Catalogue

Constitution

Minutes of Annual General Meeting - 2 March 2004

Annual General Meeting minutes - 1 February 2005

Annual General Meeting minutes - 4 April 2007

Committee meeting minutes 9 June 1998

Committee meeting minutes - 26 April 1999

Committee meeting minutes - 22 November 1999

Committee meeting signed minutes - 28 February 2000

Committee meeting minutes - 2 April 2001

Committee meeting minutes - 15 April 2002

Committee meeting minutes - 5 November 2002

Committee meeting minutes - 1 April 2003

Committee meeting minutes - 1 July 2003

Committee meeting minutes - 6 April 2004

Committee meeting minutes - 16 May 2005

Committee meeting minutes - 3 July 2007

Finance statement year ending 28 February 1999

Financial statement year ending 31 January 2003

Financial statement year ending 31 December 2005

Financial statement year ending 31 December 2006

Progress report 1997

Progress report 1999

Progress report 2000

Progress report 2002

Progress report 4 March 2003

Progress report 2 March 2004

Progress report 2006

Progress report 2007

Progress report 2008

Names and addresses of members - 2008

Names and addresses of members c. 2010

Names and addresses of members April 2012

General correspondence - 10 January 1986 - 28 February 2009 - $15 donation from Founding Tent, New York for repair of roof of St Peter's, Bishop Auckland; - timetable of Stan's Saturday and Stan's Sunday in Bishop Auckland 1986; - discussions of Laurel and Hardy films; - possible speaker; - 5th annual Laurel and Harday at Bishop Auckland; - Great North Walk at Bishop Auckland; - visit to Ulverston (Cumbria), Stan Laurel's birthplace; - summary of Stan Laurel's connections with Bishop Auckland; - membership enquiries; - visit of laughing Gravy Tent, Birmingham, to Bishop Auckland; - Stan Laurel Trail in Bishop Auckland and visit of comedy actor Jeffrey Holland; - play - 'Laurel and Hardy' by Tom McGrath; - proposed sale of The Laurel Building, Bishop Auckland by Durham County Council; - loan of Stan Laurel's hip flask; - donation of Laurel and Hardy cruet set; - performance for the tent by students from St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre, Bishop Auckland; - letter from Nancy Wardell (Stan Laurel's second cousin) with thanks for photographs of Stan Laurel's statue

Correspondence regarding Stan Laurel plaque at King James Comprehensive School, Bishop Auckland - July 1997 - also copy of the working of the plaque on 66 Princess Street, Bishop Auckland where Stan laurel lived at the time of his baptism

Correspondence regarding appeal to finance a statue of Laurel and Hardy in Ulverston (Cumbria) where he was born - 17 April 1998 - 10 May 2009

Correspondence regarding erection of a plaque at 22 Waldron Street, Bishop Auckland - 8 September 2000 - 29 April 2003 - where Stan Laurel's sister Beatrice Olga Jefferson was born on 16 December 1894

Correspondence regarding proposed art works commemorating Stan Laurel for Eden Theatre Corner - 2005-2006

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of the plaque commemorating Stan Laurel's birth by the door of 3 Argyle Street, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 1990

Photograph of procession in Ulverston (Cumbria) to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stan Laurel - 1990

Photograph of the exterior of the Laurel and Hardy Museum, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 1990

Photograph of the exterior of the Laurel and Hardy Museum, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 1990

Photograph of the interior of the Laurel and Hardy Museum, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 1990

Photograph of the interior of the Laurel and Hardy Museum, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 1990

Photograph of the interior of the Laurel and Hardy Museum, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 1990

Photograph of two men at the the first meeting of Hog Wild Tent - 6 December 1994 - Grand Sheikh John Land and Vice Sheikh Stan Patterson

Photograph of statuette if a wart hog in a bowler hat - February 1995

Photograph of Paul Dobson with a plaque, words of Sons of the Desert behind - 5 March 1996

Photograph of members at Hog Wild Tent meeting - March 1995 - Grand Sheikh John Land, Vice Sheikh Stan Patterson and Gillian Wales

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber in a Model T Ford (DS 8616) on a road side outside Bishop Auckland - July 1995

Laurel and Hardy impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber and their Model T Ford in Bishop Auckland - July 1995

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber and their Model T Ford in Bishop Auckland, with another man - July 1995

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber and their Model T Ford in Bishop Auckland - July 1995

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber and their Model T Ford (DS 8616) in Bishop Auckland - July 1995

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators - July 1995 - Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber with two others and Hog Wild Tent banner at Bishop Auckland

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber outside King James I School in Bishop Auckland - July 1995

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber - July 1995 - in their Model T Ford (DS 8616) and people with the Hog Wild Tent banner in Bishop Auckland

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber - July 1995 - in their Model T Ford (DS 8616) and people with the Hog Wild Tent banner in Bishop Auckland

Photograph of two Hog Wild Tent members with banner outside 66 Princes Street, Bishop Auckland - July 1995; - Laurel and Hardy impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber and their Model T Ford partly in shot

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber with a case of Laurel and Hardy memorabilia - July 1995

Photograph of Stan Patterson dressed as Stan Laurel and holding a pineapple on a coach - 17 June 1995

Photograph of sign on Stan Laurel Inn, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph outside Stan Laurel Inn, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995 - two Laurel and Hardy impersonators with Hog Wild Tent members and banner

Photograph of group outside Stan Laurel Inn, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995 - two Laurel and Hardy impersonators with two others with banners of Hog Wild Tent, Bishop Auckland and Midnight Patrol Two Tent, Wirral

Photograph of group with Hog Wild Tent banner outside Stan Laurel Inn, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of Stan Patterson and Gillian Wales inside Stan Laurel Inn, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of Stan Patterson and Oliver Hardy impersonator inside Stan Laurel Inn, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of Oliver Hardy impersonator and another man inside Stan Laurel Inn, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 July 1995

