Wigan Archives Service Accessions to the Archives, 2011 The records listed below have all been accepted into the Wigan Archves Service collections during 2011. This list gives details of the documents as they first entered the Archives and before detailed cataloguing and research work; the reference numbers given should be treated as a basic finding aid for researchers wishing to consult the records. When requesting records from the list below, please be aware that some records may have closure periods and may not be immediately accessible. ARCHON Number: GB.132 Title Description Reference Code Covering Dates Extent Notebook of Alfred Griffiths, private Pocket note-book belong to Alfred Griffiths of Platt Bridge, who served as a private soldier during the First World War, fought and was Acc. 2011/1 1914-1916 1 volume soldier, First World War injured at the Battle of the Somme and died of his wounds in 1916 in a military hospital in Brighton. The note-book contains some diary entries, observations on campaigns and military actions, details of friends and soldiers, including their deaths or injuries, details of kit and possessions and a poem, possibly written by Griffiths, entitled, "A Lonely Sentry". Accompanying the volume are photocopied documents including a newspaper obituary, memorial, a letter to his wife Emily, and an account published in "The Christian World" by a clergyman who spoke to Mrs Griffiths on her journey to Brighton to see her husband with their eleventh child; Alfred died before she arrived at Brighton. Joseph Hulme Aldred Photographic Collection of glass slides, images taken by Mr Joseph Hulme Aldred. Acc. 2011/2 Collection Mayor Isherwood Collection Photographic albums and scrap books containing records of the activities and engagements of Councillor, later Mayor Thomas Isherwood Acc. 2011/3 1965-1966, 1983- 6 volumes and Mrs Isherwood. 1984 Wigan County Borough 1. Nissan Motor Company, invitation to develop in Wigan, n.d. [c.1990] Acc. 2011/4 1880-1965 18 items 2. File containing letters of complaint written to the Librarian, Wigan Public Library, 1940s-1950s 3. Key to areas concerning Air Raid Shelters, n.d. [see item 4.] 4. Air Raid Shelter survey, schedule of trenches, caves and tunnels, 1951 5. Royal Insurance Company, specifications of insurance of Wigan Borough, n.d. 6. Letter Book, Wigan Council, bound, 1920-1921 7. Envelope of Letters concerning exhibitions, 1950s 8. Correspondence concerning exhibitions, 1950s 9. Map showing a cart shed, Horrocks Street, Leigh, stamped by the Borough Engineering department 10a/b. General District Rate receipts, 801-850, 151-200, 1880s 11. Various letters concerning local history research, 1960-1965 12. Plan of the Leigh and Atherton Joint Sewerage Board, 1902 13. Car park plan, The Mesnes, n.d. 14. Documents concerning stopping up a footpath at Seddon House Farm, 1964 15. File containing letters of complaint written to the Librarian, Wigan Public Library, 1957-1965 16. Envelope with cards giving titles on file prom 17. List of photographs in Boxes 1, 2, 3 - Wigan local streets, n.d. 18. Bound list of "Contracts Completed" [Wigan Library], 1921-1934 John (Jack) Hayes Collection, Second Digital copies taken of records concerning the military service of John (Jack) Hayes during the Second World War, and his subsequent Acc. 2011/5 1919-1960s 299 MB; 152 images World War experiences as a prisoner of war, working under the control of the Japanese Army in the Far East. Wigan County Borough, Weights and 1. Register of Particulars of Prosecutions, Weights and Measures Act, 1907, County of Borough, 1909-1973 Acc. 2011/6 1909-1974 2 volumes Measures Act, Prosecutions 2. Register of Particulars of Prosecutions, Weights and Measures, Warrington District, 1909-1974. Areas covered include Leigh, Tyldesley, Lowton, Risley, Newton, Ashton, Atherton, Aspull, Culcheth. Wigan Archives Service Archive Accessions, 2011 Title Description Reference Code Covering Dates Extent Leigh and Hindley Methodist Circuit Additional circuit records: Acc. 2011/7 1912-1999 2 boxes Bamfurlong Methodist Church (Hindley Circuit): Minute Book, 1933-1992; Treasurer's Account Books (2 volumes), 1961-1994 Ince Methodist Church (Rose Bridge): Minute Book, 1955 Manley Street Primitive Methodist: Baptisms, 1912-1974 Ashton Street, Methodist Church: Baptisms, 1945-1969 Bedford Methodist Church: Collections Journal, 1987-1999 Leigh Circuit: General Accounts, 1984-1998 Maypole Pit Songs Songs concerning the Maypole Pit Disaster, recorded by Mr. Dave Hurst, in connection to local folk music performances and Acc. 2011/8 1970s 1 item; CD recordings. Songs are performed by: Maggie Davies (Orrell Post); Peter Parr (New Springs); Richard Bond (Marsh Green). Park Webb and Dobson Annual Reports Acc. 2011/11 Standish High School Programme for the official opening of Standish High School Acc. 2011/12 1978 1 item Church of the Nazarene, Atherton Register of Marriages, 1996 Acc. 2011/13 1996 1 volume (Wigan and Leigh) Ordnance Survey Map Collection Acc. 2011/14/1Ordnance Survey MapRevision of 1937, Lancashire Sheet XCIV.14Published 1939 Acc. 