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4th
January 1954 – BCC Parks Committee Minute
Councillor Horton submitted the following report of the
General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee:-
Non-Manual Staff - Annual Increments
Recommended, 1st April, 1954
Attached to this report is a Schedule setting out the present salaries,
gradings, age, length of service, etc., of the members of the staff of your
Department, together with details of appropriate automatic increases within
approved grades where holders of the posts are eligible. Such increases are automatic, subject to no
adverse report being submitted against any of the officers concerned. In none of the cases which qualify for
increment have I any adverse comments to make upon the
officers set out in the schedule. I
therefore recommend that, subject to such amendments as may obtain arising out
of either recommendations for alterations to the establishment referred to
below, that the appropriate increases be implemented with effect from the 1st
April, 1954.
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I also recommend that Mr. W. Banks (34) employed as a Draughtsman at
Head Office be regraded from Miscellaneous Grade V. (£480-£540 per annum) to Miscellaneous
Grade VI. (£525-£585 per annum) with effect from the 1st April next.
.......................He is one of the Instructors of the Department’s
School of Horticulture at King’s Heath Park, and earlier this year he won the
Departmental Coronation Garden Bed Competition.
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List of Salaries of Non-Manual Staff and
Recommendations for Increases to take effect from the 1st April, 1954
Name: Whiteley,
AA.
Present Designation: Pk.Supt; K. Heath Pk.
Age as at 1st Apr. 1952: 56
Length of service as at 1st Apr.
1952: 22
Present Grade: APT. IV. (Max)
Present salary (incl. emoluments if any): £600
Value of emoluments (if any): £65
Min. & Max. Salaries within Grade: £555-£600
Increment Appropriate to Grade: -
Salary recommended: £600
Remarks Max.
of Grade reached
Staff
Appointments
Since the last meeting of your
Committee, the appointments as set out in Appendix “E” have been made.
Appendix
“E”
Appointments
District No. 2.
Name & Age: Moseley, J.S. (40)
Designation: Pks. Police
Where Employed: Kings Heath Pk.
Date Commenced: 23.11.53
Wages: £6.13.2.
Name & Age: Battison, D.R. (20)
Designation: Gdn. Boy “B”
Where Employed: Kings Heath Pk.
Date Commenced: 4.1.54
Wages: £5.13.5.
Temporary Manual
Employees – Appointment to the Permanent Staff
It is recommended
that the temporary manual employees given in Appendix “K” be appointed to the
Permanent Staff of the Department with effect from the 4th January
1954. The approval of the Committee for
such action is desired.
Appendix “K”
Temporary Manual Employees – Appointment to the Permanent
Staff
District No. 2.
D.E. Acres (25) Female
Wkr. Kings Heath Pk
A.J. Grace (18) Apprentice
Gdn. Kings Heath Pk
J.A. Green (21) Female
Wkr. Kings Heath Pk
Non-Manual Annual Increments
14579 Resolved:-
That, subject to ..............., appropriate increases in respect of
the salaries of non-manual staff, as set out in the schedule attached to the foregoing
report, be implemented to take effect from the 1st April, 1954.
Temporary Manual Employees –
Appointment to the Permanent Staff
14590
Resolved:- That the temporary
manual employees as set out in Appendix “K” to the foregoing report be appointed
to the permanent staff of the Parks Department with effect from the 1st
January 1954.
Staff Appointments
14585
Resolved:- That the various
appointments made to fill Council vacancies on the manual staff, as detailed in
Appendix “E” to the foregoing report, be approved and confirmed.
Alderman Mrs. Hyde submitted the following report of the
Sites and Buildings Sub-Committee:-
Cannon Hill Park and Kings
Heath Park – Proposed Installation of Internal W.C’s in Superintendents’ Lodges
I have received an application
from the respective Superintendents at the above-mentioned parks, for the
installation of an internal W.C. set in the bathroom at their lodges, the
existing accommodation being outside.
You Committee may agree that such
installation should be provided, and subject to their approval, the work could
be carried out by your Artisan Staff at a cost of approximately £30 at each
site, the present drainage and water facilities being favourably placed for the
necessary connections.
I shall be pleased to receive your
Committee’s instructions regarding the above-mentioned application.
Cannon Hill Park and Kings Heath Park – Proposed
Installation of Internal W.C’s in Superintendents’ Lodges
14607
Resolved:- That, having regard
to the circumstances set out in the foregoing report, approval be given to the
installation of internal W.C’s in the Superintendents’ Lodges at Cannon Hill
Park and Kings Heath Park at an estimated cost of £30 in respect of each site.
Councillor Broughton submitted the following report of the
Recreation and Entertainments Sub-Committee:-
Entertainments in the Parks,
1954
With regard to the approval given
in principle by your Committee to the shortening of the season of
entertainments to not more than four or five weeks at seven or eight parks, the
following suggested programme is submitted for consideration:-
(From a list of 7 parks, and 31 weeks of entertainment:-)
King’s Heath 12th July - 7th
August 4 weeks
By thus reducing the total amount
of entertainment provided by nine weeks, it should be possible to effect a
saving of some £1,500 which could be mainly devoted to the engagement of better
class entertainers.
Seasons of five weeks have been
allocated to Summerfield, Small Heath and Handsworth Parks, in view of the fact
that these parks have been the best attended over the last few years. Rookery Park has been eliminated owing to
attendances being so much lower than at any other park last year, and other
parks have been allocated a four weeks’ season
In order to facilitate the
preparation of the theatres, the above suggested programme is arranged so that
not more than one theatre opens on any Monday, and the greatest number of
theatres would be operating during the Birmingham holiday week and the August
Bank Holiday week, which have always been the best weeks for attendances.
It should be noted that, in the
event of an engagement being offered to the Century Theatre, details of which
are given in the next item in this report, then it might be necessary to adjust
the above suggested dates.
The Committee’s instructions are
desired.
Entertainments in the Parks, 1954
14665
Resolved:- That, subject to any
adjustments which may be necessary in respect of individual parks at a later
date, the proposal that an entertainments season be held at the seven parks as
more particularly detailed in the foregoing report, for the periods shown, be
approved.
4th
January 1954 - Parks Department (Operations Card 55 C/H/1/1)
Tenancy – The Lodge
Parks Committee Min. No. 14607 of 4/1/54 authorised the
installation of an internal W.C. set in the bathroom at an estimated cost of
£30. 0. 0.