Photograph of procession through Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators with Tent banners in Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators with others at Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators outside Barclays bank, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators with tent banners at Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of procession through Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of plaque on 3 Argyle Street, Ulverston (Cumbria) with man, woman and two children - 17 June 1995

Photograph of people outside 3 Argyle Street, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of people outside 3 Argyle Street, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of people outside Laurel and Hardy Museum, Ulverston (Cumbria) - 17 June 1995

Photograph of two young women in Hula dancer costumes with three older women - Christmas 1995

Photograph of Peter Jones as Stan Laurel and others - Christmas 1995 - one dressed as Oliver Hardy, two young women dressed as Hula dancers and two older women

Photograph of man dressed as Charlie Chaplain and an older woman in a bar - Christmas 1995

Photograph of costumed man and woman performing in a bar - Christmas 1995

Photograph of costumed man and woman performing in a bar - Christmas 1995

Copy photograph of three men in Laurel and Hardy costume with Hog Wild Tent banner at Great North Walk - 1996

Copy photograph of participants, some in Laurel and Hardy costume, in Great North Walk - 1996

Two participants in the Great North Walk wearing bowler hats - 1996

Copy photograph of Peter Jones and others in costume with Hog Wild banner at Great North Walk - 1996

Copy photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators with Hog Wild banner in Model T Ford - 1996

Photograph of Stan Patterson in fez - Christmas 1996

Photograph of Stan Patterson in fez and Peter Jones dressed as Stan Laurel with words of Sons of the Desert - Christmas 1996

Photograph of Stan Patterson in fez and Peter Jones dressed as Stan Laurel with words of Sons of the Desert - Christmas 1996

Photograph of people at the Hog Wild Christmas party - 1996

Photograph of two people dressed as Laurel and Hardy singing at the Hog Wild Christmas party - 1996

Photograph of man with head bandage and sling addressing Hog Wild Christmas party - 1996

Photograph six people leading singing of the Sons of the Desert song - Christmas 1996

Photograph of waxwork Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd at Wigan (Lancashire) - 1997

Photograph of man dressed as Stan laurel juggling at Wigan (Lancashire) - 1997 - watched by man dressed as Oliver Hardy, adults and children watching

Photograph of five men at convention at Wigan (Lancashire) - 1997

Photograph of two men at Hog Wild stand at Wigan (Lancashire) - 1997

Photograph of two men dressed as Laurel and Hardy doing a routine at Wigan (Lancashire) - 1997

Photograph of Gillian Wales dressed as an Arab - 1997

Photograph of men dressed as Laurel and Hardy with a guitarist in a cowboy hat in a bar - December 1997

Photograph of five people and a man in a cowboy hat playing a guitar in a bar - December 1997

Photograph of five people including Stan Patterson singing in a bar - December 1997

Photograph of two men and two women with a man in a cowboy hat playing a guitar in a bar - December 1997

Photograph of five people with the words of Sons of the Desert with a man in a cowboy hat plating a guitar in a bar - December 1997

Photograph of a group, including Stan Patterson, in the Red Lion - January 1998

Photograph of Sons of the Desert in Ulverston (Cumbria) - 18 July 1998

Copy photograph of Stan Patterson and two other men at Wigan (Lancashire) - September 1988

Copy photograph of Stan Patterson and a woman at Wigan (Lancashire) - September 1988

Photograph of a group including Stan Patterson eating in a bar - January 2000

Photograph of Stan Patterson outside King James I School - March 2000 - copyright Evening Standard

Photograph of procession through Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - banners of Hog Wild and Laughing Gravy Tent, Birmingham

Photograph of procession through Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - banners of Hog Wild and Laughing Gravy Tent, Birmingham

Photograph of procession through Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - banners of Hog Wild and Laughing Gravy Tent, Birmingham

Photograph of procession through Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - banners of Hog Wild and Laughing Gravy Tent, Birmingham

Photograph of procession through Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - banners of Hog Wild and Laughing Gravy Tent, Birmingham

Photograph of South View, Waldron Street, Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - birthplace of Stan Laurel's sister Beatrice Olga Jefferson, with man identified as Paul Dobson

Photograph of South View, Waldron Street, Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - birthplace of Stan Laurel's sister Beatrice Olga Jefferson, with man identified as Paul Dobson, woman identified as Gillian Wales and man identified as Tony

Photograph of group with plaque on a monolith near King James I School, Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - banners of Hog Wild and Laughing Gravy, Birmingham tents, terraced houses in the background

Photograph of group with plaque on a monolith near King James I School, Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - banners of Hog Wild and Laughing Gravy, Birmingham tents, terraced houses in the background

Photograph of group with plaque on a monolith near King James I School, Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - banners of Hog Wild and Laughing Gravy, Birmingham tents, terraced houses in the background

Photograph of group with plaque on a monolith near King James I School, Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - banners of Hog Wild and Laughing Gravy, Birmingham tents, terraced houses in the background

Photograph of group with plaque on a monolith near King James I School, Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000 - banners of Hog Wild and Laughing Gravy, Birmingham tents, terraced houses and church in the background

Photograph of King James I School, Bishop Auckland - 1 April 2000

Photograph of Stan Patterson with cruet set of Laurel and Hardy as pigs - May 2000

Photograph of cruet set of Laurel and Hardy depicted as pigs - May 2000

Photograph of unveiling of a plaque on 8 Dockwray Square, Tynemouth (North Tyneside) - 2000 - home of Stan Laurel from 1897 to 1901

Photograph of Stan Patterson - 2000

Photograph of Stan Patterson as Grand Sheikh with Peter Jones as Stan Laurel at a meeting - 2000

Photograph of Stan Patterson as Grand Sheikh with Peter Jones as Stan Laurel at a meeting - 2000

Photograph of Stan Patterson as Grand Sheikh with Peter Jones as Stan Laurel at a meeting - 2000

Photograph of Stan Patterson as Grand Sheikh with Peter Jones as Stan Laurel at a meeting - 2000

Photograph of Stan Patterson as Grand Sheikh at a meeting - 2000

Copy photograph of comedy actor Jeffrey Holland with Stan Patterson and Laurel and Hardy cut-outs - 22 November 2001

