.

... Musical contest ...

Special train will leave Longton

8.30 a.m. on MONDAY September 5th .... Prizes:

Playing to commence at 1.00 p.m.

Danson ... SERINGAPATAM

Bruce's fireworks ....

Train returns c.9.00 p.m.

Fares : 1st class, 5s 6d

2nd class 4s 0d

3rd class 3s 0d From Longton & Potteries Station.

Tickets ... procured from Stations the evening before ....

Vertical mss note, Staffordshire Potteries. Telegraph September 3rd.

Cutting 2 : Camel from Turkey added to collection.

Cutting 3 : ... advt for the Burning of Russia .....

The South Lancashire Floral Society will hold their First Tulip Show of the Season, in those gardens ... the flowers will be staged for inspection during the four following days ....

Tickets ... from Mr J. Higham, musical instrument dealer, Victoria Bridge ....

Cutting 4 : ... Advt for Burning of Moscow .....

Then follow 3 advts for the Capture of Seringapatam, then 2 advts regarding openings during winter-months. The Billiard Table, Maze, Magic Bridge .... (These advts. vertically mounted)

Cutting 5 : Cheap Trip, Warrington Fair, Wednesday July 20th to Belle Vue Gardens, at 10.30 a.m. calling NEWTON both ways .....

Fares List : 1st class ..... 5s 0d

2nd class ..... 3s 6d

3rd class ..... 2s 6d

Programme: Collection, Feeding hour 5 o'clock .... picture of Seringapatam ... 500 ft long and 50 ft high ...... transparency of Duke of Wellington - feet high x 60 ft wide .....

Excursionists: ... visit Manchester, with its spacious parks, ancient college, etc.

Cuttings 6 & 7 : 2 advts. a) Halton Feast-Holiday trip ... Monday, August 29th Seringapatam, already witnessed by upwards of 200,000 visitors ... Fares, 1st class, 6s: 2nd, 4s 6d: 3rd, 3s6d ... Trains leave Leeds at 8.30 a.m. returning c. 9 p.m.

b) ... 8th October, Last exhibition but one of the storming of Seringapatam, designed and painted by Danson and Sons of London at 6.30 p.m. ....

Cutting 8 : Vertically mounted ... cheap excursion ... Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railways ... Afternoon of Monday next, 4th of July, for Gorton Station ... leaving the station at 10-45 p.m. Low Rates of Fare ... 1st Class, 5s; Covered carriages 2s 6d; Carriages with Awnings and Seats, 2s. Mss note at side, Sheffield and Rotherham Independent July 23rd.

p. 48 verso : 12 cuttings

a) Cutting 1 : Musical Fete, Saturday 27th July 1850 for M. JULLIEN ... now so immensely successful in London .... each bar of the National Anthem being marked by a discharge of the cannon as performed by M. Jullien's last Concert... at the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens ... received with an audience of 25,000 persons ... by the kind permission of Colonel Arthur under the direction of Mr Rungeling of the 34th Dragoon Guards ... Fireworks by Mr J Atkins of the Liverpool Zoological Gardens ... Tickets purchased before 27th July, 1s each; on the 27th 2s each. Tickets to be had at the musical warehouses of Hime and Addison, Pickering, Molineux, Townsend, Haughton, Wroe and Mr. Jennison, Belle Vue Gardens. N.B.M. Jullien appears at Birmingham, Thursday 25th at Royal Vauxhall Gardens; Liverpool, Friday 26th July, at Zoological Gardens; and Manchester, 27th July, at Belle Vue Gardens.

b) Cutting 2 : ... J. JENNISON ... Announces that, since last season ... added new ... features ... PAINTING by Messrs Danson & Sons of the Colosseum and Surrey Zoological Gardens, London, of the City and Bay of Algiers ... extends across the whole length of the ornamental Lake, rises to apparent height of 800 ft. covers an area of 30,000 sq.ft. of canvas ... The Bombardment of Algiers, 1816, under Admiral Lord Exmouth ......

..... erection of Spacious Gallery .... to view the fireworks ..... capable of accommodation upwards 4,000 persons ... ample shelter beneath ... Dancing Platform laid & extended ... couples may join in polkas, waltzes ... the Elizabethan Maze, 2nd only to Hampton Court ... new landing-stage ..... constructed .....

Terms of Admission: 6d before 4, after that hour 1s each

c) Cutting 3 : The Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society having discontinued their annual/subscription, proprietor ... professes to meet the exigency by receiving subscriptions of 10s p.a. entitling parties to free admission for themselves and the resident members of the family, from the 1st of May, 1850 to the 1st May 1851 ... to render the Belle Vue Gardens worthy of the support of the Manchester community .... The .... Northern Tulip Show, under the management of the Manchester Tulip Society, as directed by the florists assembled at York last season under the ... patronage of the Mayors of Manchester and Salford (the prizes amount to £100) and two .... Floral and Horticultural Exhibitions .... held in Gardens ....

Easter Monday, April 1st ... band will play favourite airs of the day Subscriptions ... payable at the gardens on or before May .....

Fare to the gardens, adjoining the Longsight Station, twopence.