1st
February 1954 – BCC Parks Committee Minute
Alderman Mrs. Hyde presented the following report of the
Sites and Buildings Sub-Committee:-
Departmental Training Scheme
In connection with the training of
Apprentice Groundsmen under the above Scheme, it has been felt for some time
now that the theoretical and scientific instruction given in the classroom
should be supplemented by the use of small demonstration plots of turf where
the effects of various methods and treatments could be demonstrated in a
practical manner. Certain of these
plots, it is suggested, would be treated with various combinations of fertilisers,
others would show the relative values of different types of weed killing agents
and materials used in eradicating worms and other pests, in addition to the
effects of normal cultural operations such as spiking, forking and raking. It is considered that plots of this nature
would not only be of immense value in impressing on the young groundsmen the
veracity of recommendations made during the classroom lectures, but also serve
as a Departmental testing ground for experimenting with new materials and
implements which are continually being placed on the market as aids to better
turf production.
Should the Sub-Committee agree
that the establishment of plots of this nature would be a desirable adjunct to
existing facilities for training, it will appreciate that any area allocated
for the purpose should be located within King’s Heath Park, so as to be easily
accessible from the school premises.
An area considered admirably
suited for the purpose is shown coloured green on the plan which will be available
at your meeting. It is situate between
the Putting Green and the lower Bowling Green, and because of its limited area
(it measures 18 yds. x 82 yds.) and general location is seldom used by the
public who prefer the wider expanses of turf near the park entrances.
It would be advisable that this
area be enclosed by a low fence to prevent accidental trespass on the plots,
but it is suggested that gates could be constructed at either end so that
interested members of the public could traverse the length of the section and
observe the results of the various treatments.
Each plot could be clearly labelled and possibly a small notice board
placed near one of the entrances could be used to describe the purpose of the
work being carried out.
The Committee's instructions are
desired.
Departmental Training Scheme – Demonstration Turf Plots
14740
Resolved:- That approval be
given to the proposal for the establishment of an area at Kings Heath Park, as
more particularly described in the foregoing report, for use as demonstration
plots for turf and, further, that authority be given for the provision of
fencing and gates and a small information notice board at this area, on the
lines proposed in the report.
Included in this
Minute is a report concerning:-
Rate Estimates 1954/55
(From a very long, and detailed
report:-)
The report shows that the following allocations were included in the budget preparation for
King’s Heath Park:-
Maintenance of Drives and
Pathways:-
·
Tarspraying of existing surfaces necessary to
prevent disintegration of tarmacadam - £250
·
Tarpaving work – Extension of Children’s
playground - £250
Fencing:-
·
130 yds. Sawn oak fence, Avenue Road - £175 – To
replace existing dilapidated fence which is giving access and leads to a
considerable amount of damage.
New Developments:-
For Park
·
Electric light to office, mess room, tool shed,
garages, greenhouses, outbuildings - £8 – Existing lighting carried out by
paraffin lamps.
For Horticultural School
·
5 Microscopes - £142
·
Chemical equipment and books - £165
·
26 Wooden lockers - £94
Replacement of dilapidated and
unserviceable greenhouses
·
Replace greenhouse 70 ft. x 12 ft. - £600
Deletions already effected in
preliminary estimates:-
·
240 yds. Chestnut fence around pool - £100
1st
February 1954 – Parks Department (Operations Card 55 D2)
Departmental Training Scheme – Demonstration Turf Plots
Min. No. 14740 of 1st February 1954 approved a
proposal to utilize an area situated between the putting green and the lower
bowling green (size 82 yds. X 18 yds.) for demonstrating turf culture to
apprentice groundsmen. The same minute
authorised the provision of fencing, gates and a small information notice board
for describing the purpose of the work to the general public.
1st March
1954 – BCC Parks Committee Minute
Councillor Horton submitted the following report of the
General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee:-
B.B.C. Children’s Hour Garden
Plots
In previous years, this Department
has co-operated with the Midland Region of the British Broadcasting Corporation
in providing “Children’s Hour” Gardening Plots at the following sites:-
Queens Park Warley Park
King’s Heath Park Small Heath Park
Rookery Park Pype Hayes Park
St. Paul’s Churchyard Handsworth Park
The British Broadcasting
Corporation has requested that these small gardening plots should continue during
1954, on the same basis as previously.
Children are nominated from
various schools to tend the plots during the year. The names of these children are provided by
the Education Department and are forwarded on by this Department to the
Officers-in-Charge of the parks concerned who are instructed to provide the
children, upon application, with plants, seeds and other items and also lend
them what gardening tools they may require for the purpose of cultivating the
plots. Officers-in-Charge are also asked
to give any advice or technical assistance the children may request.
The Sub-Committee will remember
that in previous years the gardening plot at King’s Heath Park was featured in
both sound and television broadcasts.
Approval has been given to the
continuance of the above arrangements and the Committee’s confirmation of this
action is desired.
Employees – Departmental
Accommodation
In 1947-48 your Committee decided
to safeguard their interest in properties owned or controlled by them, by
arranging that future tenant employees should enter into an agreement with the
Corporation evidencing the fact that the accommodation was granted to them in
consequence of their employment with the Department.
Whilst your Committee have, in
most instances, authorised the Town Clerk to prepare the necessary agreements,
I find that there are certain exceptions, these mainly consisting of employees
transferred on promotion from one park to another with consequent change of accommodation,
and a schedule (“B”) of the employees concerned is attached. These employees have recently been informed
that they will be required to enter into an agreement with the Corporation, and
I shall be glad if your Committee will instruct the Town Clerk to prepare the
necessary documents accordingly.
I would mention that service
tenancy agreements contain a clause reserving the Corporation’s right to revise
the terms of letting at any time and the licences to occupy show only the
employee’s basic wage or salary, no reference being made to value of emoluments.
Schedule
“B”
Schedule
of Properties Occupied by Employees since the 1st January 1948, for
which no Agreements have been prepared.
Properties
occupied as part of emoluments
(Licences
to Occupy)
Name: Whiteley,
A.A.
Property: Lodge,
Kings Heath Park
Date occupied: 12.2.49
Wage or Salary of Employee as at 1st
February 1954: £600 p.a.
Use of Parks
(There is no report, or Minute, but the following Appendix is attached
to the report:-
Appendix
“D”
Use
of Parks
Organisation: B’ham & District Children’s Service
Union
Date: 17.7.1954
Park: Kings Heath Pk.
Purpose: Public Meeting
B.B.C. “Children’s Hour” Gardening Plots
14879
Resolved:- That the action taken
in agreeing to co-operate with the Midland Region of the British Broadcasting
Corporation in providing “Children’s Hour” gardening plots at sites in various
parks, as more particularly set out in the foregoing report on the same basis
as in previous years, be approved and confirmed.
