Scope and Content
Each illustration has an explanatory caption (only the titles are given below)
Illustrations:
p4. The mayor in his parlour. (slide 4946).
p5. Hy Arnold, Esq, mayor of Luton 1907-8.
p6. Plan of Luton showing sites available for new indutstries.
p7. T Gair Ashton, esq, MP for the Luton Division.
p8. Bruce Penny esq, town clerk.
p.9 The Town Hall (slide 4947)
p10. The Council Chamber. Back of the Corn Exchange.
p11. The Corn Exchange (slide 4948).
p12. One of Messrs S Farmer & Co's Piano and Organ show rooms, Wellington Street and George Street (slide 4949).
p13. Wardown, sumer and winter.
p14. Wardown Lake.
p15. Messrs E Deacon and Sons' jewellery and fancy goods emporium (slide 4950)
p16. Bowls, Tennis
p17. Cricket practice in Wardown, Children's Paddling Lake, Wardown.
p18. Pierrots (1907), Wardown.
p19. Cheapside Plait Hall, Waller Street plait hall (an exhibition) (slide 4951)
p20. The Free Library (slide 4952), The Electricity Works (slide 4953)
p21. The Head Post Office and Staff (slide 4954), The Fire Station (slide 4955)
p22. People's Park Lodge (winter), Tree (People's Park).
p23. Church of St Mary.
p24. Church of St Mary - organ, stalls and lecturn.
p25. Church of St Mary -nave, Church of St Mary watchnight services 1906-7.
p26. Pulpit, Baptistry.
p27. Restoration of the tower of St Mary's (slide 4956), A Corner of Mr P G Allder's sight-testing rooms, Park Square (slide 4957).
p28. St Mary's from Holly Walk, Jacobean litany desk and south aisle, leper chapel, new reredos St Paul's.
p29. Christ Church (west front)
p30. Christ Church (south front), St Paul's Church.
p31. St Matthew's Church, St Saviour's Church (slide 4958).
p32. Messrs J Webdale and sons, general warehousemen and complete house furnishers (slide 4959)
p33. Luton from Messrs J Webdale & Sons' new buildings (slide 4960).
p34. Wellington Street (slide 4961).
p35. Chapel Street Wesleyan Church (slide 4962)
p36. Chapel Street pulpit, Bailey Hill church.
p37. Waller Street Wesleyan Church (slide 4963)
p38. The Wesleyan Central Mission, North Street Wesleyan Mission, Church Street Wesleyan chapel.
p39. High Town Primitive Methodist Church (slide 4964).
p40. Mount Tabor Primitive Methodist Church (slide 4965) Church Street Primitive Methodist Church (slide 4966)
p41. Caridgan Street, Chapel, Park Town Chapel, Bury Park Congregational Church (slide 4967)
p42. Messrs C Carrington & son's tailoring establishment, Cheapside. Early Morning in Oxford Road (slide 4968)
p43. Congregational Church (slide 4969)
p44. Park Street Baptist Church (slide 4970)
p45. Park Street Lecture Hall, Bunyan's Chair, Park Street vestry, Ebenezer Chapel, Bethel Chapel.
p46. Wellingtn Street Baptist Church. Union Chapel.
p47. Friends' Meeting House. Salvation Army No1, Salvation Army No2.
p48. Liberal Club (slide 4971), Conservative Club (slide 4972)
p49. Football.
p50.The Gas House by gaslight (slide 4973), The Water Works (slide 4974)
p51. Medical Institute (slide 4975). The Grand Theatre (slide 4976).
p52. Messrs E Strange and sons' Drapery Premises and Clothing Premises (slide 4977).
p53. George Street life (slide 4978 & 4979).
p54. George Street on hospital Saturday (slide 4980)
p55. King Street (from George Street) (slide 4981)
p56. Messrs Johnson's grocery establishment (slide 4982), Messrs F Merchant and Sons' furnishing establishment, Manchester Street.
p57. Park Road looking west (slide 4983), and looking east (slide 4984)
p58. Park Road and Hoo Entrance, Park Road Lodges.
p59. Bedford Road, Why Axe Ye?
p60. Messrs Gale and Son's furnishing warehouse (Chapel Street Branch) (slide 4986) Luton Friends' Adult School.
p61. Downs Road, Someries Castle, Messrs Wootton & Webb's premises, Someries Pond.
p62. South Beds Golf Pavilion, Warden Hills, Golf Course.
p63. Children's Home Lodge and Grounds, Bute Hospital.
p64. Mr W Panter, Family butcher and game dealer, Park Street (slide 4988)
p65. Messrs Henry Durler & Sons straw plait warehouse (slide 4989)
p66. Messrs J J Linsell and Co straw plait warehouse 42 George Street and interior of stores (slide 4990).
p67. A portion of Mr J Ellis's Straw Plait and Felt-Body Dye Works (slide 4991)
p68. Mr E W Hart's leaching, dyeing and felt-body works (slide 4992-3).
p69. Messrs T Lye and Sons' straw plait bleach and dye works.
p70-1. Messrs James Martin and sons' straw plait bleach works, Hitchin Road (slide 4994) and York Street.
p72. Mr E Coupees' bleaching works (slide 4995), Mr Hugh Woods' straw hat warehouse.
