| Description | Includes newscuttings of:
[Page 1] Notice of marriage of Julia Mills daughter of James Mill of Bridlington Quay and Beverley to John Brockbank of Birmingham at Christchurch, Bridlington, 15 Oct 1890; obituary of Mrs Ernest Mills at Beverley aged 44 years 26 Apr 1904; notice of marriage of Ernest Mills of Beverley to Lilian Jackson of Routh at St Martin's Church, Scarborough, 10 Oct 1911; newcuttings on first public intertown aviation service between Filey and Scarborough and Bridlington to be run by Benfield C Hucks the Filey aviator, 1911; accident on Beverley Racecourse to Susan Michael, housekeeper to J W Mills nd.; and Edward James Smith ex-bank manger of Bridlington arrested for fraud, 1904.
[Page 2] Newscutting of resignation of James Mills as a magistrate for Beverley Borough, 1910; article with illustration of Fred Elwell's portrait of Mrs James Mills, 1912; and article with illustration of marble bust of James Mills by P Bryant Baker, 1913.
[Page 3] Photograph of family group at the diamond wedding celebrations of Mr and Mrs James Mills, Beverley, Aug 1913
[Page 4] Part of letter by James Mills relating to family history, Mar 1909
[Page 5] Newscutting relating to Beverley floods, 27 Jul 1912
[Page 6] Newscuttings of accident to J Willis Mills, town clerk, 4 Jul 1915, and notice of death of Mrs James Mills, Dec 1916
[Page 7] Notice of death of Arthur Mills aged 54, Jan 1915, and newscutting of J Willis Mills' appointment as magistrate for Borough of Beverley, 1922
[Page 8] Newscutting of James Mills being made an honorary freeman after resignation as town clerk, 1894; faculty granted for memorial of Emily Mills at Christchurch, Bridlington, 1917; photograph of James Mills, 2 Feb 1918; an article on James Mills, c.1920; and an obituary of James Edward Elwell, woodcarver, Nov 1926
[Page 9] Newscuttings relating to the diamond wedding of Mr and Mrs James Mills, Aug 1913
[Page 10] An invitation card of J Willis Mills to Masters Brockbank to accompany him to his picnic at Hornsea, Aug 1898
[Page 11] Newscuttings relating to the resignation of J Willis Mills as Beverley Town Clerk, 3 Jan 1920; J Willis Mills completion of 60 years in the legal profession, 10 Jan 1931; notice of marriage of James Willis Mills to Lily Jackson, 30 Dec 1930; J Willis Mills completes 65 years on Rolls of Supreme Court 22 Feb 1941; and Ernest Mills has held the licence of 'The Push' for 57 years, 4 Jul 1941
[Page 12] Article on the closure of Arden Vaults, Beverley, as a licensed premises, c.1935
[Pages 13-14] Articles mainly relating to music, a souvenir card of a flight in an Avro Biplane at Newton Heath, Manchester nd. [c.1911], 200 million mark bank note 1923, first world war incidents and family notices
[Page 15] Articles on the death of James Mills of Beverley, Jan 1922
[Page 16] Joan Proctor, the new reptile curator at home at Zoological Gardens, 29 Aug 1923
[Page 17] Articles on the marriage of Miss Julia Mills of Beverley to Mr C F Brockbank, 1890, and marble tablet memorial to Mrs James Mills at Christ Church, Bridlington, 19 Oct 1917
[Page 18] Brockbank family of cheshire and First World War
[Page 19] Article on the freezing over of Bridlington harbour at high tide, 2 Feb 1929
[Pages 20-25] Photographs of Victorian Manchester
[Page 26] A photograph of Bill Bishoprick, town crier of Beverley, [1929]
[Page 27] Photograph of distribution of Turner's Charity at Beverley, 13 Jan 1930; an article on Frank Mills, chairman of Beverley Race Committee, 17 May 1930; and notices of deaths of Charles Frederick Brockbank, 10 Oct 1931, and his widow Julia Brockbank (nee Mills), 20 Dec 1957
[Pages 28-29] Photographs of total eclipse, 1927
[Page 30] Article on the Rudston monolith, 24 Jun 1930
[Page 31-35] Articles and photographs of Manchester 1920s-1930s
[Page 36] Article mentioning length of the tenure of Reverend W E Wigfall at Beverley Minster and that a 4 wheeled cab still plies for hire at Beverley and an article on Sunk Island
[Page 37] Article on Hough End Hall
[Page 38] Article on J Willis Mills receiving the freedom of Beverley, 11 Jan 1921; a newscutting on the visit of the minister of transport to James Willis Mills, 6 Nov 1937; photograph of keel barge Minnie on the river Hull and an extract from Poulson's 'Beverlac' relating to Hugo Goes, a tudor printer.