Colour photograph of comedy actor Jeffrey Holland with Stan Patterson and five other Hog Wild members - 22 November 2001

Colour photograph of comedy actor Jeffrey Holland with Stan Patterson and five other Hog Wild members - 22 November 2001

Photograph of comedy actor Jeffrey Holland with dummy of Stan Laurel in Bishop Auckland - 22 November 2001

Photograph of comedy actor Jeffrey Holland with dummy of Stan Laurel in Bishop Auckland - 22 November 2001

Photograph of comedy actor Jeffrey Holland with dummy of Stan Laurel in Bishop Auckland - 22 November 2001

Photograph of Jeffrey Holland and three others outside 66 Princes Street, Bishop Auckland - 22 November 2001 - house lived in by Stan Laurel as a young child

Photograph of Jeffrey Holland and two others outside South View, Waldron Street, Bishop Auckland - 22 November 2001 - house in which Stan Laurel's sister Beatrice Olga Jefferson was born

Photograph of Jeffrey Holland and four others outside South View, Waldron Street, Bishop Auckland - 22 November 2001 - house in which Stan Laurel's sister Beatrice Olga Jefferson was born

Photograph of comedy actor Jeffrey Holland with Stan Patterson and five other members of Hog Wild Tent - 22 November 2001

Photograph of comedy actor Jeffrey Holland with an older woman - 22 November 2001

Colour photograph of Ulverston (Cumbria) Carnival including Chinese-style dragon - 5 July 2003

Photograph of Stan Patterson, Peter Jones dressed as Stan Laure and others with Hog Wild banner at Ulverston (Cumbria) Carnival - 5 July 2003

Photograph of Stan Patterson, Peter Jones dressed as Stan Laure and others with Hog Wild banner at Ulverston (Cumbria) Carnival - 5 July 2003

Photograph of Stan Patterson, Peter Jones dressed as Stan Laure and others with Hog Wild banner at Ulverston (Cumbria) Carnival - 5 July 2003

Photograph of adults with the Hog Wild banner and two boys in bowler hats at Ulverston (Cumbria) Carnival - 5 July 2003

Photograph of Stan Patterson, Gilliam Wales and an older woman at Ulverston (Cumbria) Carnival 5 July 2003

Photograph of Stan Patterson with a young man and young woman, members of Laughing Gravy tent, Birmingham - 5 July 2003

Photograph: 'Stanley & Willie Ulverston' (Cumbria) - 5 July 2003

Stan Patterson, Gillian Wales and Peter Jones at Red Lion public house - January 2004

Photograph of Peter Jones, Stan Patterson and others eating at the Red Lion public house - January 2004

Photograph of Peter Jones as Stan Laurel with Stan Patterson and another in a vintage car at Kirk Merrington - 4 June 2005

Photograph of Peter Jones as Stan Laurel and Stan Patterson at dinner at Red Lion public house - 2007

Copy photograph of statue of Stan Laurel being finished in Chengdu (China) with female artist - 2008

Copy photograph of statue of Stan Laurel being finished in Chengdu (China) with female artist - 2008

Copy photograph of statue of Stan Laurel being finished in Chengdu (China) - 2008

Copy photograph of statue of Stan Laurel being finished in Chengdu (China) - 2008

Copy photograph of statue of Stan Laurel being finished in Chengdu (China) - close up of head - 2008

Copy photograph of statue of Stan Laurel being finished in Chengdu (China) - closeup of plate showing Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy - 2008

Copy photograph of statue of Stan Laurel being finished in Chengdu (China) - closeup of hand with paint brush - 2008

Copy photograph of statue of Stan Laurel being finished in Chengdu (China) - closeup of film can for Hog Wild - 2008

Copy photograph of statue of Stan Laurel being finished in Chengdu (China) - closeup of film can for Hog Wild - 2008

Copy photograph of Stan laurel statue in Bishop Auckland - 2008

Copy photograph of Stan laurel statue in Bishop Auckland with Peter Jones dressed as Stan Laurel - 2008

Photograph of Gillian Wales with Stan Laurel statue in Bishop Auckland - 2008

Photograph of closeup of Stan Laurel in Bishop Auckland - 2008

Photograph of Peter Jones in white-face as Stan Laurel by Stan Laurel statue in Bishop Auckland - 2008

Photograph of Peter Jones in white-face as Stan Laurel by Stan Laurel statue in Bishop Auckland - 2008

Photograph of Peter Jones in white-face as Stan Laurel next to Stan Laurel statue in Bishop Auckland - 2008

Photograph of Peter Jones in white-face as Stan Laurel next to Stan Laurel statue in Bishop Auckland - 2008

Photograph of Peter Jones and others at Stan Laurel's statue in Bishop Auckland - 23 February 2015

Photograph of Peter Jones and others at the statue of Stan Laurel in Bishop Auckland

Photograph of a man in front of a plaque on the wall of King James I School, Bishop Auckland - 21st century

Photograph of a man with Laurel and Hardy impersonators outside King James I School, Bishop Auckland - 21st century

Photograph of film crew in front of boards - 'The Eden Theatre and the Stan Laurel connection' - 21st century

Photograph of Stan Patterson, Peter Jones as Stan Laurel and another man - 21st century

Photograph of Peter Jones as Stan Laurel, Stan Patterson and another man with vintage van painted as belonging to D. Ward, motor spares, Bishop Auckland - 21st century

Photograph of a plaque- 21st century - 'Gainford Academy 1818-1899 Gainford Academy was founded in 1818 by the Congregational minister the Rev. William Bowman. It operated from this building until 1899 when it was moved to North Terrace. In 1864 there were 80 boarders. The most famous pupil of the academy was Arthur Stanley Jefferson (Stan Laurel) of Laurel and Hardy fame. The building was later acquired by the Edleston family who gave it to the village in 1964. The building was restored for housing in 1987 by the Teesdale Buildings Preservation Trust'.

