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MATTHEW HALTON FONDS
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Finding Aid No. 2326 / Instrument de recherche no 2326
Prepared in 2003 by Kara Quann for the Préparé en 2003 par Kara Quann pour les Social and Cultural Archives Archives sociales et culturelles ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CORRESPONDENCE SERIES ...... 1
FAMILY AND PERSONAL MATERIAL SERIES ...... 2, 13
PRINT AND BROADCAST JOURNALISM SERIES ...... 5, 14
KENNETH DYBA & JOSEPH THOMAS RESEARCH MATERIAL SERIES...... 7 Interviews/Research Files ...... 7 Chronological Sub-series ...... 12 iii
INTRODUCTION MATTHEW HALTON FONDS
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CORRESPONDENCE SERIES
1 1 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean 1926-1929 (Campbell) Halton 1 2 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean 1930-1932 (Campbell) Halton 1 3 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton 1940-1941 1 4 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton 1942 1 5 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton 1943 1 6 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton 1944 1 7 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton 1945 1 8 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton ca. 1946-1954 1 9 Correspondence, Personal - from Matthew Halton to Jean Halton n.d. 1 10 Correspondence, Personal - from Jean (Campbell) Halton to 1942, 1955 Matthew Halton 1 11 Correspondence, Personal - Halton family n.d., 1929 1 12 Correspondence, Personal - Halton family 1930-1938 1 13 Correspondence, Personal - Halton family 1941-1946 1 14 Correspondence, Personal - Halton family 1953-1957 1 15 Correspondence, Personal - Christiane 1944, 1956 1 16 Correspondence, Personal - Fielding, Sean 1955-1957 1 17 Correspondence, Personal - Lynch, Charles 1955-1957 2 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date
1 18 Correspondence, Personal - McMillan, R. 1956 1 19 Correspondence, Personal - Wolffsohn, Elsa 1947 1 20 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1938-1944 1 21 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1945-1949 1 22 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1951-1956 1 23 Correspondence, Miscellaneous - Condolences 1956-1957 1 24 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1975 1 25 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 2002 1 26 Correspondence, Miscellaneous n.d. 1 27 Correspondence, Miscellaneous - from Matthew Halton 1944, 1955 1 28 Correspondence - S.J. Reginald Saunders and Company Ltd. - 1956-1957 Book proposal 1 29 Correspondence - University of Alberta - Awarding of 1954, 1956 Honourary Degree
FAMILY AND PERSONAL MATERIAL SERIES
1 30 Autographed American Dollar Bill - Calcutta, India 1942 1 31 Canadian News Hall of Fame - Matthew Halton, elected 1982 posthumously 1 32 “Halton Hi-Lites” vol. I, no. 3, Matthew Halton Memorial Issue, 1958 Matthew Halton High School 1 33 “Halton Hi-Lites” vol. II, no. 3, Matthew Halton Memorial Issue, 1959 Matthew Halton High School 1 34 Journalist’s Notebook - Italy and France [1943-1944] 1 35 “Pincher Creek Memories” 1975 1 36 Receipt from Garfield Weston to Matthew Halton for 1939 contribution for repatriation of Canadian volunteers in Spanish Civil War R10120 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS 3 Container File File Title Date
1 37 Royal Wedding of Queen Elizabeth and Philip - Notes for 1947 commentators 1 38 Savage Club 1956 1 39 Seth Halton’s geometry exercise book n.d. 1 40 Speech - “A Salute to Soldiers” for North American Guest Night [1943?] 1 41 Speech - [“Being a War Correspondent”] ca. 1944 1 42 Speaking Tour - Association of Canadian Clubs 1956 1 43 Speaking Tour - National War Finance 194-? 1 44 Speaking Tour - Winnipeg Press Club 1944
