Sheet 1 : Saturday, January 13th 1900 Coded amounts; wages - general. Pencil...

Sheet 1 : Saturday, January 13th 1900

Coded amounts; wages - general.

Pencil totals 218 11 8/248 4 10// Blank verso. Watermark, left edge, wavy border, monogram partly visible. Upper edge slightly soiled.

Printed wages sheet pinned to sheet 1.

Sheet 2 : (Gallery Bar) Saturday, January 13th 1900

Coded amounts; Wages; Knowles & Co. Chemicals, Brewery; Greengrocers; Music Hall 1-3-1 (ink mss).

Printed entries. Pencil entry ticks, ink mss note upper r.h.c. 'slight rain'

Verso blank, watermark as sheet 1, border only visible.

Sheet 3 : Friday, February 9th, 1900

Coded amounts; Pencil total 25 8 11, ink mss notes upper 1.h.c.

'Fine Morning, snow from 6 to 8, skating & curling'

Verso Blank, ruled, wavy border watermark/lower right edge, 'W T & Co.'

Sheet 4 : (Gallery Bar) Saturday, May 19th 1900

Coded amounts; Womens wages; 4 Horses for Island: Wages Band; Wages, general; Greengroceries; Music Hall 1.18.0 (ink mss note)

Pencil entry ticks, also totals 63 6 3/359 13 2// Ink mss note, upper r.h.c. 'very fine rather cold' Verso Blank, ruled, watermark as sheets 1-3.

Sheet 5 : Saturday, February 10th, 1900

Coded amounts; Fish animals; Lake Parcel Office; Wages; Hire of Skates; Straps & Repairing Skates; &c.

Pencil ticks entries; also pencil totals, 376 3 1/238 8 0; ink mss notes upper edge, 'Skating. Thawing from abt 10 to 3 & snowing/at intervals all afternoon. Electric Light on Lake. Verso blank, ruled, right edge, watermark, wavy border part visible.

Sheet 6 : Saturday, May 19th, 1900

Coded amounts; Wages; Friedlander & Co. Butter; Masefield & Co. Jam;

Pencil totals 259 15 10/27 15 8// Ink mss note, upper edge 'Fine day.

Relief of Mafeking made known Friday/night abt 9.30. Kept up in turn to-day.' Large pencil crosses here. Verso blank, posthorn watermark left edge, ink smudges lower r.h.c.

Sheet 7 : Whit (pencil mss) Saturday, June 9th, 1900

Coded amounts; Guide boys' wages; Carriage etc. Horse for Animals; Greengroceries; Offal Fish; Wages Extra Bakers; Wages Band; Wages general; Machine; &c.

Pencil totals 300 0 6/496 10 2// Ink mss note upper r.h.c. 'before 219.0.0. after 138.6.0'

Verso : Blank, ruled.

Sheet 8 : Saturday, June 9th, 1900

Coded amounts; Refreshments; Music Hall; &c.

Pencil totals 1012 15 6/50 1 3// Ink mss notes, upper r.h.c. 'wet morning to 2 p.m. fine afternoon'

Verso : 4 mss numbered wages cols. Watermark, wavy edge visible left edge.

Sheet 9 : Monday, June 4th 1900

Coded amounts; Guide boys; Tebay Calves; Carriage of Butter; Firers wages; Bill Posters; Pencil note (J.J's hand) Exceeds Whit Saturday'

Pencil totals 1038 0 0/94 11 9// Ink mss notes, upper edge, 'before 226.10.0.

After 168.16.0. Fine Warm East wind. 2 in Moving Bar at 11.45 a.m.

3 at 1 p.m. 5 & 6 later.'

Verso : Blank, ruled, watermark right edge 'wavy band' as sheet 8.

Sheet 10 : (Gallery Bar) Whit Monday, June 4th 1900

Coded amounts; Wages - misc; Paddock Bar; Nursery Bar; Orchestra; Dinners; Teas; Orange Stall 6 boxes; 60 Bikes; Near Toffy Shop; Music Hall; Printed entries; &c.