Photograph of Les Jobson at Stan Laurel's grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in the Hollywood Hills (California) - 21st century

Photograph of Stan Laurel's grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in the Hollywood Hills (California) - 21st century

Split photograph showing sign for Music Box Steps and a view down the steps - 21st century - the steps featured in 'The Music Box' by Laurel and Hardy (1932) winning the first Academy Award for Best Live Action Short (Comedy)

Colour postcard of Laurel and Hardy with a baby from the film 'Their First Mistake' (1932) - printed by Interprint Scotton, Knaresborough (Yorkshire)

Daily Mail newspaper cutting: 'Stan Laurel Dies' - 24 February 1965

Newspaper cutting: 'Stan and Ollie fans hogging the limelight' - 1994 - creation of Hog Wild Tent

Newspaper cutting: 'Stan's our man, declares town' - 1994 - with photographs of Stan Laurel and Stan Patterson as Stan Laurel; - creation of Hog Wild Tent

Newspaper cutting: 'Hometown tribute to its beloved hero Stan - 1994 - photographs of Laurel and Hardy, Stan Patterson as Stan Laurel and old Eden Theatre, Bishop Auckland; - creation of Hog Wild Tent

Newspaper cutting: 'Another fine mess we hope you'll enjoy' - 1995 - Laurel and Hardy event in Bishop Auckland to boost tourism

Newspaper cutting: 'Making a fine mess of selling a town! - 24 July 1995 - photographs of Laurel and Hardy and impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber; - Laurel and Hardy event to be held to boost tourism in Bishop Auckland

Newspaper cutting: 'Making a fine mess of selling a town! - 1995 - photographs of Laurel and Hardy and impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber; - Laurel and Hardy event held to boost tourism in Bishop Auckland

Newspaper cutting: 'Another fine mess for Stan's sons' - 1995 - photographs of Grand Sheik John Land, founder of Hog Wild Tent and fans Richard Franklin, Tony Middleton, Ian Dawson and Andrew Wood; - Bishop Auckland's first Laurel and Hardy convention

Photocopy newspaper cutting: 'Honour for the clown who went to the top' - March 1996 - photographs of Huntley Jefferson Wood with Laurel and Hardy impersonators Graeme Hardy and Bryan Barber; - unveiling of Stan laurel plaque at King James I Comprehensive School, Bishop Auckland

Northern Echo press cutting: 'Hog wild in Ulverston? Your'e darn' tootin'' - 24 July 1998 - photographs of Paul Dobson, Andrew Holder, Gary Dobson and Ethel Dobson outside the Stan Laurel Inn; Ken Otter; Hog Wild Tent unfurling their banner

Daily Mail newspaper cutting: 'That's another fine double act you've gotten me into, Stanley' - 20 August 1998; - photographs of Laurel and Hardy and impersonators Gailard Sartain and Bronson Pinchot; - story about a new film: 'For Love or Mummy' with Sartain and Pinchot

Newspaper cutting: 'Another fine tribute to famous son is considered' - 15 June 2000 - with photograph of Stan Laurel; - planned statue of Stan Laurel in Bishop Auckland

Newspaper cutting: 'Hi-di-Hi star tries out the trail of his favourite comedy hero' - 2001 - photograph of Stan Patterson, Grand Sheikh of Hog Wild Tent and comedy actor Jeffrey Holland

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'Comic legend lights up a town where good times are ahead' - 16 November 2004 - photograph of Peter Jones as Stan Laurel turning on the Christmas lights in Bishop Auckland

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'Is this hat on a pole art? Or just another fine mess' - c. 2005 - regarding proposed artwork at Theatre Corner, Bishop Auckland; - photographs: artist's impressions; Stan Laurel; Dr Bob Manners

Photocopy newspaper cutting including letter criticising plan for bowler hat artwork at Theatre Corner, Bishop Auckland - c. 2005

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'Meet Stan's dad - and the demon cyclist from Shildon' - 11 July 2007 - photographs of: Stan Laurel; poster advertising benefit night for Arthur Jefferson , Stan Laurel's father, on 10 January 1894; music hall star Kate Vaughan who appeared at the Eden Theatre, Bishop Auckland in 1892

Northern Echo newspaper cutting about the Stan Laurel Trail in Bishop Auckland - 11 July 2007 - photographs of: South View, Waldron Street; Theatre Corner on site of Eden Theatre; St Peter's church where Stan Laurel was baptised; 66 Princes Street and the Eden Theatre in the 1960s

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'The leading lady vanishes and other departures of a theatrical nature' - 18 July 2007; - photographs of: Laurel and Hardy; Stan Laurel with his father Arthur Jefferson and step-mother Venetia; actress Mrs Patrick Campbell; exterior of King James I Grammar School; exterior of King James I during a fire in 2007; Maud Darling (Olive Watson) in Darlington Civic Theatre; Maud Darling at Bristol in 1900; Maud Darling; Eden Theatre being demolished in 1974

The Scotsman newspaper cutting: 'A fine set of letters from Stan Laurel' - 1 September 2007 - correspondence between Stan Laurel and Scottish housewife Walterina Hunter

Newspaper cutting: 'Comedy's legend's letters' - c. 2007 - auction sale of Stan Laurel's postcards, letters and telegrams

Newspaper cutting: 'Comic's letter sold' - 2007 - sale of Stan Laurel's letter originally written to childhood friend Lena Morton

Newspaper cutting: 'Firm buys Laurel letter 'for the area' - 2007 - photographs; John Cumberland with framed copy of letter at International Waste Metals, Shildon; Laurel and Hardy motif on the letter; - letter originally written to childhood friend Lena Morton

Daily Telegraph newspaper cutting: 'Why has the Civil Service gone from paragon to laughing stock?' - 23 November 2007 - with cartoon of Laurel and Hardy

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'Laurel statue unveiled in his home town' - 1 September 2008 - photographs: Nancy Wardell, Stan laurel's niece, with new statue; jazz band; children in bowler hats

