Minute Book 1907-1929 This minute book starts with the Annual General Meeting of 4th November 1907 and continues through to 1929 Minute book by meeting Inside Front Cover Inner Front Cover and Title Page … Mon 4th Nov 1907 A new Minute Book and a new Secretary. Irving Whitworth replaces Jesse Hardwick. … Mon 2nd Dec 1907 Rules for terms under which Professional Gardeners could show agreed … Mon 6th Jan 1908 A payment on account of one shilling requested from each potential exhibitor. … Mon 3rd Feb 1908 Hardwick promised to ascertain whether there was any copy of original rules in the old records of the society … Mon 2nd Mar 1908 General discussion as to framing new rules … Mon 6th Apr 1908 Transfer of flowers from the Amateur classes to the Open classes considered … Mon 4th May 1908 Transference of stands from Amateur to Open classes agreed … Mon 11th May 1908 Mellor seriously ill. Radius increased to 15 miles … Mon 18th May 1908 Mellor still alive but mostly unconcious … Fri 22nd May 1908 Show date altered … Mon 25th May 1908 Prizes included set of Dickens, Copper Kettle and Stereoscope … Mon 1st Jun 1908 Mellor still alive … Tue 9th Jun 1908 73rd Annual Show … Mon 15th Jun 1908 Calculation and payment of prizemoney … Mon 1st Feb 1909 Officers elected … Mon 1st Mar 1909 General discussion … Mon 5th Apr 1909 Show date decided … Mon 3rd May 1909 Payment of entrance fees … Fri 14th May 1909 Exhibitors’ subscription list closed … Mon 24th May 1909 Exhibitors names with addresses … Sat 29th May 1909 Results from Annual Show … Mon 7th Feb 1910 Appointment of Officers … Mon 7th Mar 1910 A general conversation … Mon 4th Apr 1910 General conversation … Mon 2nd May 1910 Show date fixed and judges selected … Mon 9th May 1910 a most interesting conversation on treatment of plants and bulbs. … Mon 16th May 1910 A vague postcard from Mr C W Needham … Mon 23rd May 1910 Show to be held on Saturday next … Sat 28th May 1910 75th Annual Show … Mon 6th Jun 1910 Prizes paid out in full … Mon 6th Feb 1911 Walter Gill became a member … Mon 6th Mar 1911 A Medal or a Copper Kettle … Mon 3rd Apr 1911 Offer by Needham of spare bulbs … Mon 1st May 1911 Show date and judges fixed … Mon 8th May 1911 Five volumes of Dickens offered as a prize … Mon 15th May 1911 Advertisement for the Annual Show to be inserted in three Wakefield Newspapers … Mon 22nd May 1911 Needham would judge the show … Sat 27th May 1911 76th Annual Show … Mon 3rd Jul 1911 After 40 years of showing Jesse Hardwick won the Rectified Pan … Mon 5th Feb 1912 The deaths of Robert Hartley and Herbert Nicholson … Mon 4th Mar 1912 A letter received from the Wakefield Fur and Feather Society … Mon 1st Apr 1912 Year of meeting recorded incorrectly … Mon 6th May 1912 A divergence of opinion as to date of show … Mon 13th May 1912 Date of the show advanced because of the forward state of the blooms … Mon 20th May 1912 The Annual Show 1912 … Mon 3rd Jun 1912 It had been a successful show … Mon 3rd Feb 1913 Election of Officers for 1913 … Mon 3rd Mar 1913 Request for Special Prizes … Mon 7th Apr 1913 Bleak east and north east winds … Mon 5th May 1913 Present cold and sunless weather … Mon 19th May 1913 Show to be held on 2nd June … Mon 26th May 1913 Hats for prizes … Mon 2nd Jun 1913 Annual Show 1913 … Mon 9th Jun 1913 Prizemoney paid in full. … Mon 2nd Feb 1914 Irving Whitworth announces his intention to resign at the end of the season … Mon 2nd Mar 1914 First mention of Frank Fox … Mon 4th May 1914 Mr F W Tattersall very kindly presented to each member of the Society who attended at the Wakefield Public Park on Sunday the 15th June 1913 a pleasing memento of that occasion (which occasion?). … Mon 11th May 1914 Needham would judge the show … Mon 18th May 1914 A very pleasant evening was spent in discussing as to best means of retaining blooms for exhibition … Sat 23rd May 1914 The Annual Show 1914 … Mon 8th Jun 1914 The Hon: Secretary explained that he intended shortly to leave the district and therefor tendered his resignation. … Mon 1st Feb 1915 Election of Officers … Mon 1st Mar 1915 Abbreviated minutes. … Mon 12th Apr 1915 Probable date (of show) May 29th 1915. … Mon 3rd May 1915 Conversation as to date (of show) took place & it was decided to wait one week. … Mon 10th May 1915 Date of show _______ Monday May 24th … Mon 17th May 1915 Show delayed one week … Mon 31st May 1915 Annual Show 2015 … Mon 7th Jun 1915 Balance Sheet 1915 … Tue 10th Aug 1915 Very abbreviated minutes … Mon 6th Sep 1915 Treasurer J Taylor resigned. Office combined with Secretary … Mon 14th Feb 1916 Death of the late secretary (Irving Whitworth?) … Mon 6th Mar 1916 Just a few subs. … Sun 2nd Apr 1916 Schedule proof passed … Sat 6th May 1916 Show date 3 June provisionally … Sat 13th May 1916 Needham to judge show … Sun 21st May 1916 Decided not to have an Open Class … Sun 28th May 1916 Hazell Hat to be awarded to 3 breeders … Sun 2nd Jul 1916 “The number of members of Subscribers is the lowest on record due no doubt to the war.” … Mon 5th Mar 1917 Irvine Hewitt joins the Society … Mon 2nd Apr 1917 No business … Mon 7th May 1917 J H Still bought bulbs … Mon 14 May 1917 Date of show postponed … Mon 21st May 1917 Blooms sold for Red Cross … Mon 28th May 1917 Needham would judge … Sat 2nd Jun 1917 Annual Show 1917 … Mon 8th Apr 1918 Bentley offers £10 for open class … Mon 6th May 1918 Secretary Absent ill … Mon 13th May 1918 Show date June 1st … Mon 20th May 1918 Show to be held May 27/28 … Mon 1st Jul 1918 Cash Statement for 1918 … Mon 22nd Jul 1918 Allocation of Prize Money … Mon 6th Jan 1919 Schedule for Annual Show discussed … Sun 2nd Feb 1919 Open Classes agreed … Sun 2nd Mar 1919 annual circular held over to April … Sun 6th Apr 1919 S F Richmond and Wm Knowles join the Society … Mon 5th May 1919 The date of the show to be left for a week … Mon 12th May 1919 Leave Show decision to 19th … Mon 19th May 1919 J H Wood joins … Mon 26th May 1919 Annual Show 1919 … Mon 2nd Jun 1919 Letter read from Mr F W Tattersall resigning his position as Secretary & bringing certain charges against some of the members … Mon 16th Jun 1919 no evidence could be found to substantiate Mr T charges. … Sun 3rd Aug 1919 Letter from Mr Jasper promising further support … Sun 2nd Nov 1919 Proposal to purchase the first cup … Sun 4th Jan 1920 Mr Needham to lecture to the Paxton Society … Sun 25th Jan 1920 Subscribers to the Cup 1920 … Sat 14th Feb 1920 Cup to be purchased … Sun 7th Mar 1920 Cup on show for first time … Sun 4th Apr 1920 List of Donors for Cup purchase … Sun 18th Apr 1920 Judges for Annual Show decided … Sun 2 May 1920 Letters from Jacobs, Barr & Sons and Knowles … Sun 16th May 1920 Show Date altered to Whit Monday and a Dinner to be held … Mon 24th May 1920 Annual Show 1920 … Sun 7th Nov 1920 A Cup for the Local Classes? … Sun 5th Dec 1920 Mr Jesse Hardwick died on Wednesday 15th December 1920 … Sun 9th Jan 1921 Show date fixed as 28th May … Sun 6th Feb 1921 Donations for 1921 … Sat 14th May 1921 Annual Show 1921 … Sun 12th Jun 1921 Annual report adopted … Sun 3rd Jul 1921 No Funds to Hand … Sun 7th Aug 1921 New headed notepaper … Sun 4th Sep 1921 Need to find ways of furthering the interest of the Society … Sun 9th Oct 1921 Edward Harland (Teddy) Robinson becomes a member … Sun 6th Nov 1921 A third Robinson now in the Society … Sun 5th Feb 1922 Good list of Officers etc with addresses … Sun 5th Mar 1922 A Novice class suggested and defined … Sun 2nd Apr 1922 Harry Gill read to the Committee Bentley’s article … Sun 7th May 1922 J Netherwood and T Spurr to judge the show … Sun 21st May 1922 A very cold and late Spring … Sat 27th May 1922 Annual Show 1922 … Sun 4th Feb 1923 Annual Meeting 1923 … Sun 4th Mar 1923 Cup to be displayed … Sun 1st Apr 1923 An early show date fixed 12 May … Sun 29th Apr 1923 Making the Tulip more interesting at the Paxton Society … Sun 6th May 1923 Show put back one week … Sat 19th May 1923 Annual Show 1923 … Sun 3rd Feb 1924 Annual Meeting Feb 3rd 1924 Mr. Needham to replace the Cup … Sun 6th Apr 1924 Death of the President J. W. Bentley … Sun 4th May 1924 Show put back one week … Sun 11th May 1924 Judges for Annual Show selected … Sun 18th May 1924 New Cup received from Mr Needham … Sun 10th Mar 1929 Death of J W Spencer … Sun 5th May 1929 Formulae for allocation of points … Sat 25th May 1929 S F Richmond the Secretary expelled from the Society … Inside Back Cover Show report and addresses …