2 1 Student Papers - [Cambridge University] 1929-1930 2 2 Student Papers - Canada in Perspective I 1929-1930 2 3 Student Papers - Canada in Perspective II 1929-1930 2 4 Student Papers - Canada in Perspective III 1929-1930 2 5 Student Papers - The Expansion of the British Empire 1929-1930 2 6 Student Papers - Kant and Green 1929-1930 2 7 Student Papers - [Oxford University] Mother of Arts and 1929-1930 Eloquence 2 8 Student Papers - Thucydides 1929-1930 2 9 “Ten Years to Alamein” - Book jacket 1944 2 10 “Ten Years to Alamein” - Correspondence 1944-1946 2 11 “Ten Years to Alamein” - Manuscript fragments of Part 2 ca. 1941-1942 “Reaping the Whirlwind” 2 12 “Ten Years to Alamein” - Reviews 1945 2 13 Thursday Club 1955 2 14 War Documents - Report on German atrocities 1944 2 15 War Documents - Nuremberg Trial 1945-1946 2 16 War Documents - Nuremberg Trial 1945-1946 4 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date
2 17 War Documents - Nuremberg Trial 1945-1946 2 18 War Documents - Prisoners of War Division, German Section, 1947 Foreign Service 2 19 War Documents - Russo-Finnish War - Posters and Maps 1939-1940 2 20 Writings and Poetry - “A Matter of Conviction” (revised version n.d. of “A Matter of Principle”) 2 21 Writings and Poetry - “A Matter of Principle” n.d. 2 22 Writings and Poetry - “The Boar’s Head Ring” n.d. 2 23 Writings and Poetry - “The Dream” (handwritten version) 1930 2 24 Writings and Poetry - “The Dream” (typed version) n.d. 2 25 Writings and Poetry - “The Honourable David” n.d. 2 26 Writings and Poetry - “It Happened in Moscow” (revised version n.d. of “Lost Ecstasy” for Toronto Star Weekly) 2 27 Writings and Poetry - “Lost Ecstasy” n.d. 2 28 Writings and Poetry - “Ming Vase” n.d. 2 29 Writings and Poetry - Miscellaneous 2 30 Writings and Poetry - “November Idyll” (early, incomplete n.d. version of “The Dream”) 2 31 Writings and Poetry - “On Toscanini Conducting ‘Italia n.d. Betrayed’” 2 32 Writings and Poetry - “Suspense” n.d. 2 33 Writings and Poetry - “Sympathy” n.d. 2 34 Writings and Poetry - Untitled (written in the Desert War) 194? 2 35 University of Alberta, Convocation Address, May 1956 1956 2 36 Vital Documents - Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificate, Death 1932, 1956, Certificate 1970 2 37 Yugoslavia Trip 1950 R10120 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS 5 Container File File Title Date
PRINT AND BROADCAST JOURNALISM SERIES
2 38 Articles ca. 1934-1936 2 39 Articles ca. 1937 2 40 Articles ca. 1938-1941 2 41 Articles ca. 1942-1944 2 42 Articles ca. 1945-1946 2 43 Articles ca. 1947 2 44 Articles ca. 1947 2 45 Articles ca. 1948 2 46 Articles ca. 1948 2 47 Articles ca. 1948 2 48 Articles ca. 1949 2 49 Articles ca. 1949 2 50 Articles ca. 1950 2 51 Articles ca. 1950
3 1 Articles ca. 1951 3 2 Articles ca. 1951 3 3 Articles ca. 1952 3 4 Articles ca. 1952 3 5 Articles ca. 1953 3 6 Articles ca. 1954-1955 3 7 Articles ca. 1955-1956 3 8 Articles n.d. 3 9 Kemsley Newspapers London Series 1944 3 10 Post-War Germany Series Part I (articles) ca. 1950-1955 6 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date
3 11 Post-War Germany Series Part 2 (articles) ca. 1950-1955 3 12 Post-War Germany Series Part 3 (articles) ca. 1950-1955 3 13 Yugoslavia Series - Articles 1950 3 14 Yugoslavia Series - Broadcast - “Window on Yugoslavia” 1950 (1 of 2) 3 15 Yugoslavia Series - Broadcast - “Window on Yugoslavia” 1950 (2 of 2) 3 16 BBC Series - “Imperial Echoes” 1944 3 17 BBC Series - “News from Yesterday: The Great Fire of London” 1949 3 18 BBC Series - “Window on France”; “Commonwealth Christmas” 1949 3 19 BBC Series - “Commonwealth Journey No. 3" 1950 3 20 BBC Series - “At Home and Abroad” 1954 3 21 BBC Series - “Should Germany be Rearmed?: an International 1954 Enquiry, Part 1" 3 22 BBC Series - “Should Germany be Rearmed?: an International 1954 Enquiry, Part 2" 3 23 BBC Series - “Gold Coast Experience” 1955 3 24 CBC Broadcasts 1940-1943 3 25 CBC Broadcasts 1943
4 1 CBC Broadcasts, Jan.-July 1944 1944 4 2 CBC Broadcasts, July-Aug. 1944 1944 4 3 CBC Broadcasts, Aug.-Sept. 1944 1944 4 4 CBC Broadcasts, Sept.-Dec. 1944 1944 4 5 CBC Broadcasts, Jan.-April 1945 1945 4 6 CBC Broadcasts, April-Dec. 1945 1945 4 7 CBC Broadcasts 1946-1949 4 8 CBC Broadcasts 1950-1956 4 9 CBC Broadcasts - Related to Matthew Halton 1956-1978 R10120 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS 7 Container File File Title Date
