| Description | The scrapbook provides a full picture of the range of official functions hosted by Alderman T Walter L Emben as Mayor of Westminster 1903-1904 and Major General Lord Cheylesmore as Mayor 1904-1905-
Mayoralty of Alderman T Walter L Emden, 1903-1904
pages 1-7, details of receptions and concerts for the employees of the City Council at Caxton Hall, including invitation card and programmes
15-16 Dec 1903
pages 8-11, details of Inaugural Concert at Caxton Hall, including invitation card, plan of tables and menu
26 Jan 1904
pages 12-16, details of reception given for Delegates of the National Federation of Friendly Societies at Caxton Hall, including invitation card and programme
24 Mar 1904
pages 17-21, details of reception and dinner for Rt Hon A J Balfour MP, at Caxton Hall, including invitation card and menu
23 June 1904
pages 22-26, details of an inspection of the City of Westminster Dwellings, Regency Street, by Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales, including an invitation card, ticket and programme
9 May 1904
page 27, details of a lunch for the French Society "L'Art pour Tous" at Caxton Hall, including a copy of a the programme of the L'Art pour Tous,
Groupe Artistique Populaire, June and July 1904
16 July 1904
pages 44-49, details of a reception and dinner given by the Mayor and Mayoree at Caxton Hall, including an invitation card, ticket, programme
and dance card
26 Oct 1904
Mayoralty of Major General Lord Cheylesmore, 1904-1905
pages 72-80, details of receptions and concerts given at Caxton Hall For the employees of Westminster City Council, letters of invitation, Invitation cards and programmes
14-15 Dec 1904
pages 81-84, details of a banquet at Caxton Hall, including invitation card, plan of tables, menu, programme and a report of the event in The London Argus, 20 May 1905
12 May 1905
pages 85-86, details of the presentation of an address to His Majesty King Alfionso XIII of Spain at Oxford Street, with subscriptions raised by citizens for the decoration of the street and the presentation of the address, together with a newspaper report of the event
7 June 1905
pages 87-88, details of the presentation of an address to His Majesty King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on the opening of the Aldwych and Kingsway
12 Oct 1905
Mayoralty of Councillor F G Rudler, 1933-1934
Page 108, details of a reception given at Caxton Hall 26 June 1934
Other items
Pages 379-381, estimates supplied by bands for performing at functions, including Geo E Garner's Elysee Band, E H Johnson's Orchestral Band, the Orchestral Band of the Queen's Westminster Rifles and The Avondale Quartele
[1903]-1906
page 382, estimates for a dinner and floral decorations, supplied by Messrs Lyons and Co Ltd and an estimate for carriages to and from Hyde Park
[1903-1906]
Page 383, a reminder card relating to an invitation to a Mayors' dinner given by the Mayor of the Borough of Hampstead at the Whitehall Rooms, Hotel Metropole
4 July 1904
Page 383, an invitation to a launch party onboard the launch Rosalind departing from Windsor Bridge at 11am
27 July 1904 |