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Repository	Ushaw College Library
Ref No	UC/P31/B2
Title	Diary of Towers written during his time as procurator of Ushaw College, with brief daily entries describing his daily routine and duties, mostly on financial administration and general upkeep of the buildings, including
Date	14 September 1929 - 19 May 1930
Level	Item
Description	the dimissal of Mr Horan, the watchman, for heavy drinking (22 September 1929); a meeting of bishops at Ushaw in which Towers spoke of the difficulty of managing the Hill Top property and farmhouse (24 September); building a new wing near the infirmary (26 September, 5, 7, 23 October 1929, 31 March, 3 April, 14, 19 May 1930); discussions on a new farmhouse (9 October, 2 December 1929); the appointment of a new chef (14-15 October 1929); the accidental letting of an Ushaw-owned building in Darlington to Jews for a synagogue (5 December 1929); the status of Ushaw and the question of paying income tax on the Cornsay properties (2, 25, 30 April 1930).
AccessConditions	Open for consultation.

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