4 10 Canadian Series - Broadcasts (1 of 2) 1952-1953 4 11 Canadian Series - Broadcasts (2 of 2) 1952-1953 4 12 Capital Report; News Roundup; Report on Britain Series 1946-1947 4 13 Capital Report; News Roundup; Report on Britain Series 1948-1950 4 14 Capital Report; News Roundup Series 1951-1953 4 15 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Jan.-Feb. 1954 1954 4 16 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Feb.-April 1954 1954 4 17 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, May-July 1954 1954 4 18 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Aug.-Oct. 1954 1954 4 19 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Nov.-Dec. 1954 1954
5 1 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Jan.-April 1955 1955 5 2 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, April-June 1955 1955 5 3 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, June-Dec. 1955 1955 5 4 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, Jan.-March 1956 1956 5 5 Capital Report; News Roundup Series, April-Aug. 1956 1956 5 6 Early Broadcasts 1930s-1942 5 7 Television Broadcasts ca. 1953, 1956
KENNETH DYBA & JOSEPH THOMAS RESEARCH MATERIAL SERIES
Interviews/Research Files Sub-series
5 8 Interviews/Research Files - Allison, Lewis 1980 5 9 Interviews/Research Files - Amaron, D.G. 1978-1979 5 10 Interviews/Research Files - Anglin, Gerry 1979 8 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date
5 11 Interviews/Research Files - Approach (Language/Images) to ca. 1978-1983 Writing Biography/Drama Part 1 5 12 Interviews/Research Files - Approach (Language/Images) to ca. 1978-1983 Writing Biography/Drama Part 2 5 13 Interviews/Research Files - Armstrong, Jane 1979 5 14 Interviews/Research Files - Beamish, Royd 1979-1980 5 15 Interviews/Research Files - Bowker, Wilbur 1979-1980 5 16 Interviews/Research Files - Bowman, R.T. 1979 5 17 Interviews/Research Files - Bushnell, E.H. 1979-1980 5 18 Interviews/Research Files - Campbell, W.J. 1979 5 19 Interviews/Research Files - Canada Council Grant - Kenneth 1978-1980 Dyba and Joseph Thomas 5 20 Interviews/Research Files - Clare, John 1979, 1981 5 21 Interviews/Research Files - Clark, Gerald 1979-1980 5 22 Interviews/Research Files - Corner, John 1979 5 23 Interviews/Research Files - Cowan, Andrew 1978-1980 5 24 Interviews/Research Files - Cumberland, Mrs. John 1978 5 25 Interviews/Research Files - DePoe, Norman 1979 5 26 Interviews/Research Files - Dew, Dorothy 1979 5 27 Interviews/Research Files - Dickson, H.L. 1979-1980 5 28 Interviews/Research Files - Duckett, Alan 1979-1980 5 29 Interviews/Research Files - “The Echo”, Pincher Creek 1978 5 30 Interviews/Research Files - Edey, Kenneth 1979-1980 5 31 Interviews/Research Files - Eggleston, Wilfred 1980 5 32 Interviews/Research Files - Entwistle, Willis 1979 5 33 Interviews/Research Files - Fielding, Mrs. Sean 1979 5 34 Interviews/Research Files - Gibbs, Eric 1979-1981 5 35 Interviews/Research Files - Gilchrist, Bill 1980 R10120 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS 9 Container File File Title Date
5 36 Interviews/Research Files - Gordon, Kathleen 1979-1980 5 37 Interviews/Research Files - Gowan, Elsie Park 1979-1980 5 38 Interviews/Research Files - Halton Family Background 5 39 Interviews/Research Files - Halton, David (brother of Matthew 1979 Halton) 5 40 Interviews/Research Files - Halton, David (son of Matthew 1979-1984 Halton) 5 41 Interviews/Research Files - Halton, E.G. 1980 5 42 Interviews/Research Files - Halton, James 1978-1979 5 43 Interviews/Research Files - Halton, Jean 1978-1980, 1987 5 44 Interviews/Research Files - Halton, Seth 1979-1980 5 45 Interviews/Research Files - Harkness, Douglas S. 1979-1980 5 46 Interviews/Research Files - Haviland, Richard H. 1979-1980 5 47 Interviews/Research Files - Herbert, Walter B. 1979-1980 5 48 Interviews/Research Files - Hewitt, Celina 1980 5 49 Interviews/Research Files - Hill, Bob 1979 5 50 Interviews/Research Files - Holmes, Art 1979 5 51 Interviews/Research Files - Imperial Order Daughters of the 1978 Empire (I.O.D.E.) 5 52 Interviews/Research Files - Johnson, Paul 1979-1980 5 53 Interviews/Research Files - Karsh, Yousuf 1978 5 54 Interviews/Research Files - Kelly, Muriel and Larry 1980 5 55 Interviews/Research Files - Kilburn, Peter 1979-1980 5 56 Interviews/Research Files - Lang, Wilbur 1980 5 57 Interviews/Research Files - Liesemer, Aylmer 1979 5 58 Interviews/Research Files - Lorraine, Joan 1980 5 59 Interviews/Research Files - Lynch, Charles 1979-1980 5 60 Interviews/Research Files - Macfarlane, J.D. 1979 10 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date
