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Cheetham: B Division

Livesey Street  



July 22nd 1852              Clerk of works Mr Shortland, to pursue plans of new station lock-up and offices. £3195 expenses considered.

Sept 23rd 1852              Tender of £3200 Mr Lean accepted.

April 20th 1854             Application form C.C for constables living in Livesey St to be rent free due to frequency of extra duties called upon and Supt has a low rent of £8 p.a.

April 9th 1857               Property and land tax £1.0.5d

Dec 2nd 1858                 A number of PCs residing in the station had the fever. Surgeon enquired and the ventilation and atmosphere is very defective. The heating of cells is ill adapted as only in the corridors.

March 15th 1860          Gas Street Vans to be placed in the yard to afford increased facilities for the stoppage of the escape of gas

April 12th 1860             Heating apparatus in the cells has been very unsatisfactory and on the last few days had to discontinue its usage.

1863 Slater’s                  Police Stations: Supt. Timothy Leary

Dec 27th 1866                CC highlights the 1864 Government Inspector’s report requesting a new station to replace Swan Street and Livesey Street Stations:

Oct 17th 1867                 Following the death of Sgt Brett in the ‘Fenian Outrage’ the LUSC ordered to make arrangements to secure the stations by:-
                                           Plating the doors in iron, wrought iron bars to windows, raise the walls 4’.

29 Sept 1869                 HMIC Inspection reveals: 13 cells, 23 rooms for lodging accommodation and lodging for 22 officers

16th May 1872             CC Reports that the station is too large for the locality and unsuitable when requesting closure as Goulden St opens.  'Livesey Street; principal station of the B Div with capacious suite of cells and good offices but not much used as beyond the district they are most required for'.

July 18th 1872               Sale of beds and bedding to help victims of recent Medlock floods.

July 18th 1873               Attempts to let yard to timber merchant for £10p.m.but far beyond his means and offers £20 p.a.

April 23rd 1874             Declined to let to Lamp and Scavenging Dept but will sell for £7,500.

June 3rd 1875                Sold to Health Committee for £7,500

March 23rd 1876          Health Committee renege of the deal as an unserviceable premises.

Feb 18th 1886                 L&YRC ‘lurries’ backing into wall had damaged structure and ‘rough’ characters had broken in and stolen the lead plumbing. Repairs charged to L&YRC. Building in a ruinous condition and offered to L&YRC to buy.

Mar 12th 1886               Declined L&YRC offer to buy for £2,500. Current tenants decline to buy.

May 20th 1886               Valuation of LUSC properties in accordance with the resolution of the Committee Standing Order of the Council. £4,000

May 27th 1886               Used to store polling boxes in the rear yard.

July 21st 1887                 Repairs to roof gutters and lime washing.

Aug 29th 1887                Rent of wall for official bill posting £5p.a. offered

Nov 24th 1887                Offer from Mulberry St Lads Club Hulme to open another in the old station. Offer of rent and repairs in line with ‘one of the poorest districts of the city’. W.C offer £200 rent or purchase at £3,300.

                                           A letter from Mr Scott M/cr Poor Law Guardian endorsing an appeal for cheaper rent for 3 yrs for part premises and 'nothing could be of greater service in such a district. More such clubs would do much to stop the manufacture of idlers and criminals'.

July 23rd 1891                Twinquennial valuation of properties owned by the W.C only: £3,600

Nov 12th 1891                 Issue of dry rot referred to W.C as lads Club do not see it as their responsibility.  L&YRC to remove items from the side of the building.

10th Jan 1896                  Hugh Oldham Lad’s Club request a reduction in their rents; subscriptions list now £250 down £85 due to deaths {of benefactors]. Rent and rates £108, Gas and water £53, 650 paying lads £100. 
The clubs is a great benefit in reducing scuttling, rowdyism and of benefit to neighbourhood, and it was doubtful if the club could continue...

20th Feb 1895                  Visit of the Lock-up Sub-committee

12th March 1896             Resolve to lower rents £10.

21st May 1896                   Quinquennial Valuation  and Inventory of Furniture of properties of the WC.
                                              £4,352.0.0                                        £- HOLC property only.

21st July 1898                    £50 painting and repairs outside and £100 repairs to the plumbing and interior painting. Lad’s Club say they are unable to afford all the bill. They await permission for a deputation to the WC. £100 resolved to be expended to repair the old Livesey St PS.

11th Aug 1898                   LUSC: Lad’s Club express gratitude and ask permission to install windows in the old cells now used as wc’s.*

29th Sept 1898                  Dry rot found in a roof beam. Report by builder to attach a No1 cast iron bracket 3’x2’ for £9.10.0.

13th Oct 1898                    LUSC: re dry rot to proceed as indicated {?}

1st Dec 1898                       LUSC: *Doors of the Lad’s Club to be altered to the building inspector’s specification

15th May 1901                  Quinquennial Valuations: £4,352


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