2011/14 1890s-1950s 32 maps, plans Acc. 2011/14/2Ordnance Survey PlanSJ 6399Published 1953 Acc. 2011/14/3Geological Survey of England and WalesLancashire Sheet XCIV.S.W.Edition of 1929, Published 1935 Acc. 2011/14/4Ordnance Survey PlanSD 6602Published 1953 Acc. 2011/14/5Ordnance Survey PlanSJ 5796Published 1961 Acc. 2011/14/6Plan of properties to be built on Samuel Street, Atherton, for Miss Marsh1771 Acc. 2011/14/7Geological Survey of England and WalesLancashire Sheet CI.S.E.Edition of 1929, Published 1934 Acc. 2011/14/8Ordnance Survey PlanSD 6802Published 1952 Acc. 2011/14/9Ordnance Survey PlanSD 6702Published 1953 Acc. 2011/14/10Ordnance Survey PlanSD 6703Published 1954 Acc. 2011/14/11Ordnance Survey PlanSD 6704Published 1954 Acc. 2011/14/12Ordnance Survey PlanSD 6902Published 1952 Acc. 2011/14/13Ordnance Survey PlanSD 6603Published 1954 Acc. 2011/14/14Ordnance Survey PlanSD 6601Published 1953 Acc. 2011/14/15Ordnance Survey MapLancashire Sheet, XCIII.16Edition of 1908, Published 1908 Acc. 2011/14/16Ordnance Survey MapLancashire Sheet, XCIII.12Edition of 1908, Published 1908 Acc. 2011/14/17Ordnance Survey MapLancashire Sheet, XCIV.5Edition of 1908, Published 1908 Acc. 2011/14/18Ordnance Survey MapLancashire Sheet, XCIV.13Edition of 1908, Published 1908 Acc. 2011/14/19Ordnance Survey MapLancashire Sheet, XCIV.9Edition of 1908, Published 1908 Acc. 2011/14/20Geological Survey of England and WalesLancashire Sheet, CII.N.W.Edition of 1929, Published 1934 Acc. 2011/14/21Geological Survey of England and WalesLancashire Sheet, CII.N.W.Edition of 1929, Published 1934 Acc. 2011/14/22Geological Survey of England and WalesLancashire Sheet, CII.S.W.Edition of 1929, Published 1934 Acc. 2011/14/23Ordnance Survey PlanSD 6300 Published 1953 Acc. 2011/14/24Ordnance Survey PlanSD 6401Published 1953 Acc. 2011/14/25Ordnance Survey MapLancashire Sheet, CII.3Edition of 1937, Published 1939 Acc. 2011/14/26Ordnance Survey MapLancashire Sheet, CII.S.W.Revision of 1925, Published 1938 Acc. 2011/14/27Ordnance Survey MapLancashire Sheet, CII.N.W.Revision of 1925, Published 1938 Acc. 2011/14/28Ordnance Survey MapSheet CVIII Acc. 2011/14/29Ordnance Survey and Geological SurveySheet CVIIIPublished 1860 Acc. 2011/14/30Ordnance Survey MapLancashire Sheet, CII.4Edition of 1893 Acc. 2011/14/31Geological Survey of England and WalesLancashire Sheet, CI.S.E.Edition of 1929, Published 1934 Acc. 2011/14/32 Geological Survey of England and Wales Lancashire Sheet, CVIII.N.E. Edition of 1926, Published 1947 Gerard of Ashton-in-Makerfield Estate Mining and Legal Records Acc. 2011/15 56 items Wigan Masonic records and Wigan Acc. 2011/16 postcards Wigan Archives Service Archive Accessions, 2011 Title Description Reference Code Covering Dates Extent Leigh & Hindley Methodist Circuit 1. Leigh Circuit Property Schedules, 1984-1994 Acc. 2011/17 1984-1998 3 bundles (Addn. Records) 2. Quinquennial church reports (property), 7 reports 3. Quinquennial manse reports (property), 5 reports John Taylor Photographic Collection Electronic copies made of c.190 copy-print photographs, original prints, and postcards, showing buildings, sporting teams and societies, Acc. 2011/18 1900-2000 c.190 digital files family images, aeriel images and street scenes of Leigh and district, 1900-2000. Leigh and District Nursing Association 1. Minute Book, 1963-2002 Acc. 2011/19 1930-2002 1 box 2. Declaration of Trust, Leigh District Nursing Association, Miss Marsh's Gift, 1930-06-01 3. Correspondence and papers concerning the maintenance, administration and distribution of the Marsh Gift, including thank-you letters from recipients. John Hosker Collection, Pretoria Pit 1. Studio photograph of John Hosker; the sepia image shows a young in a photographic studio pose, leaning against a gate. Image Acc. 2011/21 1910-1911 5 items Disaster produced by Wragg, 45 Mesnes Street, Wigan. On the reverse of the print is attached a memorial note reading, "John, (The beloved son of James and Elizabeth Hosker), Who lost his life in the Pretoria Disaster, Dec. 21, 1910, Aged 16 years". 2. Memorial card (in envelope) for John Hosker, interred at St. Paul's Church, Pickley Green, Westleigh, 1911. 3. Memorial card for the men and boys who died in the Pretoria Pit Disaster, 1910-12-21. 4. Postcard showing a line drawings of St. Paul's Church, Westleigh, n.d.. 5. Biographical notes and copies of records concerning John Hosker and the Hosker family. Tom Cobley, Mayor of Wigan (1961) Research paper/memoir, entitled, "Uncle Tom Cobley and All", about the former mayor of Wigan (1961), written by A.R. Anders. Acc. 2011/23 c.1980 1 item Interesting account, including personal recollections of Wigan and area, written by Anders as if in conversation with Tom Cobley and transcribing Cobley's recollection, giving biographical details of Cobley's life. Photograph of James H. Longworth Acc. 2011/24 c.2005 1 item (with his book, "Triplane to Typhoon"), alongside former Mayor, T. Isherwood "Perspectives of Pretoria", by the Ticket, poster and brochure for a live performance, and a CD recording of the Wingates Band (Musical Director, David Thornton), Acc.