Employees – Departmental Accommodation
14892
Resolved:- That, having regard
to the circumstances set out in the foregoing report, the Town Clerk be
authorised to prepare and seal the necessary agreements with the various
employees referred to in Schedule “B” to
the report in respect of the departmental accommodation occupied by them.
Alderman Mrs. Hyde submitted the following report of the
Sites and Buildings Sub-Committee:-
Departmental Properties –
Improvements
In connection with the general
discussion which ensued at the meeting of your full Committee on the 4th
January last, when authority was given for the installation of internal W.Cs.
at the Superintendent’s lodges at Cannon Hill and King’s Heath Parks, I was
asked to provide further information of similar works which had recently been
carried out to Departmental properties.
I have, therefore, pleasure in setting out hereunder the information
required, from which it will be seen that during the latter years, it has been
the general practice to increase the emoluments valuation up to 8% of the total
cost of the works permitted under the Housing Act:-
There then follows a list which did not include Kings Heath Park.
The suggestion was made that, in
connection with the works in progress at Cannon Hill and King’s Heath Parks,
the assessment might be deferred until the particulars asked for by your
Committee in connection with the total revaluation of emoluments was placed
before you.
It will be appreciated that this
complete revision which I have asked the City Estates Officer to undertake will
not be available for a considerable time, owing to the amount of work involved,
and in order to maintain a degree of consistency, I think it would be advisable
to increase the value of the emoluments in respect of the improvements at Cannon
Hill and King’s Heath Parks during the interim period. As soon as the complete cost of these works
is available, if you so approve, I shall be glad to submit a further report
making recommendations for the increments in emoluments valuation.
Departmental Properties – Improvements
14907
Resolved:- That, the action taken
in submitting the question of the complete revision of the emolument values of
the various properties concerned to the City Estates Officer be approved and
confirmed; and that, having regard to the circumstances set out in the
foregoing report, the value of the emoluments in respect of improvements of
residential accommodation at Cannon Hill and Kings Heath Parks be increased to
the extent of 8% per annum on the capital costs of such improvements, pending a
general review of the emolument values of all properties under the control of
the Committee, as referred to in the foregoing report; further, that the Town
Clerk be instructed to make any necessary amendments to the relative tenancy agreements.
The Chairman submitted the following report of the Special
Estimates Sub-Committee:-
Rate Estimates 1954/55 - Reduction
of £50,000
(The following specific items were identified in a very long report:-)
Kings Heath Park –
Maintenance of Drives and
Pathways:-
·
Tarpaving work – Extension of Children’s
playground - £250
Fencing:-
·
130 yds. Sawn oak fence, Avenue Road - £175
Reduction in Rate Estimates, 1954/55
14956
Resolved:- That the action taken
to achieve a reduction in the Committee’s estimates for 1954/55 of £50,000 in accordance
with the requirements of the Finance Committee, as more particularly detailed
in the foregoing report, be approved and confirmed.
1st March
- Parks Department (Operations Card 55 CH/1//1)
Tenancy – The Lodge
By Min. No. 14907 of 1/3/1954 it was decided that the annual
value of emoluments in respect of this accommodation should be increased to the
extent of 8% of the capital cost of installing the internal W.C. set. This improvement was completed on 1/11/1954
and emolument value increased by £3 p.a.
(Refer letter to City Treasurer dated 28/2/1955).
5th April
1954 – BCC Parks Committee Minute
Councillor Horton submitted the following report of the
General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee:-
Staff
Regradings
I have to recommend the regradings
as set out in Appendix “J” for the approval of the Committee, to take effect
from the dates indicated. The services
of the employees recommended have been satisfactory.
Appendix
“J”
Regradings
Name & Age: Harris, D.E.
(26)
Where employed: Kings Heath Pk.
Grading & Wages:
Present: Gdn. Lab. £6.6.0.
Recommended: Gdn. 2nd Cl. £6.13.0.
Date commenced: 19.8.52
To date from: 1.3.54
Staff – Re-gradings
15010
Resolved:- That the staff
regradings, as set out in Appendix “J” to the foregoing report, be approved and
confirmed, such regradings to take effect from the dates stated therein.
3rd May
1954 – BCC Parks Committee Minute
Councillor Horton submitted the following report of the
General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee:-
Use of Parks
I beg to submit in Appendix “D”
particulars of applications received for the use of parks. The applications being not inconsistent with
your Committee’s policy were granted, and it is asked that the action be
approved.
Appendix
“D”
Use
of Parks
Organisation: Elim Gospel Church
Date: 27.6.1954
Park: Kings Heath Pk.
Purpose: Public Meeting
Police Report – Serious
Accidents
Since the last meeting of your
Sub-Committee there have been 14 serious accidents dealt with in the parks and
the patients sent to hospital. There
were also 205 minor injuries treated and the patients sent home. Details of serious accidents are given in
Appendix “L”.
Appendix
“L”
Police
Report – Serious Accidents
Date: 27.2.54
Park: Kings Heath Pk.
Name & Age: Margaret Davies (17)
Nature of Injury: Collapse
Cause of Injury: Natural causes
Use of Parks
15180 Resolved:- That the action taken in granting permission
for the use of Parks, as detailed in Appendix “D” to the foregoing report, be
approved and confirmed.
31st May
1954 – BCC Parks Committee Minute
The following report of the Deputy General Manager was submitted:-
School of Training – Supply of
Lockers
Quotations have been obtained for
the supply and fixing of 26 small lockers at Kings Heath Park House for use by
the Apprentices whilst attending the school.
The quotations are summarised below:-
Mutter & Hall,
55,
Harrow Road, Selly Oak, 29. £94-
0-0
James Broomfield & Son,
316,
Belgrave Rd; B’ham. 12. £75-
0-0
Wm. Street & Sons, Ltd.,
184,
Bristol Street, B’ham. 5. £56-10-0
Provision has been made in the
Estimates for the current financial year for this expenditure, and your
Committee’s authority to accept the lowest tender is desired.
King’s Heath Park –
Improvements to Water Service
In connection with the
above-mentioned improvements authorised under Minute No. 9481 of 7th
November, 1949 and carried out by E.J. Sands, Ltd., Heathfield Road,
Birmingham, 19, the Water Department have now submitted their account for the
3” mains connections and incidental work in Vicarage Road, amounting to
£138-4-11.
There has been some delay in
presenting the account, but the expenditure has been included as a liability
within the 1953-54 financial year in which provision for the cost was made.