Below, advt. for DANSONS'... REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF ALGIERS ....

Col.2. 2 cuttings. a) 4 advts:

... success ... representations repeated every Monday in addition to those of Wednesday & Saturday.

b) Stalybridge & Ashton: Arrangements .... with Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Company to convey passengers ... on Monday, July 19th (Stalybridge Wakes) ... to witness bombardment of Algiers ... 3.30 returning from Gorton Station at 10.30 p.m. Fares ... 3rd class 1s, 1st class, 1s6d.

c) Bolton and Halshaw Moor: arrangements with the Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North-Western Rlwy Co. to convey passengers by special trains, from Bolton, Halshaw Moor and Pendleton. Sat. July 31st ... Bombardment of Algiers .... with increased effects ... Fares (covered carriages) + admission, if tickets secured before Friday 23rd July, 1s 6d; Sat. 1s 9d .... Tickets to be had at Railway Station only.

d) Belle Vue Wakes ... Monday Sept. 6th .... novelties .... Ethair Wakes, from Franconi's Cirque National, Paris, engagement of Mons. Torpini ... rope vaulter ... Mr. Stonette, the clown ... his performing Newfoundland dogs, Hector and Ajax .... Floral exhibition and Distribution of Prizes, Monday the 6th. The flowers will remain during the whole week ... The Bombardment of Algiers ... witnessed by upwards of 100,000 persons ... athletic games ...... daily performances of Ethair Family consist of classic illustrations etc. ... Pole-swarming for legs of mutton, extra Quadrille Band Monday the 6th ... Tickets ... to afford better facility to the working classes, tickets may be purchased for 6d at the gardens, or at Mr Higham's music warehouse, Victoria Bridge, Manchester, before three o'clock ... To parties bringing own conveyances, stabling provided for upwards of 100 horses, covered sheds for carriages

Col. 3 6 cuttings: 5 cuttings vertically mounted, ink mss note, Feb.26th 1853.

a) advt for Danson's model of the Bay & City of Algiers

b) Dahlia Show ... Monday 6th September ... J. JENNISON announces to florists ... will give .... prizes to be competed for with Dahlia and Hollyhocks Stand of 36 varieties for Nurseryman and Dealers. 1st prize £3: 2nd prize £2: 3rd prize £1; 4th prize 10s. ... should there be 6 competitors for this class ... 1st prize increased to £5.

Pan of 18 varieties for Amateurs, Cottagers and Gentlemen's Gardeners ....

Pan of 6 varieties: Hollyhocks, 12 Varieties .....

Subscriptions for Nurseyman and dealers, 10s: amateurs, gentleman gardeners and cottagers, 3s.

All flowers to be staged before eleven o'clock and the labels to be prepared by the exhibitors.

c) .... Re-engagement, for one week more, of Mr. Stonnetti, the ... clown, with his trained dogs & also of the Ethair Family, whose performances have created so great a sensation. The BOMBARDMENT OF ALGIERS ....

d) Grand Temperance Fete .... Monday August 23rd 1852 for the benefit of the Chorlton-upon-Medlock Temperance Hall and Merchant's Institute ... by ... permission of Col. Marten, K.H. the ... band of the Royal Dragoons ... and by ... permission of Major Bond the band of the Royal..... Pensioners will be in attendance. Addresses .... delivered by F. Hopwood of Hull and Mr. B. Glover of Bury ..... Tickets may be had 6d each to admit any hour, may be had up to ten o'clock on Monday morning at the following places: Temperance Hall, Grosvenor Street: Mr. Brenner, bookseller, Piccadilly: Johnson, bookseller, Market street: E. Jones, tobacconist, 261 Chapel-street, Salford and at the principal Temperance Hotels.

d) Longsight ... to be let ... family residence ... containing dining drawing and breakfast rooms, large kitchens and scullery on the ground floor, seven bedrooms ... stabling, coach house and outer buildings attached. Also 1 semi-detached House, the rent of the latter £30 p.a. Any of the above may be entered upon immediately, rent to commence on the 25th of March. For further particulars and to view apply at the Entrance Lodge to the Belle Vue Gardens, nearest to the Longsight Station.

p.49 : 3 cols. of advts.

Col. 1 4 advts.

a) ... Anniversary of the Bombardment of Algiers ... Friday 27th August ... On this occasion, bombardment ... represented by doubly increased effects, commencing at 8.30 Water Explosions and Extra Water Fireworks, by Bruce ....

b) advt. the continuous increase in the number of visitors to these Gardens, induces the Proprietor to repeat the Pyrotechnic Representations .... Temperance Gala Day, when 2 Military Bands ....

c) CONCLUSION OF THE WEEK - In consequence of excursions from Macclesfield next week, the Bombardment of Algiers ... continued on Mon and Wed October 4th and 6th ... Tickets may be purchased ... at Mr Higham's Music Warehouse, Victoria Bridge .....

d) On Monday next, the 25th November, by special desire, the final representation of the Bombardment of Algiers ....

e) ... For the accommodation of the working classes and ... those enjoying the weekly half holiday ... the Bombardment of Algiers (painted by Messrs Danson and Sons) arranged to take place this day ... Pyrotechnic artist: Mr Bruce ... Omnibuses leave the gardens for Manchester, each evening after the Bombardment.

f) ... Open every day, with extensive Menagerie, Dansons' Panoramic Mood of the Town and Fortress of Seringapatam, painted on upwards of 50,000 sq. feet of canvas ....

