Yeomen of the Guard at The Grand in Bolton

We have recently received into our archive a musical score book for the Gilbert & Sullivan opera the Yeomen of the Guard.  It belonged to Major John Booth (1854 - 1925) of Hazelbank in Turton, who was a member of Bolton Amateur Operatic Society.  It includes stage manager annotations and some  newspaper cuttings and theatre programmes.  It seems that he lent this score to a lady called Miss Jackson for a Radcliffe Bridge Wesleyan Choir production of the Yeomen.  Our thanks to Jill Alexander for the donation.

Yeoman of the Guard at
The Grand, Bolton, 1899

Harwood and Bradshaw Archive Material

We have recently been given a file of archive material containing items originally belonging to Mary Scowcroft, and her father Robert Bolton Scowcroft of Bracside, Rigby lane (1877-1955), who was the son of Samuel Scowcroft the diarist.  A summary of the contents is below, along with selected images underneath.  Our thanks to Christine Dyson for the donation.

1. Original silhouette portraits of Robert Bolton (est. 1812) and James Bolton of New York (est. 1830).
2. List of the Children of Robert & Sarah Bolton 1761-1797.
3. Letter and reply between Samuel Scowcroft and Thomas H. Penrith 1874.
4. List of Wells and Water Supply in Harwood 1880 (with detailed particulars and surveyor's observations).
5. List of Voters Bolton Polling District 1865, Bolton Chronicle Supplement 22nd July 1865.
6. Harwood (Branch) Missy Society minute book 1879 - 1895.
7. Bradshaw list of persons objected to as not being entitled to vote 1883.
8. Various press cuttings (mostly undated) related to Longsight Methodist Church, Bradshaw Chapel. and Bradshaw and Harwood in general and the Scowcroft family.
9. Various correspondence and papers relating to Longsight Methodist Church 1940s.

Robert Bolton of Harwood (1734 - 1814)
Great grandfather of Samuel Scowcroft the diarist
(the Bolton family leased Brookfold in Harwood)