Sheet cream-coloured paper approx. A4 size, black printing.linton horticultural society, programmes, william todd [secretary linton horticultural society], dr james blair donaldson snr. [president linton horticultural society]

Pre-printed stationery used by Linton Horticultural Society to advise committee members of forthcoming meetings. Sample has blank lines/areas to enable dates, names and business for discussion to be entered, it is headed "Linton Horticultural Society", a blank line for the date ends "19--". "W. Todd, Secretary" printed at bottom right.Text: " Linton Horticultural / Society. "linton horticultural society, correspondence, stationery, william todd, surman collection

William Todd is understood to have been born about 1855 at Linton's Diggings to parents William (Snr) and Sarah, née Thompson. William Todd married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bennett in 1882. After the death of his father-in-law William Garnsworthy Bennett in 1903, members of the Todd family took over the butcher's shop on the corner of Sussex and Clyde Streets in Linton, but it is not known if William Todd had a direct interest in the shop, as his occupation in electoral rolls form 1903 onwards is stated as "carpenter". He was Secretary of the Linton Horticultural Society for many years, bandmaster of the Linton Brass Band, and was an active member of the Linton Church of England congregation. William and Elizabeth Todd celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary in 1932. They had nine children. Enlarged black and white copy of original photograph, which shows the head and shoulders of a man with a moustache and beard, who is wearing a formal suit. The photograph appears to have been cropped from a photograph of the Todd family taken c.1906.On reverse: "Mr Wm Todd. / (Mrs Surman's father)".william todd