Falconry : In order to furnish an opportunity to those parties who enjoy the weekly half-holiday, of witnessing the Revival of the ... Amusement of HAWKING, Mr Barr, the Scottish Falconer ... another Exhibition on SATURDAY next ....

g) ... Representations of the Storming and taking of Seringapatam ... painted by Danson and Sons, Fireworks by Bruce, assisted by Prescot and Carrol -

Tulip Show ... on Saturday next, the 28th inst. under the superintendance of the Manchester Amateur Society: the flowers to be staged before twelve o'clock, and to remain for public inspection during the following day.

h) ... Since last season ... additions ... Zoological Collection .... two Russian bears, leopard & leopardess, male panther, pelican ... ... gardens and pleasure grounds ... renovated ... Messrs Danson and Sons ... new ... Picture, ... Town and Fort of Seringapatam ...

i) Hawking in Modern Times. J. JENNISON ... announces ... Exhibition of Hawking ... 6th April, under ... Mr. Barr, the ... Scotch falconer, a representation of whose birds appeared in The Illustrated London News of November 1850. 4 hawks ... exhibited on this occasion, and the first bird will leave the hand precisely at 4 o'clock. Admission One Shilling each.

No printed dates, cutting c.1852 in lower r.h.c.

Col.2 2 cuttings a) ... Opening Announcement ....

J. Jennison ... induced to avail himself again of the services of Messrs Danson and Sons of the Colosseum and Surrey Zoological Gardens, London ... occupied during the past winter in ... constructing a PICTURE-MODEL ... engagements of the ... DUKE OF WELLINGTON ... SIEGE AND REDUCTION OF SERINGAPATAM ... painted on gigantic scale, covering upwards of 50,000 sq.ft. of canvas and extending across the ornamental lake to a width of nearly 500 feet .. (4th May 1799 siege date) Mechanical arrangements ... Transparency, 40 ft high x 60 ft wide (of) Duke of Wellington ... will take place, Monday May 16th .... Gardens ... improved and the ornamental portion extended. Part of the Zoological collection ... removed into more commodious pens and cages erected in other parts of the grounds ... erection of a BAKERY by which the character of the refreshments for sale at the various bars will be ensured. Space beneath the large Gallery for spectators has .... been floored & covered in weather-proof .... shelter ... upwards of 1,000 visitors ... Bowling Green ... altered to admit more ... extended promenade and .... Entrance Hall from Longsight ... completed to admit of trade dinners etc ... 500 persons ... Band ... re-inforced Omnibuses - Market Street, railway from London Road

Date 1853, in ink, r.cutting., below advt. for Siege etc. as above.

b) ... Pigeon Match for £400 ... shooting match between Mr Robert Seed, of Preston and Mr Edwin Wood, of Manchester for £200 a-side, at 200 birds each, will be resumed at Belle Vue Gardens. Below score:

First Day Second Day

Mr Seed 47 49

46 49

c) Vertically mounted as d-k, Repeat of Col.1. i, & d) of Col. 2 b). 1853 in pencil in lower r.h.c.

e) Advt. skater - The Ice at Belle Vue Gardens ... kept in excellent order during the continuance of frost. Admission 6d. Greenwood's omnibuses from Market street to Longsight every half-hour.

f) & g) 2 advts: ... Messrs. Danson and Sons (of London) ... The City of Moscow before the ... fire of 1812 ... Menagerie ... augmented, ... gardens ... renovation. The Belle Vue Brass Band, under ... Mr. John Hough, commenced playing for the season ... gardens also open on Sunday. Advt for excursion from Sheffield, Whit-Monday, June 5th for Burning of Moscow with view painted by Danson & Son of London ... train ... leave Victoria Station 12.45 p.m. ... returning from Gorton Station ... at 10.45 after the Fireworks. Fares ...

h) & i) 2 advts: To let, & entered ... immediately, rent to commence September quarter, a large detached family residence, with Coach-House, stabling ... walled garden .... stocked with shrubs and fruit trees; ... near Longsight station of the London and North-Western Railway, rent: £80. To view, apply at the entrance lodge to Belle Vue Gardens. Pencil note to left, Kme House. below : ...... advt as (f)

v.p.49. 8 cuttings, cuttings a, b & c mounted vertically.

a) ... preparations for Bombardment of Algiers ... First Exhibition ... Saturday May 22nd ... all the artistic skill and mechanical ingenuity of Mr Danson have been brought into requisition ..... To witness the bombardment, a spacious gallery has been built, erection 180 ft in length and 21 ft in width ... accommodating c.4,000 visitors ..... Pyrotechnic arrangements under .... Mr. George Bruce, of London and Dublin. Band under Mr. J. Hough, Solo Opheclide, Mr. H. Reid.

