Hurren, Langman & James Engineers [Recreation] Collection

Contains material related to work on recreational building projects, carried out by structural engineering firm, Hurren, Langman and James Engineers. Includes plans and drawings, calculations, and specifications. Includes work for Hotels, picture theatres, bio boxes or projection rooms which sometimes turned unused halls into local picture theatres, institutes (some remained as institutes and included local libraries or were used as local halls for gymnasiums, badminton, basketball etc), libraries (public as distinct from attached to school), sports grounds, local halls (not always ex institutes, sometimes purpose built), show grounds, grandstands, race and trotting tracks, swimming pools, YMCA Club rooms, bandstands, and kiosks.