The Committee’s authority for
payment of this account is desired.
School of Training – Supply of Lockers
15338 Resolved:- That the quotations of William Street &
Sons Limited for the supply and fixing of 26 small wooden lockers at King’s
Heath Park House for use by the apprentices while attending the School of
Training, as referred to in the foregoing report, in the sum of £56. 10s. 0d.,
be accepted.
King’s Heath Park – Improvements to Water Service
15342
Resolved:- That authority be
given for the payment to E.J. Sands Limited of the sum of £138. 4. 11d. for the
carrying out of improvements to the water service at King’s Heath Park, as
referred to in the foregoing report.
5th July 1954 – BCC Parks Committee Minute
Councillor Horton submitted the
following report of the General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee:-
Staff
Appointments
Since the last meeting of your
Committee, the appointments as set out in Appendix “F” have been made.
Appendix
“E”
Appointments
District No. 2.
Name & Age: Evans, W.L.
(54)
Designation: Gdn. Lab
Where employed: Kings Heath Pk.
Date Commenced: 4.5.54
Wages: £6.6.0.
Resignations
Since the last meeting of your
Committee, the resignations a set out in Appendix “F” have been received.
Appendix
“F”
Resignations
District No. 2.
Name & Age: Hubner, W. (59)
Designation: Gdn. Lab
Where employed: Kings Heath Pk.
Date ceased: 9.4.54
Length of Service: 11 mths.
Police Report – Serious
Accidents
Since the last meeting of your
Sub-Committee, there have been 23 serious accidents dealt with in the parks and
the patients sent to hospital. There
were also 250 minor injuries treated and the patients sent home. Details of serious accidents are given in
Appendix “L”.
Appendix
“L”
Police
Report – Serious Accidents
Date: 30.4.54
Park: Kings Heath Pk.
Name & Age: Josephine Turner (13)
Nature of Injury: Injury, upper part rt. leg
Cause of Injury: Fell while swinging from cross
bar of plank swing
Date: 16.5.54
Park: Kings Heath Pk.
Name & Age: John Thomas Atkins (37)
Nature of Injury: Facial injury
Cause of Injury: Struck by a cricket ball
during cricket match
Staff – Appointments
15393
Resolved:- That the various
appointments made to fill the existing vacancies on the Manual Staff, as
detailed in Appendix “E” to the foregoing report, be approved and confirmed.
Alderman Mrs. Hyde submitted the following report of the
Sites and Buildings Sub-Committee:-
Various Parks – Provision of
Greenhouses
In accordance with provisions made
in current Estimates for the supply and erection of new greenhouse
superstructures, I submit below a summary of quotations received from
specialist firms for carrying out the necessary work at the parks concerned:-
Ward
End K. Heath Queen’s Queen’s Lightswood
Contractor 50’x24’ 75’x13’3” 28’5”x11’1” 50’x12’ 30’x18’
£ £ £ £ £
Boulton & 340 771 # 208-7-0 489
# 408
Paul, Ltd.,
Norwich
Foster & 693 1,151 268 # 678-5-0 550
#
Pearson, Ltd.,
Nottingham
Wm. Wood & 591-3-9
# 844 255 672 581-10-0
Son, Ltd.,
Taplow, Bucks
Amount allowed
In Estimates 600 600 150 650 675
It will be seen that Boulton &
Paul, Ltd. prices are consistently lower than those of the other firms, but in
fairness to the remaining contractors it is pointed out that all the quotations
mentioned above are based on the respective firms own standard specification,
and from examination and analysis of these in comparison with the prices
quoted, it is considered that the most economical purchases would be those
buildings marked with an asterisk.
Should the Committee agree with
these recommendations, the total expenditure would be £2,669-3-9. as against
the total amount allowed in the Estimates, viz. - £2,675. I would mention that the 50ft x 12ft.
greenhouse at Queen’s Park and that at Lightwoods are entirely new structures
and include complete staging and heating apparatus, the remaining three being
replacements of the existing houses.
......................
The Committee’s instructions are
desired.
Various Parks – Provision of Greenhouses
15420
Resolved:- That the quotation of
Boulton & Paul, Ltd. in the sum of £771 for the replacement of the existing
greenhouse superstructure at Kings Heath Park, as referred to in the foregoing
report be accepted; that the Town Clerk be instructed to prepare and seal the
necessary contract documents, and that the matter be reported to the City
Council as an exception to Standing Orders.
5th July
1954 – Parks Department (Operations Card 55 EF/7)
Kings Heath Park - Buildings
Replacement of superstructure of 75ft greenhouse: Contractor: Boulton & Paul Ltd. Cost: £771.
Parks Committee Minute 15420 dated 5/7/54.
26th July
1954 – BCC Parks Committee Minute
Councillor Horton submitted the following report of the
General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee:-
Provision of Illuminated
Christmas Trees
As instructed by your Committee’s
Minute No.14434, the question of alternative sites for illuminated Christmas
Trees to be erected for the coming Christmas season has been investigated and I
submit the following suggestions for your consideration:-
(a) Alternative
Sites in Churchyards
In view of the religious association
the Christmas Tree has with the season of Christmas, your Committee may care to
consider the resiting of two of the trees to within the Churchyards of the
Parish Churches near the original sites, viz:-
From To
Aston Park Aston Parish Churchyard
Kings Heath Park All Saints’ Churchyard, High St.,
Kings Heath
It will, of course, be necessary
to obtain the permission of the two vicars concerned. It is not anticipated that the placing of the
Christmas Trees in these Churchyards adjacent to the highway would involve any
serious difficulties in the supply of electric current, which would be drawn
from the Church supplied in each case.
...........................
The Committee’s instructions on
the proposed siting of Christmas Trees for 1954 are requested.
Use of Parks
I beg to submit in Appendix “D”
particulars of applications received for the use of parks. The applications being not inconsistent with
your Committee’s policy were granted, and it is asked that the action be approved.
Appendix
“D”
Use
of Parks
Organisation: Hope Chapel
Date: 18.7.54 and 1.8.54
Park: Kings Heath Pk.
Purpose: Public Meeting
Staff
Appointments
Since the last meeting of your
Committee, the appointments as set out in Appendix “F” have been made.
Appendix
“E”
Appointments
District No. 2.
Name & Age: Simpson, A.
(74)
Designation: Nightwatchman
Where employed: Kings Heath Pk.
Date Commenced: 6.7.54
Wages: 19.9.per night
Regradings
I have to recommend the regradings
as set out in Appendix “J” for the approval of the Committee, to take effect
from the dates indicated. The services
of the employees recommended have been satisfactory.