Darlington & Stockton Times newspaper cutting: 'Razzmatazz and ceremony for for a star of the silver screen' - 8 September 2008 - with photograph of the statue and Stan Laurel's niece Nancy Wardell

South Shields Gazette newspaper cutting: 'Yobs deface £37k Stan Laurel statue' - 7 November 2008 - photograph of artist Bob Olley whose statue in Bishop Auckland was defaced

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'Another fine mess' - 7 November 2008 - photograph of statue of Stan Laurel in Darlington which was vandalised

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'A Hardy bunch' - 11 December 2008 - photograph of Hannah Mundy, Hannah Goggin as Oliver Hardy, Nathan Durkin as Stan Laurel and Charlotte Connah; - Hog Wild Tent Christmas party

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'Decision due on fate of Stan Laurel school' - 24 October 2010 - photograph of Laurel and Hardy with Charley Chase in 'Sons of the Desert' and of fire at King James I School, Bishop Auckland in 2007

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'Tom reveals the hidden history of railway town' - 22 November 2010 - photograph of Tom Hutchinson signing a copy of his book; - publication of 'Glimpses of Shildon' by Tom Hutchinson

Newspaper cutting: 'A town and its people' - November 2010 - photograph of Tom Hutchinson signing a copy of his book; - publication of 'Glimpses of Shildon' by Tom Hutchinson

Newspaper cutting: 'House where laurel lived is for sale' - 2011 - 66 Princes Street, Bishop Auckland for sale

Newspaper cutting: 'Laurel's home fails to sell' - c. 2011 - failure of 66 Princes Street, Bishop Auckland to sell at auction

Newspaper cutting: 'fetch double expected price' - c. 2011 - sale of 3 Argyle Street, Ulverston (Cumbria), birthplace of Stan Laurel

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'Investor all smiles after buying Stan's old house' - 6 June 2011 - photographs: Phil Carrick in front of 66 Princes Street, Bishop Auckland; backyard of 66 Princes Street; interior of 66 Princes Street; Stan Laurel

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'Another fine plan for Stan Laurel tribute' - 20 June 2011 - photograph of Laurel and Hardy with Walter Long in 'The Live Ghost'; - land to transform fire-damaged King James I Grammar School, Bishop Auckland

Wear Valley Mercury newspaper cutting: 'Stan Plan' - 2 September 2011 - photograph of Michael O'Neill outside derelict King James I School, Bishop Auckland; - 'Stan Laurel's old school may become hub for the community - including day centre and kids' playgroup'

Northern Echo newspaper cutting: 'Prince Charles backs Stan Laurel museum' - 6 September 2011 - photograph of Laurel and Hardy with Billy Gilbert in 'The Music Box'; King Charles I School, Bishop Auckland on fire

Wear Valley Mercury newspaper cutting: 'Laurel family back museum' - 23 September 2011 - photographs of Stan Laurel and Michael O'Neill outside King James I School

Newspaper cutting: 'Silent genius Stanley' - undated - regarding Stan Laurel trail in Bishop Auckland

Newspaper cuttings: 'Sons of the desert' - undated - photographs: Laurel and Hardy; Grand Sheik Stan Patterson and grand Vizier Gillian Wales; Laurel and Hardy memorabilia

Stan Laurel's partial family tree back to his grandparents - 20th/21st century

Photocopy family tree of the Jefferson family from 1860 - 20th century

Certified copy birth certificate of Stan Laurel's father - 29 April 2002 - Arthur Jefferson - born 12 November 1862, Albion Street, Darlington - father William, mother Hannah, nee Hewson - father's occupation joiner - informant mother - registered 14 November 1862

Photocopy page from baptism register of Darlington - 1862 - including Arthur Jefferson

Copy page from 1861 census for Darlington - including William and Hannah Jefferson

History of the Jeffersons in Bishop Auckland by John Land - 20th century - including photographs of St Peter's church, King James I Grammar School, Laurel and Hardy with a group of others including a policeman, the author in a bowler hat

'An Early History of Stan Laurel' - 20th century

Promotional flyer for Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society meetings - 1998

Laminated sign for Hog Wild tent, Bishop Auckland - 20th century

Stand up sign - 20th century 'We are the Sons of the Desert Hog Wild Tent Bishop Auckland'

Blank membership card - 20th century

Print out from Bishop Auckland page of Intra-Tent Journal Online - 1 October 2001

Blank headed paper for Hog Wild tent - 20th/21st century

Maps and copy photograph regarding Ayton House in North Shields (Northumberland) - 19th-20th century - photocopy 1:25,000 map showing Ayton House c. 1900; - photocopy 1:25,000 map showing the site of Ayton House behind 26 Brightman Road - 1968; - photocopy photograph of Stan Laurel and a crowd outside Ayton House

Photocopy aerial photograph of Dockwray Square, North Shields - early 20th century

Leaflet - 'A Walk with Stan Laurel in Bishop Auckland - 20th/21st century - photographs of: Stan Laurel; a younger Stan Laurel; King James I Grammar School in the 19th century; St Peter's church; Eden Theatre in the 1960s; King James I Grammar School; - map showing: the town hall; South View (22 Waldron Street); St Peter's church; 66 Princes Street; former Eden Theatre, now Theatre Corner; King James I Grammar School; staff house

The Laurel & Hardy Statue Appeal for Ulverston Millennium Bond - 2000 - 'This bond is given in return for a donation of £100 to the Laurel & Hardy Statue Appeal for Ulverston - Your donation brings the day nearer when we can have statue of Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in Ulverston, Cumbria'

Leaflet - 'The proposed statue of Stan Laurel' - 2006 - with questionnaire regarding proposed statue for Theatre Corner, Bishop Auckland, designed by Bob Olley, similar to one already erected in Dockwray Square, North Shields (North Tyneside)

Cutting from 'The Bishop Press' - 28 February 2025 - 'Comic Genius Stan Laurel Remembered' with photograph of people at Stan Laurel's statue in Bishop Auckland, including Peter Jones