Pencil totals 1351 5 9/48 9 6// Also pencil tick entries, ink mss note upper 1.h.c. 'Very fine' Verso: 4 mss wage cols.

Watermark: wavy border left edge.

Sheet 11 : Monday, August 6th, 1900

Coded amounts; Island Band Wages; Tebay 3 Calves, Wilson 1 Calf; Bakers Wages; Roberts & Co. Coal; Bertenshaw, Lemon Peel; Bryant & May, matches; Brown & Co. Doctoring Man on Island; Harrison & Co. Cinemat Slides; Hammond, Firebricks; Swan & Co. Cider; National Bakery Co. Bakehouse Material; Sheffields' Co Bill Posting; Mersey White Lead; Wild & Co. Bill posting; Automatic Machine; &c. &c.

Pencil entry ticks, pencil totals 705 13 9/265 17 9// Ink mss notes upper edge, 'before 214.0.0. Sheffield 1219. Liverpool 250 after 116.9.6. Leeds & Bradford 250: Do. L.N.W. 350

Other trains generally good.'

Verso: Blank, staining. Watermark, left edge. Posthorn, monogram W.T. & Co. half visible.

Sheet 12 : (Gallery Bar) Monday, August 6th, 1900

Coded amounts; Bar amounts; Teas; Dinners; Wages, misc; &c.

Pencil totals 839 16 6/48 12 9// Ink mss notes upper 1.h.c. 'wet morning & all afternoon/except from 5 to 6.30 p.m.' Watermark, left edge, wavy border one third visible.

Sheet 13 : Thursday, August 9th 1900

Coded amounts; Guide boys wages; Butchers Beef; Mr. Chas. Cash; Cadbury Bros. Chocolates (not Automatic) Lund & Co. Butter; Mrs. Goldthorpe, Hire a/c Aug 8th; &c. &c.

Pencil entry ticks and totals. Ink mss notes, upper edge 'before 15.0.0. after 15.1.0. Nuzzling rain most of the day fine for f'works.

'Peterboro' 425; Lincoln 310; Newcastle 510; Stoke 11.25

Windle schools children 63 and 23 17 Parents 16 others'

Verso - blank, ruled.

Sheet 14 : Thursday, August 9th, 1900

Coded amounts; Waiters, women; Mrs Roberts tea; Surplus Club; Near Toffy Shop; &c.

Pencil totals 139 15 0/4 12 0// Ink mss notes upper r.h.c.

'Stoke Wales Wincle children here'.

Verso: blank bar single wages col. Ruled.

Sheet 15 : Saturday, August 11th 1900

Coded amounts; Guide boys wages; Offal fish; Horse for animals; Greengroceries; Wages misc; &c.

Pencil totals 683 11 3/416 2 0// Ink mss notes upper r.h.c.

8 before 97.10.0 Pencil mss notes 'Fine until 9 p.m. a very slight after 93.4.0 rain after 12.'

Also centre page, 'Much over usual/owing to Ladysmith'

Verso: blank, ruled. (G. Jennison's hand)

Wages Sheet attached

Sheet 16 : Saturday, August 11th 1900

Coded amounts; Wages; Cricket Match & Tea, Simpson & Co. Private party; Kirkham & Half Acre; Skip & Basket Makers; Ermen & Co. ; 72 Bikes;

Pencil totals; 445 5 3/36 5 3// Ink mss notes, upper 1.h.c. 'fine all day' also r.h.c. 'Lees & Wrigleys Employees/12 0 to tea.'

Pencil notes in G.J.'s hand.

Verso: 2 ink mss wages cols. Watermark: left edge, posthorn 'half visible) Monogram W T & Co.

Sheet 18 : Monday, September 3rd 1900

Coded amounts; Island Band wages; Firers; Probably 1200 by excursion ticks say £300; Guide boy wages; Band Contest - 7 amounts of Prize money; Entry fees Brass Bands; Programs of contest; Rent for Football ground nr. Longsight Station; &c.