Zoological Collection (additions) 2 Jaguars .... The Museum of Curiosities ... improved .... Dancing Platform .... re-laid. Messrs. Dansons and Sons's Picture .... extends across entire lake .... altitude 600 or 700 ft. covers upwards of 30,000 sq. ft. of canvas ......

Below, pencil mss note 1st Fireworks May 22nd 1852

b) Trotting race ... gentlemen ... subscribed a purse of one hundred pounds ... to any horse that trots the furthest distance in one hour, provided 17½ miles either under saddle or in harness. Riders to carry not more than ten stone; drivers the same, incl.harness ... The saddle horses to start together for each horse, £5 forfeit, £3 .... given to the second best horse, provided he does 17 miles in the hour .... on Saturday October 8th next, at 2 p.m. Person wishing to enter ... enclosing the £5 entrance stating colours, on or before the 21st September, to Mr. B. Robinson, Boar's Head; or to Mr. Lawson, vetinary surgeon Manchester .... Any horse breaking from the trot to be pulled in again ..... Manchester August 27th, 1847

c) Trotting extraordinary ... The entry of horses having taken place, 4 being entered by the following gentlemen - Mr. Pierce, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Murray and Mr. Burke, the horses .... named before 11 o'clock .... race for free HUNDRED SOVEREIGNS ... take place on Saturday next, October 9th 1847 for the horse which completes the .... distance during the hour, provided 17½ mls are to be accomplished. The entrance money of 5 sovs. each to go to the second horse who performs 17 miles ... It is expected that the race will considerably .... the harness horses go separately. The ... novelty consists in the fact that immense sums .... pending that 18 miles .... To start at 2 O'clock.

Admission to grounds 6d. Horses and carriages will be allowed.

1847 pencil

d) 2 advts. Bombardment of Algiers ... 18th June ... extra night in Commemoration for the Battle of Waterloo ... each of these evenings, Gardens ... illuminated with Gas. Free admissions ... on Friday to all soldiers who took part on the ..... engagement at Waterloo, and can produce their medal. Pyrotechnic arrangements under ... Mr George Bruce of London and Dublin ....

Advt. 2 ... Waterloo Fete on Friday, 18th June. An interesting account of the Bombardment by Mr George Falkner, is sold in the Gardens, price 4d with an engraving.

Pencil mss note, Gasworks opened 1852.

e) Whitsuntide Holidays ... preparations for the reception of ... companies during the ... holidays ... ample accommodation ... may induce attendance of a numerous concourse. For ... dancers, ... open-air platform increased to more than its former dimensions ... area c.15,000 sq.ft. for ... 100 quadrille parties at one time .... 3 bands ... secured for 'continuous dancing' ... building for the new Museum of Curiosities ... addition of J.K. Makin's ... original picture of "Adam and Eve" in Paradise ... new Monkey House ... 600 sq.ft. ... rare & valuable specimens added .... Gymnasium constructed ... pleasure boats ... augmented .... the proprietor trusts the inhabitants of Manchester ... avail themselves during the ensuing period of festivity & relaxation.

Admission during Whit-week, Fourpence each.

.... Northern Tulip Show, under the Mayors of Manchester & Salford, on Wednesday, May 29th.

Below in r.h.c. in pencil 1851.

f) Advt. 3rd ... Floral and Horticultural Exhibition ... at Belle Vue Zoological Gardens. Friday, August 30th .... Prizes for best specimens of Dahlias ......

Admission: Annual Subscribers, with their families, free. Non.Sub. from 12 to 4 o'clock p.m. 1s, after 4 o'clock 6d each.

N.B. The whole of the cut flowers ... remain staged for public inspection the 4 following days ... Belle Vue Brass band daily ...

g) ... 16th season, opening ... increasing demand, in this 2nd metropolis, 'new' undertaking in justification of his claims to the patronage of a Manchester public ... engagement of Messrs Danson and Sons, of London, whose .... pictures of 'Paris by moonlight' 'London by night' & Cyclorama of Lisbon, ... in the Colosseum. Regent's Park, Paintings exhibited annually at the Royal Surrey's Zoological Gardens ..... European reputation. These gentlemen, assisted by .... staff of artists & mechanists have, since the month of October last, been occupied at the Belle Vue Gardens, in the Execution and erection of the largest exposed painting known to have been attempted ... extends across the whole of the ornamental lake ... 360 ft in length to 50 ft in height, covering an area of 30,000 sq. ft. of canvas .... mechanical appliances, pyrotechnic preparations, and hydraulic contrivances .... he (J.J.) erected .... gasworks on the grounds .... the embankment of the lake ... elevated, gallery about to be erected, .... gardens & grounds, during the recess .... erected .... renovated ... additions. Spacious platform for dancing ... re-laid ... addition to zoological collection - 3 porcupines, pair of nylghans, 2 kangaroos and an hybrid yak ... only one living in the United Kingdom ... from the collection of the late Earl of Derby .... purchased at the sale at Knowsley last October ... Museum of natural curiosities .... improved. The first evening of the bombardment of Algiers duly announced.

