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Garden Village Jubilee 1956 - Programme and History.pdf
A document produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Garden Village. Includes a brief history of the village, a programme of events to celebrate its jubilee, along with extended descriptions of life in the village in the mid 1950s.
Garden Village Newsletter - The Wheatsheaf - February 1914
An edition of "The Wheatsheaf", the newsletter produced by residents of the Garden Village, dating from February 1914.
GFS Dance Competition - 1951 - 1.jpg
Photograph from 1951 Girls' Friendly Society showing:Back Row:
Mavis Adshead
Jessie Sharples
Beryl Smith
Valarie Woodall
Bessie Knowles (dies in November, 1951)
Norma Dutton
Enid Adshead
Brenda Hughes
Moira Hughes
Front Row:
Jean…
GFS Dance Competition - 1951.jpg
Photograph showing the Girl's Friendly Dance competition on the Rectory lawn, 1951. The 'new' and 'old' Parish Halls are behind the trees. From the left:
Mavis Adshead
Beryl Smith
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Jean Pardoe
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Thelma Vernon
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When the Americans came to Burnage
First is a scanned letter from an American doctor billeted in Burnage, who thanked the Lister family for their hospitality, hoping to return the complement in Tennessee. A full transcription of the letter is contained in the document below.
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