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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1436 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Miss Mary Ratcliffe of Durham

Covering Dates: 1901-1970s

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Records of Miss Mary Ratcliffe of Durham (Ref: D/X 1436/1-2)
    • Photographs (Ref: D/X 1436/3-4)
    • Commemoration Book (Ref: D/X 1436/5)
    • Photograph (Ref: D/X 1436/6)
    • Methodist Circuit records (Ref: D/X 1436/7-8)
    • Ushaw Moor, Esh Road, formerly Wesleyan, Methodist Church (Ref: D/X 1436/9, 22-25)
    • Ushaw Moor, Durham Road, formerly Primitive, Methodist Church (Ref: D/X 1436/10-12, 26)
    • Ushaw Moor Methodist Church (Ref: D/X 1436/13-14, 27)
    • Crook, Hope Street, Methodist Circuit (Ref: D/X 1436/15)
    • Photographs and personal memorabilia (Ref: D/X 1436/16-21)

Catalogue Description

Records given:

4 February 2004 Acc: 3012(D)

5 April 2004 Acc: 3036(D)

Catalogue Contents

Records of Miss Mary Ratcliffe of Durham (Ref: D/X 1436/1-2)

Durham County Council Health Department

Ref: D/X 1436/1

Signed programme for the second annual clerical staff dinner of Durham County Council Health Department, 21 December 1923
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1436/2

Signed programme for the fourth annual clerical staff dinner of Durham County Council Health Department, 7 January 1927
(1 paper)

Photographs (Ref: D/X 1436/3-4)Ref: D/X 1436/3

Postcard photograph of The Shepherd and Shepherdess Inn, Beamish, inscribed 'from Joe' to Mrs. G. Storey, Ovington, Northumberland, 1908
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1436/4

Postcard photograph of The Shepherd and Shepherdess Inn, Beamish, inscribed 'With Love and Birthday Greetings to Joe from Sophie & Chrissie', n.d.
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Commemoration Book (Ref: D/X 1436/5)Ref: D/X 1436/5

Thanksgiving Week Commemoration Book, 1945 Includes: appeals by King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth, the Heads of the Churches, the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, politicians and senior officers from the Armed Forces, to support the National Savings Movement
(1 booklet, printed)

Photograph (Ref: D/X 1436/6)Ref: D/X 1436/6

Photograph of a horse and cart collecting 'Salvage to Win: Save Your Waste', n.d. [1940s]
(1 photograph, 22 cm. x 17 cm., black and white)

Methodist Circuit records (Ref: D/X 1436/7-8)Ref: D/X 1436/7

Brandon and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Sunday School Festival, test piece, junior section, girls aged 8-11, 1937
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1436/8

Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit directories, n.d. [c.1970s]
(2 booklets, 5 papers, printed)

Ushaw Moor, Esh Road, formerly Wesleyan, Methodist Church (Ref: D/X 1436/9, 22-25)Ref: D/X 1436/9

Photograph of the minister and members outside the church, n.d.
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1436/22

Postcard photograph of Ushaw Moor Wesleyan Methodist Church roll of honour, n.d.
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1436/23

Postcard photograph of drama production, n.d.
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1436/24

Postcard photograph of drama production, n.d.
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1436/25

Postcard photograph of drama production, n.d.
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ushaw Moor, Durham Road, formerly Primitive, Methodist Church (Ref: D/X 1436/10-12, 26)Ref: D/X 1436/10

Golden Jubilee souvenir, 1949
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/X 1436/11

Postcard photograph of the minister and members outside the church, n.d.
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1436/12

Postcard photograph of the minister and members outside the church, including a violinist, n.d.
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1436/26

Postcard photograph of drama production, n.d.
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ushaw Moor Methodist Church (Ref: D/X 1436/13-14, 27)

In 1954, the two Methodist Churches in Ushaw Moor united. Esh Road church closed, but Durham Road continued to be used for services.

Ref: D/X 1436/13

Order of service for Uniting Services of the Esh Road and Durham Road Societies, 28 July 1954 Includes: a history of the two churches
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/X 1436/14

Photograph of the minister and members on a summer outing, n.d.
(1 photograph, 25 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1436/27

Photograph of a table laid out for Coronation or Jubilee party, n.d.
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)

Crook, Hope Street, Methodist Circuit (Ref: D/X 1436/15)Ref: D/X 1436/15

Quarterly plan and directory, 2 April - 25 June 1933
(1 booklet, printed)

Photographs and personal memorabilia (Ref: D/X 1436/16-21)

Second Deposit

(Acc: 3036(D))

Ref: D/X 1436/16

Postcard photograph of Market Place, Ashington, Northumberland, n.d.
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)

Ref: D/X 1436/17

Birthday postcard from the Methodist Women's Fellowship, n.d.
(1 postcard, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)

Ref: D/X 1436/18

Notes written by no. 31549 Private J. Ratcliffe, 53rd Labour Company The Durham Light Infantry, concerning his movements with H.M. Forces, from his joining up in Durham to his time in France, 1917
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1436/19