Admittance 6d ... Sat. no charge made ... rail from London Road to gardens. Fare 2d 1852 in ink, r.advt.

Below, 2 advts. for Brass Band, admission 3d & this day, (Saturday) June 14th 1851 ... the Ventriloquist from London ... 3 brass bands ... 1851 faintly above in ? pencil.

p.50. : 9 advts:-

a) J. Jennison ... a menagerie of living animals, Museum of Stuffed Birds and Beasts ... Monkey House ... Pleasure Grounds .... Considerable alterations ... new stone entrance, near railway station at Longsight in course of erection ... shortly completed. Ornamental octagonal orchestra ... constructed for numerous Instrumental Band, .... perform in the Gardens ... every day ... during the season, .... commencing at two o'clock. Refreshment Bar .... built for .... accommodation .... visitors ....

FOR THE WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS

Arrangements ... with ... company of Equestrian Clowns, ... stud of Horses and Miniature Ponies ... Two bands .... Admission prices during Whit-week, 6d each; allowances for children under ten.

N.B. The flowers left from the ... Tulip Show held in the Gardens will remain for the inspection of the visitors this and 2 following days.

The railway from London Road to the Gardens, fare 2d 1851 in ink. r.cutting.

b) BELLE VUE GARDENS Important to Millowners, Merchants, Warehousemen, Manufacturing chemists. .... Mr. Ohilips will repeat his Patent Fire Annihilator ... Saturday (April 5th) half-past three o'clock ... Trains leave London Road at 2.5 and 3 p.m. fare, twopence.

c) ... First flower-show of the season ... will take place .... Friday May 30th; when ... Prizes ... silver cups .... awarded .... in both pans and classes.

Admission: Non-subscribers sixpence each person. Subscribers of 20s have free admission for their families to the gardens and maze, every day to the 1st of May 1852. Single tickets, 10s ... 1851 in ink in lower r.h.c.

d) ... as a) 1851 in pencil in lower r.h.c. in lower l.h.c. 1851 in ink.

d) WHITSUNTIDE RECREATIONS ... since last season ... added ... features ... PAINTING, executed by Messrs Danson and Sons of the Colosseum and Surrey Zoological Gardens, London of the CITY and BAY of ALGIERS ... extends across the whole length of the Ornamental Lake, rises to ... height of 600 ft & covers an area of 30,000 sq. ft. of canvas .... BALLOON ASCENT On the evening of Wednesday, 2nd June, by Guiseppe Lunardini, the ... Spanish aeronaut, from the Cremorne Gardens, London, for whom a new balloon ... constructed ... inflated by gas produced on the premises. Ascent ... only take place in ... favourable weather ... impossibility of filling the balloon during rain ... no extra charge ... will take place at seven o'clock. ... in the Gardens, the Eccallobium, or Egg-Hatching Machine ... Model of a First-class Man of War, constructed for the Great Exhibition ... new landing stage constructed ... extra Band engaged.

CONVEYANCES: Special Trains from 12 o'clock every day on and after Wednesday, from London Road Station to the Gardens and back, every half an hour, up to ten o'clock p.m. Omnibuses from Market Street throughout the whole day, calling at Mr. Salt's the Wheat Sheaf, London Road.

f) ... GARDENS ... NOW OPEN ... Renovation of Walks and Pleasure Grounds erection of .. REFRESHMENT HOUSE, adjoining Bowling Green ... STONE ENTRANCE ... fronting the railway at Longsight ... enable parties to proceed interruptedly from the stations to the gardens ... MONKEY HOUSE Largest in Europe ... communication made with Octagonal Gallery, erected in Monkey House .... BOATS on Lake incre sed ... DANCING PLATFORM covering an area of nearly 15,000 sq.ft. ORCHESTRA ... built for .... instrumental band ... performances commence on Friday the 18th inst.

Admission: Annual subscribers, families, £1; single tickets, 10s., non-subscribers, on week-days 3d each and on Sundays 6d each returned in refreshments. Railway from London Road, Fare, 2d The RUINS of the BUILDING employed in testing Mr. PHILIPS'S Patent Fire Annihilator on Saturday last will remain in inspection during the next week and one of the machines is retained at the Gardens, and may be seen on application.

Advt: subscribers to the ... amusement ... informed AMOUNT OF SUBSCRIPTION this season will be £1 admitting a family on all occasions to the gardens, museum and labyrinth, from the 1st of May 1851

Single tickets, 10s each.

Belle Vue, April 12th, 1851.

g) 6 advts. vertically mounted:

a) In the press, and shortly .... published, with an Engraving, price Fourpence:- NOTES ON ALGIERS and its BOMBARDMENT in 1816 illustrative of Messrs Danson and Sons ... representation ... exhibited at Belle Vue Gardens ... by GOERGE FALKNER

Manchester George Falkner, King-street

b) .... Bombardment of Algiers, illustrative of Danson's Pictorial Representation of the City and Bay ... take place THIS DAY (Wednesday, June 9th) & every succeeding Wednesday ... at half-past nine o'clock. Admission, before four o'clock, sixpence each; after four, one shilling each.

c) LONGSIGHT TO BE LET, TWO HOUSES

Within minute's walk of station. Rent £30.