p73. Messrs Seely and Smith, wire-shape, buckram and straw hat manufacturers (slide 4996)
p74. Mr C H Osborne's Dye works and Hat Factory, Melson Street (slide 4997)
p75. Mr C H Osborne's straw hat factory (slide 4998).
p76. Messrs Lambie & Cain's straw hat factory (now at Guildford Street (slide 4999)
p77. Messrs A Hucklesby and Co's straw hat and plait warehouse (slide 5000).
p78. Mr F J Elliott's straw and felt hat factory (slide 5001)
p79. Mr Charles Robinson's straw hat factory (slide 5002)
p80. Messrs J & G Squires' straw and felt hat showroom (slide 5003)
p81. Mr Richard Burley's Straw and Felt Hat Factory (slide 5004)
p82. Messrs Stevens and Gee's factory (King Street) and Show Room (Bute Street).
p83. Messrs A & F Higgins, Bute Street sewing machine room and warehouse (slide 5005)
p84. Messrs Aylott & Co's straw and felt hat factories Cheapside and Silver Street.
p85. Mr J Gilbert's Straw Hat Factory, John Street (side 5006)
p86. Messrs Walter Cherry & Son's straw hat factory, Messrs A R Child & co's straw hat factory and warehouse.
p87. Mr A Sapwell's warehouse, Mr G W Gilder's straw hat show room.
p88. Mr George Field's straw hat factory, recenty built by Mr W T Field (slide 5007)
p89. One of Messrs J C Kershaw & Co's straw hat warehouses (slide 5008)
p90. Mr F Wright's warehouse and factory (Albion Road portion)
p91. The Rightat (slide 5010)
p92. Messrs William Walsh & Son's straw hat warehouse.
p93. Stuart Lodge straw hat factory (Messrs William Walsh & Son's)
p94. Mr Stephen Sapwell's warehouse and blocking room (slide 5011)
p95. Messrs A Warren & Sons' straw and felt hat warehouse and factory (slide 5012)
p96. Messrs Dillingham & Sons, manufacturers of Men's and Ladies' and Children's straw hats (slide 5013).
p97. Messrs Dillingham & Sons' straw hat factory (machine sewing room) (slide 5014).
p98. Mr T Burley's straw and felt hat factory (slide 5015)
p99. Mr W J Butcher's jewellery shop, Bute Street.
p100. Mr Frenay-Pirotte's works and warehouse (slide 5016)
p101. A five and a quarter miles reel of cotton (slide 5017).
p102. Hand-stitch sewing machine.
p103. Mr Edmund Wiseman AMIME whose investions revolutionized the Straw Hat Trade (slide 5018)
p104-105. Hayward Tyler & Co Ltd (slide 5019-20)
p106. Rings of silk covered wire.
p107 Witches' brooms on birch 'Rookwood' Luton.
p108. Luton celebrities and characters (slide 5021)
p109. Hobbs' specialities (slide 5022).
p110. Entrance to Messrs Hy Arnold & Co's saw mills (slide 5023) and view of timber yard.
p111. One of Luton's newest industries, recently built by Mr C Herbert White, architects Messrs J R Brown & Son (slide 5024)
p112. Messrs Brown & Green Ltd mantles and electrical fittings showroom (slide 5025)
p113. New warehouses (corner of Bute Street and Guildford Street (slide 5026).
p114. Mr C J Worsley's general engineering works, Mr W Lookers New Self-Raising Flour.
p115. Boys who make Luton - Waller Street Boys' School (slide 5027)
p116. King Edward VII school building, Park Square (Girl's Secondary) (slide 5028)
p117. Luton Corporation Tramways (slide 5029)
p118. Franklin Temperance & commercial hotel (slide 5030), Mr Geo W Pryer, builder and contractor, Moor Street.
p119. Sites for new industries.
p120. London to Manchester 'Midland' Express passing luton at full speed (slide 5031)
p121. Leagrave, Limbury Baptist Chapel.
p122. Great Northern Goods Station, Luton, Letchworth 'The Garden City'
p123. Hitchin Market, p124 Knebworth House, p125 Welwyn Viaduct, p126 St Alban's Abbey, p127 St Alban's Market, Rothamsted House, Harpenden, p128 Harpenden church, Harpenden Common, p129. Lamer Lodge Wheathamsted, Ayot Avenue, p130 Ayot Church, Tewin church, Hatfield church, p131-2 Hatfield House.
p133. Ploughing his lonley furrow Barton Hills (slide 5033).
p134. Rabbit shooting Markham Hills (slide 5034).
p135. Bedfordshire Motor Meet, Wrest Park (slide 5035)
p136. Mentmore
p137. Ascott House.
p138. Leighton Buzzard Market Place (slide 5036)
p139. Stockgrove, Leighton, Chicksands Priory, Totternhoe Knoll.
p140. Mausoleum, Flitton, King Henry VII lodge, Woburn Sands.
p141. Aldbury Stocks, Ashridge Monument, Hexton Hill, West Door, Dunstable Priory Church.
p142. Priory Church Dunstable (slide 5038).
p143. Priory Church (north side). Mr Worthington G Smith.
p141. Ashton Grammar School, Dunstable (slide 5039).
Back cover. Hand-stitch straw hat sewing maching depot, Luton - see photocopy (slide 5040).