The Alders, Davenport accounts book 1899-1917

'The Alders' Davenport - Account Book - Page 2

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1899

Work done to bring the house up to standard, and moving in furniture from Daw Bank House. Mr Norman is paid £59.16.0 for removal of furniture, alternation of carpets, &c. Charles Cheetham charged £49 for painting and papering the inside walls, and £21.10 for painting work on the outside of the house and greenhouse. The fencing along the railway needs attention, and does the plumbing.

James Yates is paid £14.8.9 for gardener's wages; James Yates appears in the 1901 census living at 152 Buxton Road with his wife Emily and son Henry, employed as 'Housekepper, Groom' - it is likely that, employed as the Coppock's housekeeper, Yates paid the gardener's wages.

G.W.Smith is paid £2 for 'repairs to landau and brougham' - these are two types of horse-drawn carriage.