Apply to Mr. JENNISON, Belle Vue Gardens.

Advt. 1 & 3, ticked with red crayon.

Col.2 Advt. a) ... FIRST REPRESENTATION of the ... BOMBARDMENT OF ALGIERS, in illustration of Danson and Son's .... Picture .... take place Saturday, 22nd May 1852 .... Daily band. Admittance 6d each, Sundays, 6d each.

b) Hanley Feast Monday September 27th 1852

Committee of the Huddersfield Temperance Drum and Fife Band ... cheap trip to ... B.V. ... preparations ... for ...fete and Musical gathering, for particulars see bills.

Col.3 Advt. a) Arrangements ... with Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North-Western Railway Companies, to convey passengers by special trains from Bolton, Halshaw-Moor and Pendleton on Saturday July 31st to B.V. Gardens, Manchester to witness the Bombardment of Algiers ... with increased effects ... Trains leave bolton at Four o'clock, returning from Longsight at Ten p.m. Fares ... (covered carriages) including admission to Gardens for tickets to be secured before Friday, 23rd July, 1s 6d; on Saturday, 1s 9d ... Tickets to be had at the Railway Station only.

v.p.51 : 11 advts/cuttings a) National Independent Oddfellows. Under the patronage of the officers ... a fete at B.V. on Saturday next, the 26th inst. in aid of the Widows and Orphans Fund of the Salford District. A ... Brass Band, under Mr. Hough .... selection of ... Quadrilles, Polkas, Waltzes, Schottisches. Mr. T.H. Merridy ... introduce a ... display of Fireworks ... novelties exhibited by .... transparency of Duke of Wellington ...

Tickets: 6d; children under ten yrs of age, half price ... obtained at any of the lodge houses, or from amy member of the committee, by whom donations ... received. Admission on day of fete: one shilling. A PROCESSION preceded by the Manchester Borough Brass Band ... leave the square in front of Salford Town Hall at 2.30 p.m. on the afternoon of the fete, proceeding along Chapel Street, Black-friars Street, Market Street, and London Road, ... persons disposed towards the institution ... solicited to be present. GHAS. BRITLAND

Secretary

Ink mss. July 19th 1851

b) KNOWSLEY PARK, Near Liverpool. Notice of Sale by auction of the .... menagerie and Aviary formed by the ... Earl of Derby, K.G. President of the Zoological Society of London.

Mr. J.C. Stevens ... instructions from the Executors of the late .... Earl to sell by public auction, on the premises, Knowsley .... on Monday, 6th October and ... following days, the whole of the Live Animals and Birds ... in the Knowsley Menagerie, excepting the ... 5 Elland Antelopes selected by the Zoological Society of London, and 1 specimen or series, to be selected by Her Majesty, in pursuance of a desire expressed by the ... Earl. Collection admitted to be the finest extant ... 1,600 examples, including ... rarest Antelopes, Deer, Indian cattle, Zebras, Llamas, Alpacas & c .... May be viewed by Catalogues, price 5s each, to admit one person only to the views on MONDAY the 29th inst. or either 5 following days: These may be had by persons intending to purchase at the Office, Knowsley Hall and off Mr. J.C. Stevens, 38 King street, Convent garden, London. Dated, in ink, in lower r.h.c. 1851.

c) Advt: ... since ... Whitsuntide holidays ... additions in Menagerie of ... Animals and Birds ... Pair of Condors ... Macaw, ultramarine coloured ... Green Macaw ... scarlet Egyptian Ibis ... Monkeys, 9 Marmosets ... Mr. GODBEHERE'S INCUBATOR or HATCHING MACHINE ... hatching chickens by steam, ... in the Gardens.

Week-days, admission 3d each.

Sundays, 6d each: returned in refreshments. 1851 in ink.

These 3 advts. vertically mounted.

d) ... GARDENS ... OPEN ... Building, 75 ft long x 25 ft wide ... reception of Museum of Curiosities, Stuffed Birds etc. ... added Lion and Lioness ... new Monkey House ... constructed, in which Monster Cage to be placed 21 ft in height, covering area of 600 sq. ft. ... Gymnasium introduced ... male Leopard added. Striped Hyaena ... Griffon Vulture .... Wolf. In Grounds ... Serpentine Walk .... Sheet of Water .... Dancing Platform ... to be enlarged to 15,000 sq. ft ... shelter accommodation in the gardens ....

Terms of Admission: Non-subscribers, 3d each, Sundays 6d each .... liberal allowance ... to schools and ... excursion parties on application to Mr J. Jennison, Proprietor- Railway to the Gardens (Longsight Station) fare, from London Road 2d.

1850 in ink in lower r.h.c.

Below advt:

(The Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society having discontinued their subscription ... duplicate. )

e) Subscribers of 10s p.a. .... entitled to free admission every day from 1st May 1850 to 1st May 1851 for themselves and resident members of their family ... fare in only twopence.