Photocopy playbill - Royal Theatre, Alfreton (Derbyshire) - 3 July 1935 - 'Common Clay' by Leah Corentez; - players include Stan Laurel's sister Olga Jefferson (with a portrait photograph)

Service order - thanksgiving for the life and work of Stan Laurel at St Peter's, Bishop Auckland - 20 April 986

Poster for 10th Great North Walk - 20 July 1997 - including photograph of Laurel and Hardy

'Tribute to Laurel & Hardy' - late 20th century - promotional flyer for Graeme Hardy as Stan Laurel (38 years old, 5 foot, 10 inches, 10 stone, 10 pounds) and Jem as Oliver Hardy (35 years old, 6 feet, 4 inches, 24 stone); available with or without their cars including an authentic 1924 Model T Ford - contact Kaye Frankland Entertainments - see also D/X 2388/1/5/4/5-6

Promotional photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators in their Model T Ford - 20 July 1999 - see also D/X 2388/1/5/4/4 and 6

Promotional photograph of Laurel and Hardy impersonators - 20 July 1999 - see also D/X 2388/1/5/4/4-5

Postcard - Royal Lyceum Theatre Company - 'Laurel & Hardy' by Tom McGrath - 2005

Promotional flyer for 17th annual Oliver Hardy Festival, Harlem (Georgia) - 1 October 2005

Programme for 'Laurel and Charlie' by Kate Bramley by Badapple Theatre Company - 2008 - see also D/X 2388/1/5/4/10

Ticket for 'Laurel and Charlie' by Bad Apple Theatre Company at Bishop Auckland Town Hall - 30 October 2008 - see also D/X 2388/1/5/4/9

'Thee-ater Corner' Nostalgic Durham Verse by Brian Joslin, illustrations by Ron Sand - late 20th century

Poem - 'A Laurel called Stanley' by G. Bannister - c. 1997

Poem - 'Stan's Day - 16 June 1990' by Stan Patterson

Song sheet - 'Singalongajack' - 20th/21st century - songs being: 'We are the Sons of the Desert'; 'Let Me Call You Sweetheart'; 'Honolulu Baby'; 'Shine on Harvest Moon'; 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'; 'Auld Lang Syne'

Sons of the desert Hog Wild Tent songsheet - 3 December 1996 - 'Carolina in the Morning'; 'Rock-a-Bye Your Baby'; 'Shine on Harvest Moon'; 'The Bells Are Ringing'; 'You Made Me Love You'; 'Let Me Call You Sweetheart'

Christmas card featuring Laurel and Hardy - 'Smile, it's Christmas'

Christmas card showing Laurel and Hardy and a lamp post, drawn by Graham Ibbeson - 2002

Greetings card showing Laurel and Hardy - 'Another Nice Mess you've gotten me into'

Card with drawing of Laurel and Hardy - made by Gill Shea

Card showing Laurel and Hardy created by David Brian, sold in aid of Laurel & Hardy Charity Fund

Card showing cartoon Laurel and Hardy created by David Brian, sold in aid of Laurel & Hardy Charity Fund

Card with colour painting showing Laurel and Hardy - card 9 of Gallaher's 1935 set 'Stars of Screen and Stage'

Card with drawing of Laurel and Hardy

Print-out from a website detailing the films of Laurel and Hardy - 1997

Print-out of Laurel & Hardy Museum webpage detailing all the Laurel and Hardy films - 2005

Laurel and Hardy Dining Company paper coaster

Mock bank note - 'United States of Cuckooland - One Cuckoo' - 'Levity Reserve Note'

Photocopy photograph showing fourteen year-old Stan Laurel and his mother outside their home at Dockwray Square, North Shields (Northumberlnd) on 29 January 1904

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy wearing dunces caps

Photograph of Laurel and Hardy dressed as policemen

Mounted photograph and text - 'Arthur Jefferson with Stan Laurel's Stepmother, Venetia Pictured in Stan's Garden in Hollywood in the 1930s'

Receipts from William Ainsley & Brother - 30 November 1888 - 19 March 1889; - Borough Steam Printing Works & Mustard Mills, Waddington Street, North Road, Durham; the receipt includes drawings of Durham cathedral seen from the south across the River Wear and shop and mill in Waddington Street; - receipts are for mustard, squibs and cotton twine; - now 12 Waddington Street.

Receipts from R. H. Appleton - 26 November 188 - 17 April 1889 - Cleveland Steam Flour Mills, Stockton-on-Tees; the receipts include a drawing of Richard Henry Appleton's factory on the River Tees

Receipts from Bancroft & Fawthorp - 4 December 1888 - 12 March 1889 - wholesale brush manufacturers, Halifax Brush Works, Raglan Street, Halifax (Yorkshire), includes drawing of the factory

Receipts from George Belt & Sons - 13 December 1888 - 25 March 1889; - High Bridge Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne, manufacturers of corn and flour sacks, pokes, coffee bags, twines, shop threads etc. - receipts are for bags, manilla clothes line, twine and sash cord; - Bed bottoms, chair web, lamp wicks and candle ties, leather leggings, harvest, hedging and household gloves, wash leathers, clothes pins, roofing felt, manilla bags, thatching yarns, cotton waste, sponge cloths, fishing lines, waterproof cart, waggon and horse covers, coats, overalls, carriage and gig aprons and waterproof goods of all kinds, canvas sackings, tarpaulins, scrims, hessians, sheetings, barnsheets, woolsheets, rick covers, saddle cloths, collars, checks, bootlaces.

Receipt from Bunn & Dick - 26 November 1888; - 10 Grainger Street West and 18 Grey Street, Newcastle on Tyne; - receipt is for a marble clock

Receipt from J. & J. Colman - 12 February 1889 - 108 Cannon Street, London EC; - receipt for London starch and rice

Receipts from Cooke Brothers - 1 December 1888 - 23 April 1889; - 8 Silver Street, Durham, the receipts have a drawing of Durham cathedral from the north across Palace Green; - receipts are for bags

Receipts from Robert Cooper - 15 December 1888 - 14 March 1889 - brush manufacturer, 58 West Clayton Street, Newcastle - receipts are for brooms, dust brush, hearth brushes etc.

