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Guide 4

Catalogue reference: F.4.3.3.4

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Reference
F.4.3.3.4
Title
Guide 4
Date
1881
Description

- To the Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue

Cover as Guide 3.

Messrs. Dansons ... Picture of Bay & Town of Navarino .... Battle of Navarino ... Band of Gardens other details as 1880

v.f. cover, folding plan as 1880 plan, foxed. (p.1-p.3), p.4-p.24. (p.1. as Guides 2 & 3.

Messrs. Dansons' Grand Spectacle of the Battle of Navarino .... every Mon. Wed & Sat. to October 17th inclusive, & every Sat afterwards to November 5th ... (p.2), as p.2 of 1880 guide (p.4) Cages 1 to 40, contents of (p.5) cont/p.41 to 54 Item 53 Askough Cat (Norway) presented by Edward Stanpey Esq. the Heights, Grange. 54 empty, also cages 55 to 62.

Fernhouses etc. (p.6) as in 1880 .... a small Refreshment Room recently rebuilt and enlarged .... (p.7) Cages 62 to 96, the latter unoccupied (p.8) Cages 97 to 115, (p.9 Cages 122 to 138, ... the Out-door Platform for dancing upon, and for other amusements; ... (p.10) Advt for Messrs. Dansons' ... Open-Air Picture ... Terminating with a Transparent Portrait of Admiral Codrinton ... whole picture ... painted spectaculae effects ... designed ... by Messrs Danson of London. p.11, Boat & refreshment charges, unaltered, p.12 Tea-Rooms unchanged, likewise Museum charges, Printing Room, Cages 140 to 156 ... p.13 Cages 157 to 164. Conveyances & charges also unchanged ... Special accommodation has been provided for the loading of passengers, after the fireworks, by the cars and omnibuses of the Company, which will be drawn up in two lines on Messrs. Jennison's (p.14) private siding, immediately on the left hand on leaving Hyde Road gates. Many 'buses .... waiting, public .... informed .... only by the 'buses and trams of the Manchester Carriage Company can the above fares be guaranteed ... The foregoing ... Guide to all parts of the Ground open to the public. The Establishment.... contains a .... Confectionery, Bakery, Brewery, Gas Works, Printing Office ... to view which special permission must be obtained, italic print no. Railway fares, as in 1880 (p.15), p.16-22 Battle of Navarino, p.23-p.24 : Cab Fares, prices unchanged.

Printed at the Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue, Manchester.

Pale blue cover, cover design as 1880 Guide. foxed & soiled.

Held by
Chetham's Library
Language
English
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/fdb87613-94ad-42c5-a410-c1cc891e2db7/

Series information

F.4.3.3

TWENTY-NINE GUIDES TO ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE, MANCHESTER

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3,929 records

This record is held at Chetham's Library

1,115 records

Within the fonds: F.4.1.-F.6.9

BELLE VUE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

121 records

Within the sub-fonds: F.4.3

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Within the series: F.4.3.3

TWENTY-NINE GUIDES TO ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BELLE VUE, MANCHESTER

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