LEIGHTON BUZZARD
WORKING MENS' MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY

PRESIDENT - T. HARRIS, ESQ.,

Proposed Working Men's Industrial Exhibition.

Any Persons desirous of becoming Exhibitors in the above forthcoming Exhibition, who have not yet communicated with any of the Members of the Committee upon the subject, are hereby requested to send in their names, with a list of the objects they propose to exhibit, on or before the 30th of November, to one of the undersigned Committeemen.

The Committee are desirous to obtain articles illustrating -

- The skill and handicraft of working men. - The trade and produce of the town and neighbourhood.

- Objects of art - pictures, statuary, &c. - Objects of local interest connected with the history of antiquities of the town.

The following persons have kindly promised to become Exhibitors of Works of Art and Curiosity:-

Baron Mayer de Rothschild. Colonel Hanmer, K.H. J. D. Bassett, Esq. F. Bassett, Esq. T. Harris, Esq. Rev. C. S. Grubb. Mr. Whichello. Rev. H. A. Gibson. Mr. H. W. Ridgway. Mr. C. Claridge. Aveline and Son. Mr. G. Franklin. Mr. Flemons. Rev. J. O. Stallard. Mr. W. S. Cooper. Mr. T. Price. Rev. W. D. Elliston. Mr. Dawson.

Mr. F. Morgan. The Misses Hensman. Mr. Warwick. Mr. Deverell. Mr. Swinstead (Heath). Mrs. Read. Mr. Simmons. Mr. Brandom. Mr. Emery. Mr F. Harris. Mr. Marriott. Mr. P. Procter. Mr. A. P. Muddiman. Mr. S. Hopkins. Mrs. Channer. Mr. Sharpe. Mr. Linsday. Mr. Smith. Mr. Brown.

Mrs. and Miss Sloan. Mr. G. Grace. Mr. Owen. Mr. Hadley. Mr. Sherman. Mr. M. Mead. Miss Lawford. Mr. Curwood. Mr. Fyffe. Mr. Waters. Mr. Parsons. Mr. Page. Mr. Gotto. Mr. Sell. Mr. Watts. Mr. Abraham. Mr. W. Harris. Mr. Birdsey. Mrs. Simmons.

Mr. Mead. Mr. Lewis. Mr. C. Tavener. Mr. Bateman. Mr. Young. Mr. J. Lamb. Miss Darley. Mr. Cope. Mr. Lord. Mr. Middleton. Mr. Street. Miss Terry. Mr. Webber. Mr. Kingwell. Mr. T. H. Bishop, and others.

Among the Working Men and others who will exhibit objects illustrative of the trade of the Town, are the following:-

Mr. Hight. Mr. Gilbert. Mr. Deeley. Mr J. Shepherd. Mr. Agutter. Mr. C. WIlliamson. Mr. W. H. Samuel. Mr. G. Brown.

Mr. T. Brown. Mr. E. Garner. Mr. Greenway. Mr. D. Cook. Mr. J. Sloan. Mr. J. Greenway. Mr. J. Webster. Mr. Groom.

Mr. Herington. Mr. J. Purser. Mr. Tutt. Mr. Panting. Mr. Marlton. Mr. Fortnum. Mr. W. Kempster. Messrs. Turner & Fardon.

Mr. Frost. Mr. W. Abraham. Mr. Jaques. Mr. Boxford. Mr. Miller and others.

The following is a list of some of the Works of Art and Curiosity which have been promised:-

Relating to the Town and Neighbourhood:- Views of Old Leighton, of the Cross, Old Town Hall, Leighton Tree, Antiquities found in Leighton and Neighbourhood, Stuffed Birds, Fishes, and other Animals. Also specimens of Tapestry, Old and New Needlework, a number of Oil Paintings, Watercolour Drawings, Chromolithographs, Photographs, Steel Engravings, Original Drawings and Sketches, Old and Rare Books, Sumptuous Books, Ancient and Foreign Coins, Foreign Curiosities from China, Figi, India and Africa; several very Ancient Bibles, Ancient Wearing Apparel, Wedgewood and Ancient China, Race-cup, Vases in Bronze, China, and Marble, Statues of Cobden and Fox, Musical Boxes, Waxflowers, Foreign Animals stuffed, &c., &c., &c.

There will be exhibited by Working Men, and illustrative of the trade of the town: A complete Exhibition of the Straw Trade, Blacksmiths', Wheelwrights', Carpenters' and Painters' work; Cooperage, Turnery, Cabinet Work, Carvings in Wood and Stone, Musical Instruments, Sculpture and Masonry, Printing, Boot and Shoe Work, Old and New Fashions in Dress, Improved Gas Stove, Works in Plaster, Straw Mills, Basket Work, Inlaid Work, Models of Steam Engines, Churches, Towers, Houses, Models and Diagrams of Machinery, Vessels, Conservatory, Garden, Working Model of Pump, Working Model of Kitchener, &c., &c., &c.

   The Committee are extremely desirous of enlarging this last list. The prime object of the movement is a WORKING MAN'S INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, and they earnestly appeal to every Morking [should be "Working"] Man in Leighton to help them in this deparment [should be "department"] to the utmost of their ability. Any promises will be gladly received by one of the undersigned -

E. W. LEWIS, HON. SEC. W. S. PAGE. WM. ABRAHAM.