... Northern Tulip Show, under the .... Manchester Amateur Tulip Society ... duplicate, lower r.h.c. 1851

Col.3 a) BELLE VUE GARDENS (Mr Jennison) - In consequence of ... state of weather at request of many persons ... M. Jullien with his ..... BAND engaged to give one more MUSICAL FETE THIS DAY Saturday August 3rd 1850 ... by the ... permission of Colonel Arthur and the Officers, the ... Band of the Third Dragoon Guards conducted by Mr. Rungeling, perform with ... Mr. Jullien's orchestra. Programme/Parts I & II, tunes by Rossini, Meyerbeer, Weber, Bellini, incl. Quadrilles ... Fireworks Display ... Orchestra.... illuminated by Mr. Halliday of Oak-street, Manchester. Tickets, One Shilling each. One ticket admit Two Children under ten years of age ....

b) ... Monday August 6th ... Admission 6d .... Herr Kjellberg, the Water King, his first appearance ... introduce his military Exercises in the National Costume of Sweden ... perform walking on water, as in Court of Vienna ... Two Parts, at 4.00 and 6.00 p.m. Brass Band ... throughout day

Belle Vue can be reached by railway from Manchester (Bank Top Station) fare 2d: from Stockport, fare 4d .... a ... packet plies daily between Stockport and Gorton, a short distance from the Gardens.

c) ... Fete and Concert ... Belle Vue ... Saturday - Archery, Cricket, Boating - By permission of Lieutenant-Colonel Smyth, the Band of the 16th Lancers ... The Band of the Royal Pensioners and a Concert Orchestra ... Programme - Mendelssohns' Wedding March ... conclude with Beethoven's Battle Symphony, with Firing &c.

Admission 1s ... Special trains from Manchester every half hour to and from the gardens, from three o'clock until ten .... Train times given.

Ink mss note, 23rd August 1851.

p.51

(Recto rear cover:) 6 cuttings

a) Whitsuntide Holidays ... Extensive Preparations for reception of large companies during the approaching holidays ... open-air platform increased, nearly 15,000 sq.ft. ... 3 brass bands "Adam and Eve" .... first time submitted to public exhibition ... (additions) Marmozette Monkeys & 2 ... Turkey buzzards .... In the building ... occupied as Museum model of Hobart Town in N.S.W. ... in grounds, Summer Marquee, 150 ft in length .... sheltering c. 1,000 persons ... Mechanical Revolving Gate ... erected by Mr Thomas Dunn of Windsor Bridge Manchester, at the Hyde Park entrance, records ... the number of visitors in anticipation of the ... assemblages during Whit week. Admission during Whit Week, Fourpence each-Annual subscribers 10s free on this & all other occasions.

.... Northern Tulip Show ... Wednesday May 29th 2nd & 3rd Horticultural Meetings ... 3rd July & 30th August ensuing. Schedules of prizes .... Mr Watkinson and Mr Bigland, Market Place, Manchester and at the Gardens, 1850 in ink r. cutting.

b) ... The Third ... Floral and Horticultural Fete ... Friday, August 30th ... Prizes ... Schedules from Messrs Bigland and Co. Mr. Watkinson, Market Place, Manchester ... Herr Kjellberg ... walking on water. Flowers exhibited on this day will remain in the Marquee for public inspection during the four following days.

Admission before 4 o'clock, 1s; after that hour 6d each.

c), d), and e) 3 vertically mounted cuttings.

c) SKATING ... ICE for SKATING .... Water under three feet deep. Accommodation ... Refreshment. Admission 6d each.

d) THIS DAY (September 7th ... Last day of Brierly and Griffith's Lilliputian Circus, with miniature Ponies, etc. Performances 5 o'clock. Belle Vue brass band .... playing Quadrilles at 2.00 precisely. Admission threepence each. Railway Fare from London Road to the gardens. Fare twopence.

e) ... Public reminded ... ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS of 10s now receivable at the BELLE VUE GARDENS ... entitling Parties & families to Admission until 1st May, 1851. JOHN JENNISON Proprietor.

Col.2 : 1 advt: 1 cutting from the Midland Florist Advertiser.

The ... Northern Tulip Show

... at Belle Vue Gardens ... under the patronage of JOHN POTTER ESQ. Mayor of Manchester and E.R. LANGWORTHY ESQ. Mayor of Salford .... Prizes .... For Best Pan of 6 Rectified Tulips, one of each class, a SILVER CUP of £7.10s value, with £5 value in Tulips the gift of Mr. Lawrence of Hampton. 2nd Silver Cup £5 value with £3 in Tulips gift of Mr. Willmer of Sunbury. Mr. Willmer also £2 in Tulips for the best Pan of Three Breeder Tulips.

The Second, £1 5s with a Bulb of Greig's Osiris Flamed Bizarre the gift of Mr Lightbody of Falkirk. N.B.

For the best Pan of Mr Bibbon's Seedling Breeders, one of each class, 10s and Ten selected Seedling Breeders the gift of Mr. Gibbons of Chellaston.

EXTRA PRIZES:

First, the best Feathered Tulip of any Class 10s and Five selected Seedling Breeders the gift of Mr. Gibbons.

Fourth, for the best rectified seedling raised by Mr. Lightbody and broken in 1850, a bulb of Walker's Coronation, the gift of Mr. Lightbody.

