Mr Edgar Evans

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Date:1905

Description:A newspaper cutting from the Despatch, July 21st 1905.
Familiar Figures no 691.
A caricature and account of the career of Mr Edgar Evans.
Mr Evans began in Business in Perry Barr as a maltster and became head of a local Brewery. In 1900 he was elected to a seat on the Handsworth Council and was chairman of the Park and Fire Brigade committee.

Taken from the G.H. Osborne newscuttings collection.

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Public Welfare Perry Barr Local Government 1901 - 1913 (Edwardian)

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Donor ref:L92.3 G.H. Osborne Newscuttings Collection (15/3052)

Source: Local Studies & History Department , Birmingham Central Library

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