Receipts from Daglish Brothers - 26 November 1888 - 18 March 1889 - wholesale provision merchants, Pudding Chare, Newcastle on Tyne; - receipts are for casks of butter etc.

Receipts from R. Dakers - 1888-1889 - candle manufacturer of Sedgefield and Bishop Auckland; - receipts are for candles

Receipts from J. Duncan Hodgson - 9 January - 24 April 1889 - hardware factor, 32 & 34 Dean Street, Newcastle on Tyne - receipts are for fenders, tongs, hammers, pans, pots, coal savers, stair rods, ash pans, pick shafts, iron weights, kettles, steamers, cash box, broom handles, pegs, hoes, mould, rakes, black spades, pokers, rail tidies, carpet bannisters, poker rests, spittoons, manure fork, kettle stands, curtain hooks, shutter knobs

Receipts from Elterwater Gunpowder Company - 26 November 1888 - 13 April 1889 - Waddington Street, Durham

Receipt from F. J. Finn - 29 March 1889 - pipe and pipe-clay manufacturer, 12 & 14 Oakwellgate Chare, Gateshead-on-Tyne - receipt for pipes and bricks

Receipts from J. A. France - 10 December 1888 - 17 April 1889 - wholesale agent for canned goods, St John Street, Newcastle on Tyne - receipts are for beef, rabbits, mince, collops, plums, roast mutton, salmon, sardines, tomatoes

Receipts from Thomas French & Company - 19 January - 8 April 1889; - corn millers, Tees Roller Flour Mills, Stockton and Priestgate Roller Flour Mills, Darlington with drawings of the two premises - receipts are for mustard, squibs and cotton twine

Receipt from Ginner, Morton & Goddard - 12 March 1884 - Botolph House, Eastcheap, London - receipt for suntanas - 'refiners' sugar in bags, cases and barrels at filled out weights, outport pieces at refiners' original weights, raw sugar in bags, foreign crystals and crushed at landing weights'

Receipts from Goodall, Backhouse & Company - 27 November 1888 - 29 March 1889 - wholesale manufacturing chemists, 54 Southwark Street, London, one receipt has drawings of the warehouse at White Horse Street; - receipts are for quinine wine, cod liver oil, jelly, glycerine, Beechams pills, honey etc.

Receipts from William Gossage & Sons - 18 December 1888 - 3 January 1889 - Soap Works, Widnes (Lancashire) and Blackstock Street, Liverpool (Lancashire)

Receipts from Hannay & Company - 2 November 1888 - 21 March 1889 - biscuit manufacturers, West Gorton, Manchester (Lancashire); - receipts are for butter, teas, Yorks and London

Receipts from William P. Hartley - 16 January - 15 April 1889 - Aintree, Liverpool (Lancashire), on the reverse a drawing of the new factory erected 1886-7; - receipts are for strawberries, Victoria plums, raspberries, gooseberries

Receipt from Hartmann Roll & Company - 28 March 1889 - White's Grounds, Bermondsey, London, drawings of factories on the reverse - receipt for Francks' Coffee

Receipts from John Hindhaugh & Company - 27 November 1888 - 11 April 1889 - importers of linseed, hemp, rape and caraway seeds 38 Cloth Market, Newcastle on Tyne - receipts are for sultanas, maize, poultry wheat, wholemeal, crushed linseed, Japan rice, salt, rough barley, split peas, oatmeal, castor sugar, powdered sugar, potato flour, sago, currants, horse corn, beans, dog biscuits, hemp seed, wheat, barley meal, crushed oats, rye meal, pearl barley, bird seed, linseed, rape seed, marrowfat peas, crushed beans, white feed peas, tares, sheeps fescue, sweet vernal, white clover, cow grass, hop clover, ribb grass, cockfoot, paceys, canary seed, carlings

Receipts from William Howie & Company - 8 December 1888 - 29 March 1889 - 60 Virginia Street, Glasgow - receipts are for crushed sugar

Receipts from Johnson Dodds & Company - 28 November 1888 - 16 April 1889 - wholesale tea merchants, 20 Bigg Market, Newcastle on Tyne

Receipt from Charles E. Johnson & Company - 13 December 1888 - merchants and manufacturers of starch and laundry blues, Britannia Works, Hull (Yorkshire) - receipt for starch; - 'Britannia Triangle blue and dry soap, Britannia Real Mexican and star block leads, importers of rice, arrowroot, ultramarines etc.

Receipts from Robert Keenleyside - 12 December 1888 - 16 April 1889 - wholesale grocer and tea dealer, 85 Clayton Street West, Newcastle on Tyne; - receipts are for coffee and chickary

Receipts from William Kilburn - 1889 - ironmonger, 21 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland; - receipt for large tea canister

Receipts from W. Lawson & Son - 1-6 December 1888 - cheesemongers &c., West Burton, Wensleydale (Yorkshire) - receipts are for stilton

Receipt from Lever Brothers - 19 December 1888 - Sunlight Soap Works, Warrington (Lancashire); - receipt for Sunlight soap

Receipts from Joshua Margerison & Company - 8 March 1889 - White Windsor Soap Works, Preston (Lancashire) - the receipt has a drawing of the factory

Receipts from Oakwell Soap Company - 17 December 1888 - 4 April 1889 - Birstal, near Leeds (Yorkshire)

Receipts from Alexander Ogston & Sons - 1 December 1888 - 20 April 1889 - manufacturers of paraffine and composite candles, hard and soft soaps and toilet soaps, Aberdeen; - receipts are for paraffin wax

Receipts from Paton & Charles - 16 April 1889 - soap makers, Tunnel Soap Works, Wapping, London - receipt for Best London Mottled

Receipts from Ramsay & Smith - 4 December 1888 - 13 April 1889 - sugar manufacturer, 53 Virginia Street, Glasgow

Receipts from Reimann Brothers - 4 December 1888 - 16 April 1889 - butter and general provision importers, Post Office Chambers, Newcastle on Tyne - receipts are for butter

Receipts from Roberts, Mart & Company - 17 December 1888 - paper merchants, lithographers, printers, paper bag manufacturers, Alfred Street, Leeds (Yorkshire) and Hinckley Street, Birmingham (Warwickshire); - receipt for embossed foil

Receipts from John W. Robinson & Company - - Borough Steam Printing Works & Mustard Mills, Waddington Street, North Road, Durham; the receipt includes drawings of Durham cathedral seen from the south across the River Wear and shop and mill in Waddington Street; - receipts are for mustard, squibs and cotton twine; - now 12 Waddington Street.

