Reference
X1021/4/10
Title
Notebook titled Hibbert Cottages Reports Commenced 1968 until December 1979. Contains annotated lists of residents of the almshouses, information about newly appointed residents, and lists of trustees interspersed with many press cuttings and other items of memorabilia [some of these items are loose - handle with care]. Includes:
Date free text
1968-1979
Production date
From: 1967 To: 1984
Scope and Content
- photograph taken on outing to Woburn Animal Kingdom 5 June 1971;
- records of other outings and social events;
- letter and cards of thanks both to and from residents;
- photograph of flower arrangement at Luton Parish Church flower festival dedicated to the ladies of the Hibbert Street cottages;
- donation by residents of the Hibbert Cup to Stockwood High School as thanks for help given by pupils at the school;
- obituary for trustee Harold Cooke and order of service of thanksgiving for his life held at Luton Parish Church on 8 June 1976;
- newspaper article on plan for £200,000 modernisation of the almshouses;
- obituary for trustee Derrick Seebohm;
- newspaper cuttings regarding resident Florence Ramsey who died aged 102;
- invitation to re-opening of the flats following modernisation, 1 May 1984
Level of description
item