Christopher Slater, Burnley

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308817

Reference identifier

EBU-U01-Q2-5-1

Title

Christopher Slater, Burnley

Place

Burnley

General notes

Christopher Slater was Inspector of Nuisances, Fire Brigade Superintendent and Conductor of Burnley Part Song Union.

Christopher Slater was an Inspector, who, it is stated, energetically enforced the efforts of the Burnley Council to abolish nuisances by.
1. Prosecuting shopkeepers for obstructing the footpaths with their goods, and householders for failing to sweep their portion of pavements.
2. Enforcing the Acts which forbid any householder to hang washing in the streets or throw their ashes into the roadway.
3. Insisting that the mill chimneys should be at least 90 feet high.
4. Making sure that no more than two persons occupied one bed in the lodging houses.

Additional information gained from the Burnley Civic Trust section on the Burnley Borough Police Force and Burnley Express, who issues a pamphlet titled "A History Of The Burnley Police Force" by Inspector GJ Forbes and Constable GR Capstick and published by Burnley Borough Council in 1974.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

Mid 19th Century

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Subjects

Place Names > Burnley

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