[Page 39] Article on 'Beverley, a town of miracles' by H V Morton and an article on the removal of a 16th century building in Walkergate, Beverley, called 'The Old Friend' to Hull Museums c.1934
[Page 40] Article on the friary by Hector Reynolds, an article on floodlighting the new nave roof 19th century, an article on the Reverend T H Tardew, vicar of St Mary's Church, 10 Nov 1937; and newscutting 'Beverley Family's Royal Academy Record', Apr 1939
[Page 41] photograph of an old grain barge on the River Hull, near Driffield, an article on racing in Beverley in the 18th century and a newscutting on the funeral of Mrs F G Hobson at St Mary's cemetery, Feb 1930
[Page 42] Article on the Hull Historical Association's visit to Beverley and the Minster [1936]
[Page 43] Article on 'Interesting Beverley Observances of 50 years ago, Beating of the Bounds'
[Page 44] Article on 'The Sign Boards of Beverley Ancient and Modern' and newscutting on the silver wedding of Mr and Mrs Ernest Mills at Molescroft, 1935
[Page 45] Article on the church choir at Welton and the organist Mr S W Pilling, first president of the National Union of Organists' Asociation, 30 Nov 1935; and a newscutting of the engagement of David Gray Jackson, Green Howards, second son of Mrs J Willis Mills and late Mr T Jackson, of Abbeyville, West Wood View, Beverley to Miss Gwendoline Irene Wilson of Bridlington, 3 Nov 1940
[Pages 46-47] Letter from Elsie of Bolton le Sands, Lancashire to Aunt Samie relating to zeppelin blitz, 3 Oct 1917
[Page 48] Photograph of a hailstorm at Wold Newton, 13 Aug 1938
[Page 49] Letter from Automobile Association and Motor Union to Charles Brockbank relating to help during Railway Strike, 7 Oct 1919
[Page 50] Article on 'Bygone Beverley' relating to visits of medieval royalty and local artists' pictures for the Royal Academy, 25 Mar 1939.
[Page 51] Obituary of Alice Holtby, first woman alderman of East Riding and mother of Winifred Holtby, 1 Aug 1939
[Page 52] Death of Henry Sowerby, former churchwarden of St Mary's Church, Beverley, 1939
[Page 53] Notice of engagement of David Grey Jackson, stepson of J Willis Mills, 3 Apr 1940, and articles on the history of Beverley including Bar Dyke, street names and visit of John Leland
[Page 54] Article on events at Beverley Races 1856-1935
[Page 55] Article relating to death of Francis Arden last owner of Arden's Vaults; 'Bygone Beverley' relating to the West Wood, and notice of the death of Captain James Mills, 3 Jul 1945
[Page 56] Articles on the ancient rivalry of Hull and Beverley and the Westwood Mills
[Page 57] Photographs of woodcarvings by James Elwell, on houses in North Bar Without, Beverley
[Page 58] Article relating to John Wesley's visits to Beverley
[Pages 59-61] Photographs of Victorian Manchester, Conway Bridge last toll day 1958, and Home Guard Group of Conway Valley Sector, 29 Dec 1944
Photocopies of articles which refer to the Mills family and the East Riding can be found at DDX1305/2 |