Pencil mss notes upper edge 'Fine trips good should be three at least in Moving bar 11.30 to 1 o'clock' Pencil entry ticks totals 1129 17 8/107 5 0. Ink mss notes upper l.h.c. before 226 0 0

After 115 10 0

Verso blank. Watermark upper half posthorn visible. Wages list pinned to sheet.

Sheet 18(a) : Monday September 3rd, 1900

Coded amounts; Waiters; Dinners; Teas; Bar amounts; Refreshments; &c. &c.

Ink mss note upper edge l.h.c. 'very fine' Centre 'Band Contest' Pencil entry totals 1623 0 6/54 12 0. Posthorn watermark upper half visible. Cols. of wages. Handwritten list attached

Sheet 19 : Saturday September 22nd 1900

Coded amounts; Wages misc; Fruit; Greengrocers; Wages, band; & c & c

Pencil totals 852 19 11/341 17 3// Ink mss notes upper l.h.c. 'before 112.0.0.

After 170.6.0. Upper r.h.c. 'S. Wales very heavy. Bristol etc. 60s.

Barnsley etc 800

Dovecliffe etc 1300

G.E. London etc. very full.

Chester 450, Castleford 300'

Verso: Blank, ruled, upper half postmark visible left edge as sheet 17. Printed wages sheet pinned to sheet 19.

Sheet 20 : Saturday, September 22nd 1900

Coded amounts; Wages - misc; Earle, Cement; Bedford, Watercress; Wintringham & Co. Timber; Dinners; High Compton Mills; Mr Hargreave's party; Mrs Smith's party; Millbrook Course; Bikes, Nr Toffy Shop; Music Hall; &c.

Printed entries. Pencil entry ticks also totals 860 13 6/71 18 1. Ink mss entries upper 1.h.c. 'slight rain most of the morning/fine afternoon,' also upper r.h.c. 'Manchester Races/Castleford Bottle Makers/Trip'//Verso : Wages cols, totals in blue ink. Watermark posthorn partly visible left edge.

Sheet 21 : Saturday, September 15th 1900

Coded amounts; Guide Boys wages; Carriage; Telegrams; Greengroceries; Wages; Bill Posters & c & c

Pencil totals 871 16 0/356 13 5// Ink mss notes upper l.h.c. 'before 127 10 0, after' Upper r.h.c. 'Pontypool Rd 800: Swansea, Neath 2500, Brecon 260/Dwynock 450 Rotherham & Sheffield 900 Carlisle good/Keighley 400 Brymbox guaranteed 600. Ordinary weekend welsh L.N.W. 800/Wigan way 200// Printed wages sheet attached.

Sheet 22 : Saturday September 15th 1900

Coded amounts; Guide boys' wages; Wages band; Franks' Filsen cement; Wages, misc. Kelsall greengrocers; 2 horses for animals; &c.

Pencil totals 960 18 6/319 19 9// Ink mss entries upper l;h.c. 106.0.0. 67.17.9, also centre 'Sports Gate £44' Upper r.h.c. 'Fine day no trips/Bennett & Tysoe amateur champions & bell/3/4 mile foot rate. Tysoe won. 10 yards.' Upper left corner soiled, pencil cross centre. Verso: Blank, ruled. Watermark posthorn upper part visible, also upper r.h.c. folded. Wages sheet attached.

Sheet 23 : (Gallery Bar) Saturday, October 20th 1900

Coded amounts; Wages, general; Manchester Corp, Cleansing Dept; Gorsey Bank Mill; W. Oates party; Choir party; 1st Class Tent; Competitors; Large Tent; Stands in Field Hyde Rd End; 64 Bikes; Music Hall; & c & c

Pencil entries & ink mss notes upper l.h.c. 'very fine' upper r.h.c. 'Bennett v Tysoe Race/about 3000 came to it'

Verso: 2 ink mss cols - pencil totals. Watermark, upper half posthorn.