Photograph of Ashville Summer School in front of a First World War memorial, 1936 Front row: Millie Robinson, Shotley Bridge; Alice Jackson, Mansfield; Mary Cook, Newcastle upon Tyne; Kathleen Piercy, Newcastle upon Tyne; Gladys Leadbitter, Newcastle upon Tyne; Jean Piercy, Newcastle upon Tyne; Constance Haslam, Newcastle upon Tyne; Edna Pearson, Middlesbrough; Margaret Stork, Middlesbrough; Muriel Place, Huddersfield; Edna Smith, Derby; Joyce Timms, Louth; Miriam King, Norwich; Edith Mills, Blackpool; Doreen Lord, Blackpool; Flossie Merriman, London; Irene Denny, London; Hilda Crickmay, London; Dorothy Drew, London Second row: Mary Hornby, Scarborough; Esther Harwood, York; Alice Passman, Easingwold; Alice Hughes, Stockport; Rene Forth, Easingwold; Evelyn Rennison, York; Doris Bennett, London; May Huworth, York; Rev. R.R. Clements, London; Mr. J.R. Firth, Manchester; Rev. H.G. Fiddick, Glasgow; Miss W. Hart, Birmingham; Rev. H.J. Watts, Stoke-on-Trent; Mrs. Duckworth, Heywood; Rev. H.V. Capsey, London; Miss M. Mawer, Louth; Rev. F.C. Taylor, London; Mrs. R.J. Doidge, Coventry; Rev. J.E. Dixon, Wallington; Gwyneth Hosking, Wakefield; Rev. G.C. Cotterell, Wakefield; Mrs. A.T. Dale, China; Rev. A.T. Dale, China; Florence Nye, London; Mr. K. Fraser, Glasgow; Third row: Joseph James, Birmingham; Kathleen Charlton, Birmingham; Edna Richards, Bristol; Madge Lister, Wisbech; Muriel Scott, North Shields; Lily Foster, Sheffield; Lily Bolt, North Shields; Muriel Thomas, Salford; Frances Bagnall, Old Hill; Mrs. H.J. Watts, Stoke-on-Trent; Ann Boulton, Stoke-on-Trent; Phyllis Bott, Brentwood; Joyce Head, Stoke-on-Trent; Emmie Smith, Old Hill; Phyllis Hall, Stoke-on-Trent; Mercia Hoare, Rochdale; Carrie Leech, Newcastle, Staffs.; Mary Allen, Glasgow; Mary Ratcliffe, Durham; Kathleen Cottrell, Bristol; Mrs. J. Batterbury, Hull; Edith Stephenson, Manchester; Edna Hall, London Fourth row: Coun. W.J. Ford, Alfreton; Ernest Crisp, Doncaster; James Leeson, Borrowash; Edith Smith, Mansfield; Edith Godfrey, North Shields; Jennie Dixon, North Shields; Margaret Elfert, North Shields; Jennie Stanley, North Shields; Irene Masters, Manchester; Rotha Quine, Douglas; Elsie Masters, Manchester; Mary Robinson, Stoke-on-Trent; Nance Leese, Stoke-on-Trent; May Procter, Hanley; Pattie Mountford, Hanley; Rae Donaghy, Glasgow; Nora Daniels, Hanley; Greta Wylie, Glasgow; Mrs. Walton, Doncaster; Alice Haydock, Darwen; Gertrude Harmes, Farnham; Dorothy Torr, Doncaster; Alice Hudson, Pudsey; Hilda Smith, Scarborough; Fifth row: Mr. W.S. Dale, Stoke-on-Trent; Alan Moore, Derby; Ronald Clowes, Derby; Norman Smith, Edinburgh; Harry Cartwright, Burslem; John Alcock, Stoke-on-Trent; Joseph Ferguson, Durham; Enoch Shaw, Stoke-on-Trent; Alex Louden, Kilsyth; Stanley Jackson, Mansfield; Corrie Rowe, London; Winnie Bethell, London; Lily Fieldgate, London; Harry Hulme, Stoke-on-Trent; (it would appear that numbers 4 and 5 are Cyril Chapman, Pudsey; George Hird, Doncaster; or Stanley Smith, Pudsey) Back row: Ernest Clewlow, Stoke-on-Trent; James Holland, Walsall; Thomas Glen, Appleby; Stuart Byles, Newcastle upon Tyne; Frank Piercy, Newcastle upon Tyne; Ronald Wilson, Newcastle upon Tyne; Lionel Macer, Newcastle upon Tyne; Spence Mallen, Newcastle upon Tyne; Austin Dale, Newcastle upon Tyne; Norman Spark, Leeds; Douglas Wolfe, Stoke-on-Trent; Graham Tanner, Bristol; Peter Edmonds, Bristol; Herbert Foster, Appleby; Arthur Jackson, Manchester; Alex Stark, Kilsyth; Ernest Gardner, Philadelphia; Leonard Freeland, London
(1 photograph, 28 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1436/20

Key to D/X 1436/8, 1936
(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1436/21

Letter from W.J. Tunbridge, Waterhouses, to Mr. Ratcliffe, concerning his preaching at Esh Winning, 24 December 1901
(1 paper)



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