Appendix
“J”
Regradings
District
No.1.
Name & Age: Cooper, J.B. (28)
Where employed: Kings Heath Pk.
Grading & Wages:
Present: Gdnr. 1st £6.13.0.
Recommended: Gdnr. RHS £7.2.0.
Date Commenced: 27.5.52
To date from: 14.5.53
Provision of Illuminated Christmas Trees
15497
Resolved:- That subject to the
requisite consents being obtained, approval be given to the proposal contained
in the foregoing report to provide illuminated Christmas trees at Aston Parish
Churchyard and All Saints’ Churchyard, Kings Heath, during the 1954 Christmas
Season, in lieu of the sites formerly used at Aston and Kings Heath Parks.
Use of Parks
15512
Resolved:- That the action of
the General Manager in granting the use of the parks set out in Appendix “D” to
the foregoing report, be approved and confirmed.
Staff – Appointments
15513
Resolved:- That the various
appointments made to fill the existing vacancies on the Manual Staff, as
detailed in Appendix “E” to the foregoing report, be approved and confirmed.
Staff – Regradings
15517
Resolved:- That the staff
regradings as set out in Appendix “J” to the foregoing report be approved and
confirmed, such regradings to take effect from the dates stated therein.
The following report of the General Manager was submitted:-
Restaurants and Refreshment
Rooms in Parks
Civic Restaurants Department’s Tenancies
The refreshment rooms at the
undermentioned parks and recreation grounds are at present let to the Civic
Restaurants Department for a period of three years expiring on the 30th
September, 1954:-
From a list of 19 sites:-
King’s Heath Park £45
per annum Annual Rental
In addition to the above rents, a
fixed charge of £5 per annum is made for water consumed in each of the above
refreshment rooms, with the exception of Bilberry Hill Tearooms.
The Committee last reviewed the
position in regard to these refreshment rooms in March, 1951, when it was
decided to allow the Civic Restaurants Department tenancies to continue for a
period of three years, subject to their paying the revised rentals, as
suggested by the City Estates Officer.
I have been in communication with
the Secretary of the Restaurants Department in regard to the refreshment room
tenancies in the parks, and he has made the undermentioned observations:-
(1)
“The question of the renewal of tenancies is a
question of principle and policy for the two Committees concerned. I will only say from the Officer’s point of
view that we have expended a considerable amount of capital on Parks catering,
and heavy loan charges are still in being.
Any suggestion varying our tenancies therefore is a matter of high
policy as far as this Department is concerned and which the Catering Committee
would have to give careful consideration in view of the financial repercussions
if we should lose our rights.
(2)
We do not feel in view of the heavy capital
expenditure to which we are committed so far as Parks catering is concerned
that a tenancy of three years is a very satisfactory period. Naturally in laying out capital for Parks catering
we continually have in mind the three year tenancy period and this colours the
picture in considering what improvements shall be made.
As an example the alterations at
Cannon Hill Park cost this Department approximately £700 and such expenditure
is hardly justified from the tenants point of view, if the tenancy is short
term.
I feel that a period of say, 7
years would be far more satisfactory. It
would enable us to look ahead and plan improvements urgently required.
(3)
We continually have in mind that several of the
refreshment rooms are most unsatisfactory, for example, Pype Hayes, Trittiford
Mill Pool and Handsworth Park.
Improvements to these premises would be most costly and out of
proportion to income. I feel that both
the Committees ought to get together sometime and agree a line of policy for
the future. Are we to go on year after
year catering in premises which are little short of a disgrace to the
City. It is quite clear that some time
the Council will have to face up to the erection of new refreshment rooms in
certain parks, and I am wondering whether the time is not ripe to prepare a
programme to cover say, the next ten years.
(4)
The final point is the urgent need to provide an
electrical installation in several parks. The lack of such an essential service
is most unfortunate from the angle of catering, hygiene and lighting, and while
we are now making some progress I feel that all parks should have an electrical
installation as soon as possible.
The Catering Committee is prepared
to play its part but again it has constantly in mind this three year tenancy
period.”
The Committee’s instructions are
desired.
Restaurants and Refreshment Rooms in Parks
Civic Restaurants Department’s Vacancies (sic)
15578
Resolved:- That the General
Manager be instructed to inform the Secretary of the Civic Restaurants
Department that this Committee are not prepared to grant tenancies of
Restaurants and Refreshment Rooms in the Parks for a period of more than three
years, and that the Chairman and the Chairman of the General Purposes and
Finance Sub-Committee be requested to meet the Chairman of the Catering
Committee in order to discuss the general policy to be adopted with regard to
such Restaurants and Refreshments Rooms with power to act, and that they be
requested to report to this Committee thereon in due course.
1st
November 1954 – BCC Parks Committee Minute
In the absence of Councillor Horton at the commencement of
the meeting, the (sic) the Chairman presented the following report of the
General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee:-
Horticultural Training Scheme –
2nd Annual Report
The Departmental Horticultural
Training Scheme has now been in operation since the 22nd September,
1952, and the second Annual Report on its activities is set out herewith for
your Committee’s consideration.
(Relevant extracts from a very long report:-)
Teaching
Staff and Instruction
During the past academic year,
instruction has been given by the following suitably qualified members of the
Departmental Staff co-ordinated by the Senior Horticulturist:-
Name Official Capacity Subject
(From a total list of 11 staff:-)
A.A. Whiteley Supt. K. Heath Pk. Vegetables
R.D. Bagnall R.H.S. Gardener, Botany
K. Heath Pk. Soils and Manures
Arithmetic
J. Green (Miss) Gardener, 2nd Class Physics
K. Heath Pk.
In certain
subjects, the classroom lectures were supplemented by practical demonstrations
within the park and by visits to places of particular horticultural interest,
such as the Warwickshire Cricket Club Ground, the R.H.S. Gardens at Wisley, the
University of Wales Plant Breeding Station at Aberystwyth, Sutton & Sons
Trial Grounds at Reading, and the Ministry of Agriculture’s Horticultural
Experimental Station at Luddington.
Essentially however, the practical training of the Apprentices is
obtained at the parks and golf courses where they are employed.
School Premises and Facilities
As the
Committee is aware, the Apprentices, Trainees and Garden Boys attending at the
Departmental School do so for one full day each week. With the present recent intake there are now
nine groups totalling eighty students receiving instruction at Kings’ Heath
Park and the school premises are in full use from 9 a.m. to 4-30 p.m. each day
from Monday to Friday.