5 61 Interviews/Research Files - Malone, R.S. 1978 5 62 Interviews/Research Files - Marshall, John E. 1979 5 63 Interviews/Research Files - Matters, Bill 1979 5 64 Interviews/Research Files - McBain, Norman 1979 5 65 Interviews/Research Files - Milvain, J.V.H. 1979-1980 5 66 Interviews/Research Files - Morrison, Hugh W. 1979-1980
6 1 Interviews/Research Files - Morrison, Neil 1980 6 2 Interviews/Research Files - Moser, Edward 1979 6 3 Interviews/Research Files - Munro, Ross 1979-1980 6 4 Interviews/Research Files - Nicol, James Y. 1979 6 5 Interviews/Research Files - Pagniez, Ken 1979 6 6 Interviews/Research Files - Peers, Frank 1979, 2000 6 7 Interviews/Research Files - Perry, Marjorie 1980 6 8 Interviews/Research Files - Pincher Creek and District Historical 1979, 1998 Society 6 9 Interviews/Research Files - Powley, A.E. - Interviews and 1978-1979 Correspondence 6 10 Interviews/Research Files - Powley, A.E. - Miscellaneous 1979 6 11 Interviews/Research Files - Priestley, F.E.L. 1979 6 12 Interviews/Research Files - Promotional Ideas for Dyba/Thomas 1980 Project 6 13 Interviews/Research Files - Prospectus/Proposal for Biography 1978-1983 and Radio/Television Drama 6 14 Interviews/Research Files - Ouimet, Marcel 1978-1980 6 15 Interviews/Research Files - Reyburn, Wallace 1979 6 16 Interviews/Research Files - Sanders, Wilf 1979 6 17 Interviews/Research Files - Shields, William A. 1979-1980 6 18 Interviews/Research Files - Silverthorn, Helen 1978 R10120 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS 11 Container File File Title Date
6 19 Interviews/Research Files - Sinclair, Gordon 1979 6 20 Interviews/Research Files - Smith, Arnold and Eve n.d., 1979- 1980 6 21 Interviews/Research Files - Smith, I. Norman 1980 6 22 Interviews/Research Files - Stanley, F.G. 1979 6 23 Interviews/Research Files - Steinhouse, Herbert 1979-1980 6 24 Interviews/Research Files - Stewart, W.A. 1980 6 25 Interviews/Research Files - Stowe, Leland 1978 6 26 Interviews/Research Files - Stursberg, Peter 1978-1980 6 27 Interviews/Research Files - Teaching Files of Matthew Halton Part 1 6 28 Interviews/Research Files - Teaching Files of Matthew Halton Part 2 6 29 Interviews/Research Files - Thomas, Gwyn “Jocko” 1979 6 30 Interviews/Research Files - Thordarson, A. Norman 1979-1980 6 31 Interviews/Research Files - Thursday Club - Wheeler’s 1947, 1979- Restaurant - Bernard, Walsh 1980 6 32 Interviews/Research Files - Trotter, Bernard 1980 6 33 Interviews/Research Files - Turnbull, Robert 1979 6 34 Interviews/Research Files - Wershof, Max 1979-1980 6 35 Interviews/Research Files - Winnipeg Free Press 1978 6 36 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Burgess, Alan 1980-1981 6 37 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Cairns, Marvel 1979 6 38 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Calder, Marty 1979-1980 6 39 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - CBC Drama 1978-1980 6 40 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Chamberlain, Jan 1979 6 41 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Clemens, “Dolly” 1980 6 42 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Dorsey, Marie 1980 6 43 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Faoro, Sylvia 1979 12 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date