Fifth, for the best Rectified Seedling, not raised by Mr. Lightbody ... never won before, a bulb of Dickson's Duke of Devonshire, the gift of Mr. Lightbody.

JUDGES: ... Mr J.F. Wood, F.H.S. Nottingham. Conductor of the Midland Florist; Mr Jonathan Jackson, Deighton, near Huddersfield; Mr John Knowles, Hindley, Lancashire; and Mr. Charles Cotteril.

Subscriptions: Ten Shillings each .... finally close on 13th April 1850, may be forwarded to Mr. Watkinson, Seedsman, Market-place, Manchester; or to Mr. Dixon, 9 Bury New Road, Strangeways, near Manchester ........

Regulation forwarded to any part of the Kingdom

R.H.DIXON, HON.SEC.

Manchester, Feb.16., 1850

Below, advt: .... Second Floral and Horticultural Exhibition ..... Wednesday July 3rd.

Belle Vue Quadrille Band in attendance every day.

An omnibus plies from the Commercial Inn, Market-street, every afternoon to the gardens and the railway from London Road to Longsight station; fare 2d. N.B. Schedules of the prizes may be had by applying at the Gardens.

Col.3 1 advertisement: THIS DAY, SATURDAY 31ST AUGUST, 1850 ... TEMPERANCE GALA DAY, Cheap trips for Lancashire and Cheshire. Ten thousand tickets issued. Mr. Bywater ........ Display of fireworks at dusk. Flowers from Horticultural Fete yesterday remain for inspection. 5 Bands in attendance.

Below: Belle Vue Wakes, 1850 commence Monday, Sept. 2nd ... continue during week ... first 3 days, Herr Kjellberg ... Water King ... introduce Military Exercises ... Walking on Water ... new feature ... not previously attempted by him in Manchester - will walk backwards on ... lake ... Brierly and Griffiths LILLIPUTIAN CIRCUS ... Fairy Steads and Juvenile Equestrians, Tight-Rope Dancers, Clowns perform every day during the week. Mr Bywater ... Pyrotechnic Display .... exhibited before her Majesty at Chatsworth ... conclude with Transparency of PRINCE ALBERT on horseback ... The whole of the cut Flowers, left from the Floral and Horticultural Fete, which took place on Friday, August 30th ... remain in Marquee for public inspection during the Wakes. On Monday, the 2nd inst. and two following days, an extra Quadrille Band engaged ... on IMMENSE PLATFORM laid down for that purpose ... TO LIVE ANIMALS AND BIRDS ... added pair of Llamas, a female Puma ... a Ring-tailed Porcupine to the ... Monkeys in the new house .... numerous rare varieties .....

Prices of admission: MON.TUE.WED. SIXPENCE EACH

T URS.FRI.SAT. THREEPENCE.

Singing Order decided by ballot. Mixed Voice Choirs ... from 30 to 50 voices, parties engaging professionals disqualified.

Regulations for Parish Church Choirs:

Each Singer to be regular member of Choir with which they compete .... cannot compete more than once in each class. No. of contestants limited. Entry order considered in selection, solo competitors can bring own accompanist ... services of skilled accompanist free of charge can be provided.

Mr. Jennison's decision ... final in ... dispute ....

Judges can stop quartettes or solo competitors as soon as satisfied to merits.

JUDGES:

Mr. ROLAND ROGERS ... Organist of Bangor Cathedral

Mr R.H. WILSON ..... Director to the Birmingham Festival and Halle Concerts

Mr WALTER S. NESBITT, Conductor, Blackpool Glee and Madrigal Society.

ACCOMPANISTS

Mr. ALFRED AINSWORTH, Mr. E. BENNETT NORTH, Mr. JOHN HOLGATE ... all of Manchester.

Pianos supplied by Albert Wagstaff, Manchester.

Framed, no 25, in pencil in lower r.h.c.

4 unnumbered pages.

(p.2) SOLO COMPETITIONS. 2 cols.

Singing Order Singer, Song. Area Composer & Winners.

Col.1

CONTRALTO SOPRANO 1-23

Col.2 as Col.1 24-26

SOPRANO/CONT TENOR

(p.3) Arranged as cols on (p.2)

BASS 1-22

MALE VOICE QUARTETTES. as above 1-12

PARISH CHURCH CHOIRS, similar arrangement 1-10

Only details include Parish, in caps. area, name of choirmaster, his address & no. of voices in choir.

1. St.Chrysostom's, Victoria Park, Manchester

Choirmaster-Mr E. Standring, A.R.C.O., 5 Ashfield Grove, Rusholme, Manchester. 24 voices.

MIXED VOICE CHOIRS, arranged as previous entries.

1-12. Name of choir & names of secretary & conductor & no. of voices in choir.

6. Levenshulme - Mr E.J. Cookson (Conductor), 256 Stockport Road, Levenshulme

Secretary - Mr. W. Marsh, Craven Bank, Osborne Road, Levenshulme. 44 voices.

(p.4) Results of Previous Choral Contests. 1902-1906 names of choirs & soloists given & home town.

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