The existing facilities
are adequate to deal with this number, but it is considered that an additional lecture
room would be required by September, 1955, when it is anticipated that there
would be a further intake of Apprentices and Trainees. A room which would prove admirable for
adaptation as a lecture room exists on the ground floor at King’s Heath Park
House and is one of the two rooms at present occupied by the City Restaurants Department. As the Committee is aware, the tenancy
agreements with the Restaurants Department are at present under review, and
your Committee may feel that the lease of this one room, which expired on the
30th September last, could be renewed only until 31st
August, 1955, should renewal be sought by the Restaurants Department.
It has also been felt for some
time that the school facilities could be improved by the addition of a Common
Room where the students could relax during their mid-day break; at present they
are obliged to use the classroom. In this connection it is understood that Mr.
V.G. Collings, your Departmental Architect, who occupies a flat in King’s Heath
Park House, has offered to relinquish one room within the near future, and
although it is too small for consideration as a lecture room, it would be
adequate as a Common Room, and your Committee may care to consider the proposal
that it be allocated to the School for this purpose when it becomes available.
Outdoors, the model fruit and
vegetable gardens, which were established in the early spring of 1953 and the
turf experimental plots laid down in 1954, are developing satisfactorily and
proving invaluable aids to instruction.
Further Observations
The enthusiasm
for the Training Scheme is being maintained at an extremely high level by the
instructors and students alike. In their practical work the Apprentices receive
every encouragement from the Park Staffs who give instruction both willingly
and without stint.
The Apprentices
have their own Football and Cricket teams which compete in Departmental
Sporting events, and the tie and blazer badge which your Committee sanctioned
are worn with obvious pride.
A report on
both the practical and academic progress of each Apprentice is submitted to his
or her parent at the termination of each session, and your Committee may care
to consider the possibility of instituting an Open day, perhaps next Summer,
when these parents could be invited to the School to inspect its work and
facilities.
The Committee’s
instructions are desired.
Horticultural
Training Scheme – Intake of Apprentices and Trainees
In accordance
with Minute No. 15,505 dated 5th July, 1954, a Selection Board consisting
of the Chairman, the Chairman of the General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee
and Alderman Denton sat on the 16th and 17th August to
interview applicants for training under your Committee’s Scheme. In accordance with the instructions of that
Board, the following persons have been offered and have accepted appointments
as Indentured Apprentices:-
...........................
Applications
for advanced training were received and approved from the following employees
of the Department:-
(From a list of 4:-)
Derek Roy
Battison Garden Boy “B” King’s Heath Pk.
123, Oxford Rd;
Birmingham, 13.
The Committee’s
confirmation of the selection of the above-mentioned and authority for the Town
Clerk to prepare and seal the necessary indentures and training agreements is
desired.
Use of Parks
I beg to submit in Appendix “D”
particulars of applications received for the use of parks. The applications being not inconsistent with
your Committee’s policy were granted, and it is asked that the action be
approved.
Appendix
“D”
Use
of Parks
Organisation: Hope Chapel
Date: 15.8.54, 29.8.54, 12.9.54 and
26.9.54
Park: Kings Heath Pk.
Purpose: Religious Meeting
Staff
Resignations
Since the last meeting of your
Committee, the resignations as set out in Appendix “F” have been received.
Appendix
“F”
Resignations
District No. 2.
Name & Age: Simpson, A.
(78)
Designation: Nightwatchman
Where employed: Kings Heath Pk.
Date Ceased: 10.8.54
Length of service: 1 mth.
Regradings
I have to recommend the regradings
as set out in Appendix “J” for the approval of the Committee, to take effect
from the dates indicated. The services
of the employees recommended have been satisfactory.
Appendix
“J”
Regradings
District
No.2.
Name & Age: Battison, D.R. (21)
Where employed: Kings Heath Park
Grading & Wages:
Present: Gdn. Boy “B” £5.18.4
Recommended: Gdnr. 2nd Cl. £6.18.10
Date Commenced: 4.1.54
To date from: 23.9.54
Police Report – Serious
Accidents
Since the last meeting of your
Sub-Committee, there have been 119 serious accidents dealt with in the parks
and the patients sent to hospital. There
were also 1405 minor injuries treated and the patients sent home. Details of serious accidents are given in
Appendix “L”.
Appendix
“L”
Police
Report – Serious Accidents
Date: 8.7.54
Park: Kings Heath Pk.
Name & Age: George Alcock (15)
Nature of Injury: Suspected fractured kneecap
Cause of Injury: Slipped playing football
Date: 16.5.54
Park: Kings Heath Pk.
Name & Age: John Thomas Atkins (37)
Nature of Injury: Facial injury
Cause of Injury: Struck by a cricket ball
during cricket match
Horticultural Training Scheme, Second Annual Report
15717
Resolved:- That the Second
Annual Report on the Departmental Horticultural Training Scheme, as now
submitted, be approved, and that the General Manager be requested to convey to
the Senior Horticulturist and the other members of the Instructional Staff the
congratulations of this Committee on the excellent results so far achieved by
them.
Kings Heath Park School Premises and Facilities
15718
Resolved:- That the proposed use
of one of the two rooms at Kings Heath Park House at present tenanted by the
Civic Restaurants Department as referred to in the foregoing report, as a
Lecture Room in connection with the Horticultural Training Scheme be approved;
that the General Manager be instructed to consult the Chief Catering Officer
thereon, and that the Chairman (Councillor Chaffery) and the Chairman of the
General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee (Councillor E.W. Horton) be
authorised to take such action in connection therewith as they may consider
necessary.
15719 Resolved:-
That the proposed utilisation of part of the flat at Kings Heath Park in
the occupation of Mr. V.G. Collings, as referred to in the foregoing report, as
a Common Room in connection with the Horticultural Training Scheme be approved;
that the General Manager be instructed to consult the City Estates Officer on
the question of adjusting Mr. Collings’ rent, and that the Chairman (Councillor
Chaffery) and the Chairman of the General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee
(Councillor E.W. Horton) be authorised to take such action in connection
therewith as they may consider necessary.
Horticultural Training Scheme – Proposed Open Day
15720
Resolved:- That the proposals
for the institution of an Open Day during the summer of 1955, when parents of students
of the Horticultural Training School can be invited to inspect its work and
facilities, as referred to in the foregoing report be approved.
Horticultural Training Scheme – Visit by Committee
15721
Resolved:- That arrangements be
made at a convenient opportunity, for a Visit of Inspection of the
Horticultural Training School be carried out by this Committee, and also for
the instructional staff to take tea with the Committee on that occasion.