6 44 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Finestone, Patricia 1979 6 45 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Frizzell, Jenny 1979-1980 6 46 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Hoover, Isobel 1980 6 47 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Hyman, Harold A. 1979 6 48 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - The Lethbridge 1978 Herald 6 49 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Martin, Paul 1979 6 50 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Milne, John 1979-1980 6 51 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Moore, Lloyd 1980 6 52 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Parsons, W.B. 1979 6 53 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Correspondence from 1979 the public 6 54 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Russell, Andy 1979-1980 6 55 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Spry, Graham 1979-1980 6 56 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Stetson, Rosamund 1979 6 57 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - Sykes, Mabel 1979 6 58 Interviews/Research Files - “Dead Files” - University of Alberta 1978-1979
Chronological Sub-series
6 59 Chronology - Birth to 1929 Part 1 (1904-1910) ca. 1978-1983 6 60 Chronology - Birth to 1929 Part 2 (1911-1923) ca. 1978-1983 6 61 Chronology - Birth to 1929 Part 3 (1924-1926) ca. 1978-1983 6 62 Chronology - Birth to 1929 Part 4 (1927-1929) ca. 1978-1983 6 63 Chronology - 1930s - Part 1 (1930-1931) ca. 1978-1983 6 64 Chronology - 1930s - Part 2 (1932-1933) ca. 1978-1983 6 65 Chronology - 1930s - Part 3 (1934-1936) ca. 1978-1983 6 66 Chronology - 1930s - Part 4 (1937-1939) ca. 1978-1983 R10120 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS 13 Container File File Title Date
7 1 Chronology - 1940s - Part 1 (1940-1941) ca. 1978-1983 7 2 Chronology - 1940s - Part 2 (1942) ca. 1978-1983 7 3 Chronology - 1940s - Part 3 (1943) ca. 1978-1983 7 4 Chronology - 1940s - Part 4 (1944) ca. 1978-1983 7 5 Chronology - 1940s - Part 5 (1944) ca. 1978-1983 7 6 Chronology - 1940s - Part 6 (1945) ca. 1978-1983 7 7 Chronology - 1940s - Part 7 (1945-1949) ca. 1978-1983 7 8 Chronology - 1950s - Part 1 (1950-1954) ca. 1978-1983 7 9 Chronology - 1950s - Part 2 (1955-1956) ca. 1978-1983 7 10 Chronology - 1950s - Part 3 (1956-1958) ca. 1978-1983
FAMILY AND PERSONAL MATERIAL SERIES (Oversize Material)
8 1 Scrapbook - Personal (and loose material) 1927-1967
9 1 Scrapbook - Obituaries and tributes for Matthew Halton (and 1956 loose material)
10 1 “Echoes” - IODE Magazine - June 1935 and June 1937 1935, 1937 10 2 Order of the British Empire - Certificate and letter 1946, 1948
PRINT AND BROADCAST JOURNALISM SERIES (Oversize material)
11 1 Scrapbook - Bound volume - Newspaper articles (and loose 1925-1933 material) 14 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS R10120 Container File File Title Date
12 1 Scrapbook - Bound volume - Newspaper articles 1933-1935
13 1 Scrapbook - Bound volume - Newspaper articles (March 1935- 1935-1936 Sept. 1936)
14 1 Scrapbook - Bound volume - Newspaper articles (and loose 1936-1937 material) (Oct. 1936-Nov. 1937)
15 1 Scrapbook - Bound volume - Newspaper articles 1938
16 1 Scrapbook - Bound volume - Newspaper articles (and loose 1939 material)
17 1 Scrapbook - Bound volume - Newspaper articles 1940-1943
18 1 Scrapbook - Bound volume - Newspaper articles (and loose 1943-1948 material)
19 1 Scrapbook - Coiled volume - Newspaper articles 1929-1932
20 1 Scrapbook - Coiled volume - Newspaper articles (1933-May 1933-1934 1934) 20 2 Scrapbook - Coiled volume - Newspaper articles (June-Nov. 1934 1934) 20 3 Scrapbook - Coiled volume - Newspaper articles (Nov.-Dec. 1934 1934)
21 1 Scrapbook - Coiled volume - Newspaper articles (and loose 1948-1950 material) R10120 MATTHEW HALTON FONDS 15 Container File File Title Date
22 1 Scrapbook - Coiled volume - Newspaper articles (and loose 1950-1951 material)
23 1 Scrapbook - Coiled volume - Newspaper articles (and loose 1951-1953 material)
24 1 Scrapbook - Coiled volume - Newspaper articles 1953-1955 24 2 Scrapbook - Coiled volume - Newspaper articles (and loose 1955-1958 material)
25 1 Scrapbook - Coiled volume - Newspaper articles (and loose 1951-1953 material) - “Vigilant” / “Gadfly” (Pseudonyms of Halton)