Catalogue description The council depot which was on Hyde Road, Gorton which housed the public weighbridge on which the elephant in the picture was weighed. Left to right in the picture are: M. Ellis (donor), Arthur Heald (record and progress clerk with the city council), Unknown zoo keeper, the elephant, Arthur Egan (deceased council employee).

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Details of 1493/6
Reference: 1493/6
Title: The council depot which was on Hyde Road, Gorton which housed the public weighbridge on which the elephant in the picture was weighed. Left to right in the picture are: M. Ellis (donor), Arthur Heald (record and progress clerk with the city council), Unknown zoo keeper, the elephant, Arthur Egan (deceased council employee).
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Negative Sheet Number 1/N4/24
Date: C1965
Held by: Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives), not available at The National Archives
Language: English

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