Horticultural Training Scheme – Intake of Apprentices and
Trainees
15723
Resolved:- That the action taken
in selecting the candidates more particularly detailed in the foregoing report
for training under the Departmental Horticultural Training Scheme, be approved
and confirmed, and that the Town Clerk be instructed to prepare and seal the
necessary Indentures and Training Agreements.
Use of Parks
15730
Resolved:- That the action of
the General Manager in granting the use of the parks set out in Appendix “D” to
the foregoing report, be approved and confirmed.
Staff – Regradings
15736
Resolved:- That the staff
regradings as set out in Appendix “J” to the foregoing report be approved and
confirmed, such regradings to take effect from the dates stated therein.
Councillor Mrs. Tomlinson submitted the following report of
the Recreation and Entertainments Sub-Committee:-
Entertainments in the Parks,
1954 Season
(Relevant extracts only, from a very long report)
Entertainments
Summer Theatres were erected in
the following parks:-
(From a list of 7:-)
Kings’ Heath 19th July – 7th
August 4 weeks
Voluntary Chief Marshals –
Honoraria
Valuable assistance was rendered by
the Voluntary Chief Marshals who assisted at the Summer Theatres during the
past season and the following schedule of suggested payments for subsistence,
travelling and other expenses is submitted for the Committee’s
consideration. Payment is estimated, as
in previous years, at the rate of £1-1-0. per week for attendance at evening
performances, and where Chief Marshals were able to attend matinees, payment of
£1-1-0. per week is also included.
(From a list of 7:-)
Kings Heath Mr. W.T. Cutts 4
(evenings)
2 (matinees) £6-6-0.
The Committee’s instructions are
desired.
Voluntary Sound and Lighting
Operators – Honoraria
Where available, voluntary helpers
were used to operate the sound and lighting equipment, and at other times
members of the Parks Staff undertook this work.
The following schedule of suggested payments for subsistence, travelling
expenses, etc. is submitted for consideration:-
(From a list of 5:-)
Kings Heath Mr. T. Day 4
(evenings) £4-4-0.
The Committee’s instructions are
desired.
Voluntary Chief Marshals – Honoraria
15826
Resolved:- That authority be
given for the payment of the various amounts to the voluntary chief marshals
who assisted at the Summer Theatres during the past season, as more
particularly set out in the foregoing report.
Voluntary Sound and Lighting Operators – Honoraria
15827
Resolved:- That authority be
given for the payment of the various amounts to the voluntary sound and
lighting operators who assisted at the Summer Theatres during the past season,
as more particularly set out in the foregoing report.
1st
November 1954 – Parks Department (Operations Card 55 D2)
Proposed additional accommodation for Horticultural
Training School – Kings Heath park House
Min. No. 15718 and 15719 of 1/11/54 approved proposals that
one of the two large rooms forming part of the refreshment tenancy should be
utilized as an additional lecture room, and that one of the rooms forming part
of the 1st floor flat should be used as a Students Common room.
1st
November 1954 – Parks Department (Operations Card 55 C/H/1/1)
Tenancy – The Lodge
Tenancy continued – A. Whiteley;
Rent free; Minute No. 14907 dated
1/3/1954; Emols increase to £68 p.a.
6th
December 1954 – BCC Parks Committee Minute
Councillor E.W. Horton submitted the following report of the
General Purposes and Finance Sub-Committee:-
Use of Training School Premises
There are twenty-three Departmental
candidates for the Preliminary Examination of the National Diploma in
Horticulture to be held on Saturday, 27th November next. These candidates are Apprentices and Trainees
attending at the Departmental School, and it was felt that if the school premises
were used as the examination centre, the familiar surroundings would tend to
allay the general nervousness and anxiety which the artificial atmosphere of
examinations tends to induce.
Arrangements have, therefore, been made to use the premises at Kings
Heath Park House and for the candidates to be invigilated by your Senior
Horticulturist, who is officially recognised in this capacity by the Royal
Horticultural Society.
For this same examination, in
response to a request from the Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society,
arrangements have also been made to supervise a few additional but
non-Departmental candidates from Birmingham and its surrounding districts.
The Royal Horticultural Society
pay an invigilating fee of £1.1.0. in respect of this examination, and this
will be transferred to the appropriate Corporation funds.
Your Committee’s confirmation of these
arrangements is desired.
Birmingham Corporation Sickness
and Accident Allowance Scheme – Miss B.D. Field
I have to report the following
cases of personal injury sustained by employees of your Department whilst not
on duty:-
(a) ............
(b) On the 22nd October last, Miss
B.D. Field (33) employed at Kings Heath Park as a Gardener, R.H.S. for the past
2½ years, slipped in the garden at her home and broke her left leg. As a result of this injury, she is likely to
be absent from duty for approximately one month.
Paragraph 8 of the Sickness and
Accident Scheme provides that, in the event of absence from work as a result of
accident not arising out of and in the course of employment with the
Corporation, the employing Committees may grant at their own discretion an
amount not exceeding the Sickness Allowance provided under the Sickness and
Accident Scheme, subject to the employee undertaking, in the event of his
receiving damages from a third party, to refund to the Corporation the total
amount of any allowance or such proportion thereof represented in the damages
which may have been received. In
accordance with the provisions of the scheme as outlined above, arrangements
have been made for these employees to be paid an amount not exceeding that
which they would have received under the Sickness and Accident Scheme, and the
Committee’s confirmation of the action taken is desired.
Staff
Resignations
Since the last meeting of your
Committee, the reesignations as set out in Appendix “F” have been received.
Appendix
“F”
Resignations
District No. 2.
Name & Age: Harris, D.A.
(26)
Designation: Female Wkr.
Where employed: Kings Heath Pk.
Date Ceased: 15.10.54
Length of service: 2 yrs. 2 mths.
Name & Age: Clemons, H (65)
Designation: Gdn. 2nd
Cl.
Where employed: Kings Heath Pk.
Date Ceased: 1.11.54
Length of service: 4 yrs. 2 mths.
Police Report – Serious
Accidents
Since the last meeting of your
Sub-Committee, there have been 21 serious accidents dealt with in the parks and
the patients sent to hospital. There
were also 212 minor injuries treated and the patients sent home. Details of serious accidents are given in
Appendix “L”.
Appendix
“L”
Police
Report – Serious Accidents
Date: 24.10.54
Park: Kings Heath Pk.
