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vacant land under the Scheme. The Vestry considered that the
portion of the Falcon Court Area nearest to Union Street, and
including Maypole Alley, Red Cross Place, and the adjoining houses,
should, after the carrying out of the Scheme, he sold for commercial
purposes, and that the southerly portion of the area consisting of
Falcon Court and Bird Cage Alley should be retained and laid out
for use as a playground for children.
It is sincerely hoped that the Council may be able to see their
way to construct this additional playground without expense to the
parish.
Considerable discussion having taken place with regard to the
measures adopted by the Council for the removal and re-housing of
the persons from the Falcon Court Area, Mr. Thomas Hunter, the
County Councillor for the West Southwark Division attended the
Vestry on the 13th March, 1900, and explained the steps that were
being taken by the Council for this purpose and stated that every
effort was being made to carry out the work in a satisfactory and
effective manner. This explanation tended very considerably to allay
a certain amount of feeling which had arisen on the question.
ANCIENT RECORDS.
At the meeting of the Vestry, held on the 16th January, 1900,
the question of the preservation of the old books and documents
relating to affairs of the parish, which have hitherto been stored in
St. George's Church, was considered, when an opinion was expressed
that the papers and documents should be gone through and a record
made of the same. The Vestry thereupon directed a communication
to be forwarded to the Hector and Churchwardens, asking them to
permit representatives of the Vestry to go through the documents.
Permission was granted for this to be done, and a Sub-Committee
appointed to confer with the Rector and Churchwardens on the
matter. Arrangements have since been made for the documents
to be indexed and tabulated under the direction of the Vestry Clerk.
On the 27th February, 1900, a letter was received by the Vestry,
from the Trustees of the United Charities, requesting that the
various deeds and documents relating to charities included in the
Scheme under which the Trustees act, might be handed over to them.