Receipts from John W Robinson & Company - 27 November 1888 - 17 April 1889 - wholesale provision merchants, Gateshead on Tyne; - receipts are for sides, hams, Goudas, shoulders, cold cheese, butter, American cheese

Receipts from R. Robinson & Company - 29 November 1888 - 11 April 1889 - wholesale and export stationers, 56-66 Side, Newcastle upon Tyne

Receipt from Rothery & Company - 2 January 1889 - sapomine and dry soap manufacturers, Princess Street, Huddersfield (Yorkshire); - receipt for sapomine

Receipt from H. J. Rowntree & Company - 19 January 1889 - manufacturers of cocoas, chocolates and French confectionary, The Cocoa Works, York (Yorkshire); - receipt for Newstomes 'D' Rock

Receipts from Scrafton Brothers - 1 December 1888 - 4 April 1889 - millers, Holdforth Roller Flour Mills, Bishop Auckland

Receipt from Seanor & Sons - 29 January 1889 - watch manufacturers

Receipt from Simpson & Willan - 16 January 1889 - mustard manufacturers, rice millers and ginger grinders; - receipt for mustard

Receipts from Robert Sinclair - 27 November 1988 - 18 April 1889 - tobacco and snuff manufacturer and cigar importer, 9 Blenheim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne; - receipts are for tobacco

Receipts from Slee, Slee & Company - 28 January - 18 April 1889 - Vinegar Works, Church Street, Horselydown, London

Receipts from J. J. Spoor - 26 November 1888 - 8 April 1889 - wholesale and retail ironmonger, 33 South Road, Bishop Auckland; - receipts are for steamers, pans and covers, flat irons, laving tins, lanterns, candle boxes, oval baths, shot boxes, lamps, girdles, buckets, bread bowls, scoops, sad irons

Receipts from John Stephens, Son & Company; - pure vinegar makers, sauce, pickle and preserve manufacturers; - receipts are for onions, marmalade and Worcester sauce

Receipts from W. Summerscales & Sons - 25 February - 12 April 1889; - Coney Lane Works and Phoenix Foundry, Keighley (Yorkshire); - 'Prize medal washing, wringing and mangling machines, agricultural implements, parallel vices &c., patent safety step ladders, garden rollers, garden seats also complete plans and specifications for large and small laundries, for hand or steam power, heating, cooking &c. for public institutions, hotels, mansions &c &c, iron and brass founders'

Receipts from John Temperley - 28 November 1888 - 16 April 1889 - American produce merchant and general commission agent, 2 St Nicholas Buildings and 18 Pudding Chare, Newcastle on Tyne; - receipts are for butter, cheese, Derby, Gorgonzola, Cheshire, hampers

Receipts from Thomson Bros - 6 December 1888 - 15 April 1889; - wholesale druggists, drysalters and confectioners, Stockton on Tees - receipts are for plums, lemon, clipped mint, jam, black bullets, acid drops and assorted drops

Receipts from Joseph Travers & Sons - 11 December 1888 - 12 March 1889 - 119 Cannon Street, London EC, - receipts are for ground black and white pepper

Receipts from Ward & Company - 27 November 1888 - 23 April 1889 - provision merchants, 8 & 9 Kirkgate, Leeds (Yorkshire); - receipts are for margarine, eggs, lard, shoulders, sides,

Receipts from J. Whittaker Senior - 29 November 1888 - 17 April 1889 - wholesale confectioner, fruit merchant and manufacturer of jams, jellies, marmalades &c., 55 Hendon Road, Sunderland; - receipts are for gooseberry, plum, raspberry and gooseberry, blackcurrent jams, black bullets, china jugs, sailor jugs, gooseberry gobstoppers, plum gobstoppers

Receipts from Whitworth, Hillyard & Wade - 25 November 1888 - 21 April 1889 - St Dunstan's House, London - receipts are for teas

Receipt from Wilkinson & Simpson - 11 February 1889 - wholesale druggists and drysalters, 24 Newgate Street, Newcastle on Tyne; - receipt for saltpetre; - the receipt shows a drawing of the store opened like a dolls' house; - 'importers of essence lemon, essence bergamotte, oil of lavender and other essential oils, French essences, Turkey opium, Norwegian cod liver oil, colza oil, olive oil, French castor oil, caste specialities, baking powder, egg powder, wine essences, ginger beer powder, ginger ale extract, bitter herb beer extract, relish, natural health salt, stained furniture varnishes, compositio nessence'

Receipts from Willan & Smith - 22 December 1888 - 13 April 1889 - letterpress printers, paper merchants and bag manufacturers, [84a] Claypath, Durham - receipts are for papers

Receipts from Wilson, Moller & Company - 7 December 1888 - 23 April 1889 - 4 St Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle on Tyne - receipts are for cheese, eggs, butter

Receipts from Albert Wood (successor to Joseph Lingford), wholesale grocer and provision merchant - 26 November 1888 - 18 April 1889 - Bishop Auckland - receipts are for tea, plums, matches, soda, lemon biscuits, Wensleydale cheese, almonds, muscatels, baking powder, bath bricks, Lunch biscuits, Fireside biscuits, assorted biscuits, nuts, Marie biscuits, Thorleys food, rusks, milk, Royal biscuits, water biscuits, Ginger Nuts, Victoria Drops, Hudson's dry soap, cabbage, oatmeal, Arrowroot biscuits, sugar, dates, American crackers