Name & Age: Patricia Dillon (8)
Nature of Injury: Suspected fractured left
forearm, shock
Cause of Injury: Fell from swings
Valuation of Emoluments
(Extracts with specific reference to the park, taken from a very long
and involved report)
Schedule
of Accommodation Occupied by Employees
List
“A” – Non-Manual Employees Receiving Emoluments
Property & Employee: Lodge,
Kings Heath Pk.
A.A.
Whiteley
Date Occupied: 12.2.49
Existing Emoluments: £65.
0s. 0d. p.a.
City Estates Officer’s
proposed Rent
(inc. Rates & Water Rates): £78.
0s. 0d. p.a.
Cost of Heating and Lighting for
1953
to
nearest 10/-
Electricity: £8.
0s. 0d.
Gas: £11.
0s. 0d.
Coal: £12.
10s. 0d.
Total cost of the heating and
lighting
plus proposed
rent: £109.
10s. 0d.
Remarks: Regard
has been made to the installation of internal w/c. authorised by P.C. Min. No.
14907.
List
“C” – Non-Manual Employees – Service Tenancies
Property: 1st
Floor Flat, Kings Heath House,
(Kings Heath
Park)
Employee: V.G.
Collings
Date Occupied: 16.2.1953
Existing Rent: 30/-
p.w. plus rates
City Estates Officer’s
proposed Rent
(inc. Rates & Water Rates
unless
otherwise stated): 30/-
p.w. tenant responsible for rates and inside repairs.
Property: 2nd
Floor Flat, Kings Heath House,
(Kings Heath Park)
(Kings Heath Park)
Employee: D.W.
Moore
Date Occupied: 1.9.1953
Existing Rent: 17/6d.
p.w. plus rates
City Estates Officer’s
proposed Rent
(inc. Rates & Water Rates
unless
otherwise stated): 17/6d.
p.w. tenant responsible for rates and inside repairs.
Emoluments
Non-Manual Staff
Name: A.A. Whiteley
Park: K. Heath Pk.
Present salary: £625
12 ½ % of salay: £78- 2- 6.
Present Emolument Deduction: £65
Amount of Increase: £13- 2- 6.
Use of Training School Premises
15867 Resolved:- That the action taken in authorising the use
of the departmental horticultural training school premises as an examination
centre in connection with the Preliminary Examination of the National Diploma
in Horticulture to be held on Saturday, 27th November, 1954, and in
making arrangements for a few non-departmental candidates to be examined
thereat in accordance with the proposals now submitted, be approved and
confirmed.
Birmingham Corporation Sickness and Accident Allowance
Scheme – Miss B.D. Field
15874
Resolved:- That having regard to
the circumstances set out in the foregoing report, the action taken in
authorising the payment of an amount not exceeding the sickness allowance
provided for under the Birmingham Corporation Sickness and Accident Allowance
Scheme to Miss B.D. Field, Gardener, Kings Heath Park, subject to her undertaking
to refund to the Corporation the total amount of such allowance or such
proportion thereof representative of the amount of damages received, be
approved and confirmed.
Departmental Accommodation Occupied by Employees on a
Service Tenancy Basis
15899
Resolved:- That the revised terms
now suggested by the City Estates Officer in respect of Departmental
Accommodation occupied on a service tenancy basis by Parks Department
Employees, as referred to in the foregoing report of the General Manager, be
approved, and that the Town Clerk be instructed to prepare and seal any
necessary documents in connection therewith.
Employees in Receipt of Emoluments
The Committee were advised that following the meeting of the
Emoluments Sub-Committee further consultations had taken place with the
Establishment Officer and it now appeared that, subject to the approval of the
Establishment Committee, reasonable increases could be made in emolument values
without necessitating the re-grading of the employees affected.
The Chairman stated that the Sub-Committee had given very
careful consideration to the matter, and bearing in mind the fact that the
employees concerned were required to
(sic) live-in accommodation specified by the Committee, that the
accommodation provided varied considerably and that the employees were subject
to certain inconveniences outside the normal working hours, the emolument
values at present applicable were not unreasonable. It was therefore –
15900
Resolved:- That in the circumstances
referred to in the foregoing report of the Emoluments Sub-Committee, no alteration
be made in the valuation of the emoluments of employees of the Parks
Department.
In the absence of Councillor Mrs.
Tomlinson, the Chairman submitted the following report of the Recreation and
Entertainments Sub-Committee:-
Entertainments in the Parks,
1955 Season
Average attendances at the Summer Theatres
for 1954, as compared with 1953, were as follows:-
From a list of 8 (only 7 of which were used in 1954):-
Park 1954 1953
King’s Heath 165
184
Average attendances were slightly
lower this year, except in the case of Aston Park, where an increase was
recorded, due to the children’s matinees being well attended.
It is suggested that for 1955 the
policy of short seasons of not more than four or five weeks in length be
continued, and that eight parks might be utilised as in 1953.
The following provisional
suggested programme is submitted for the Committee’s consideration:-
From a list of 8 sites (only 7 being specified):-
No.
of weeks
Park Dates 1955 1954
K. Heath Pk. 13th June – 9th
July 4 4
The above suggested programme has been arranged so that the
first park opens immediately after the Festival of Entertainments, and the last
theatre closes on the Saturday before the City of Birmingham Show. The programme builds up to five parks
operating during the Birmingham holiday week and six parks operating during the
August Bank holiday week. Attendances are
always at their highest during these two weeks.
Entertainments in the Parks, 1955 Season
15949
Resolved:- That the following
programme be approved in respect of the 1955 Entertainments in the Parks
Season:-
(From a list of 8:-)
Kings Heath Park 13th June - 9th
July
6th
December 1954 - Parks Department (Operations Card 55 C/H/1/1)
Tenancy – The Lodge
In 1954 an extensive investigation was carried out to
ascertain the true value of emoluments enjoyed by various employees. In this connection the City Estates Officer
assessed the rental value of this accommodation as £78. per annum (including
General Rates and Water Rates but not including light and fuel). After due consideration, however, it was
decided by P.C. Min. No. 15900 of 6/12/1954 not to alter the value of
emoluments.
6th December
1954 - Parks Department (Operations Card 55 C/H/6/1)
Tenancy – 2nd Floor Flat, Kings Heath Park
House
In 1954 all Departmental properties occupied by employees
were revalued by the City Estates Officer, and by Min. No. 15899 of 6/12/1954
it was decided to amend the rentals (with effect from 1st April
1955) in respect of accommodation occupied on a Service Tenancy basis in
accordance with his recommendations (P.C. Min. No. 14567 of 4/1/1954 and No.
16201 of 3/1/1955 also refer). No
alteration in rental was recommended by the City Estates Officer in respect of
this accommodation, however.
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