Sheet 24 : Monday, October 22nd 1900

Coded amounts; Island Band; Carriage &c; Offal Fish; Bill Posters; North Cheshire Cycling Club race in August 72 tickets; Rylands Canvas; Mrs Gaskell; Howell for land at Fulshaw; amounts set against members of Jennison family; Levenshulme Angling Soc: Hire of Boat; & c & c

Pencil totals 281 8 11/83 19 11// Ink mss notes upper l.h.c. 'before 16.0.0. Fine below in pencil £43, upper r.h.c. also pencil mss note 'Leek 720. Prestatyn 670/Shrewsbury 270.//' Lower edge soiled. Versk Blank. Watermark - posthorn upper half part visible.

Sheet 25 : Monday, October 22nd 1900

Coded amounts; Near Toffy Shop; Music Hall; &c.

Ink mss notes upper 1. & r.h.c. 'fine' 'Leek Wakes'

Verso blank. Watermark - posthorn upper half visible left edge.

Sheet 26 : Saturday, November 3rd 1900

Coded amounts; Wages, misc; Carriage Tea; Beckett Fruit Oct 31; E. Lee Repairs to Clock; T. Barnes Bill Poster; Refund Broughton Rangers; Offal Fish; Wages Band; Greengroceries; Wages, general; Pencil totals 1530 6 2/333 10 5. Ink mss notes upper l.h.c. 'before 62.10.0.

After 111.12.0.' 'Fine day, warm no sun' Swinton 375/Kirkby 362/Leicester 362/Lincoln Doncaster Sheffield 728'

Upper r.h.c. 'Trips good, abt 300 Carlisle train

500 Huddersfield

300 Preston & Chorley

550 Grantham Derby

Verso blank. Watermark posthorn upper edge.

Printed wages sheet pinned to page.

Sheet 27 : Saturday, November 3rd, 1900

Coded amounts; Wages - misc.; Mr. Glovers party; Midland Ry; Music Hall; &c.

Ink mss notes upper l.h.c. 'fine all day'.

Verso : 2 ink mss cols. wages. Brown stains, watermark posthorn - upper half visible right edge.

Sheet 28 : Sunday, November 4th, 1900

Coded amounts; Mr. John (cash); Womens wages; Whitworth Park, 3 Cygnets; Coopers Rows; Scotts &c; Norman St; Others &c; Mayor Turnbull & Murray A/c Sept 14/00; Music Hall; &c.

Pencil ticks, right edge - pencil totals: 45 8 5/13 7 6//.

Ink mss notes upper centre edge 'Fine, warm, no rain, no sun'

Verso Blank. Watermark posthorn upper half visible.

Sheet 29 : Monday, November 5th, 1900

Coded amounts; Island Band Wages; Guide Boys wages; Firers' wages; Carriage &c; Bill posters; Cadbury - confectionery; Bulay - Malt; Gilton & Co. Printing ink; Ogden's, Tobacco; Cope Bros. Tobacco; Roberts & Co. Coke; E. Wynn, Horse; Freeman & Co. Brewery Sugar; & c

Pencil Totals 591 7 0/425 4 8. Ink mss notes upper edge upper l.h.c.

'Before 22 33

After 104.10.0. Upper edge centre 'Fine early forenoon, afternoon rain at times & generally muggy'. Ink over pencil, upper r.h.c. 'Trips Bangor etc. abt 100, Denbigh 200, Shrewsbury 1300.

Verso: Blank, ruled, soiled. Watermark posthorn, upper half visible right edge.

Sheet 30 : Monday November 5th, 1900 (Gallery Bar)

Coded amounts; Wages - misc; Refreshments; & c

Ink mss notes upper l.h.c. 'fine dull to 12 noon/then rain to 3 p.m.'

Verso: 2 ink mss wages cols. Posthorn watermark.

Sheet 31 : December 31st, 1900

All amounts listed against various members of the Jennison family.

Verso: Blank - bar one ink mss line 'Deducted from Dvd Mr Richard

3 children 30 0 0

Mr James 2 (children) ditto 20 0 0?

Punch hole upper r.h.c. Soiled, watermark wavy border - right edge.

Sheet 32 : Monday, December 31st 1900

Coded amounts; all amounts related to members of the Jennison family and Bank Interest rates.

Verso: Blank ruled - soiled. Watermark right edge.