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Description: | This souvenir book was designed at Bilston School of Art to commemorate the visit of Sir Henry Newbolt, a "distinguished Bilstonian" on the 28th & 29th November 1927.
The leather cover was crafted by Miss F Johnson (pictured page 22);
The lettering was by Mr WR Hosier;
The book itself was compiled by John Freeman (pictured page 21).
The following pages have photographs of the following people:
p.4 Henry aged 21 and his father.
p.5 Sir Henry c.1927
p.7 the Earl of Harrowby.
p.8&9 Rev & Mrs PJ Kelly (Vicar of St Mary's) and two exterior views of the vicarage.
p.10 Alderman JT Homer.
p.11 Sir C Grant Robertson, Principal of Birmingham University.
p.13 John Baker, MP; Major SJ Thompson, DSO; Gilbert Salter; SM Slater, JP.
p.14 HJ Whittick, editor of "The Evening Express & Star"; Alfred Lathe, JP; CH Harper;
Councillor HJ Chattin, JP and chairman of Brierley Hill UDC.
p.15 Alderman Edward Shelley, JP and Mayor of Walsall; JA Jordan, JP;
Councillor TK Fellows, JP and chairman of Coseley UDC.
p.16 Councillor JE Downs; Councillor H Beach; Councillor TR Wood;
Councillor W Hughes, chairman of Bilston UDC.
p.17 Councillor WT Fellows, JP and chairman of Bilston UDC, 1930.
p.19 Councillor Dr John Wells; Councillor JT Baker; David Lewis, JP; JW Pearson.
p.20 Miss AB Dawson, Principal of Bilston Girls High School;
Miss CH Taylor, Headmistress of St Saviours School;
R Danks, Headmaster of St Martins School;
EH Preece, Headmaster of St Leonards School.
p.21 T Chamberlain, art master of the Boys Central School; WS Peach, Principal of Boys Central School;
John Freeman; F Roderick, music master of the Boys Central School.
p.22 William J Harris; Miss F Johnson.
p.24 Councillor FC Wesson, JP and chairman of Darlaston UDC; Alderman WH Wesson, JP;
Councillor JS Wesson, Tettenhall RDC; Mr AJ Wesson, JP.
pages 29-45 newspaper cuttings and notes relating the visit and a thankyou letter from Henry himself - lastly there is an obituary from the Express & Star on Sir Henry's death in 1938. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Temporal: | Nov 1927 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Beach; Herbert | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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