116 



cj+vir^n, Tv^« (Grand Trio in E. flat, for Violin, Viola) ,, 

 String Tno...j and Violoncello, } ^^^«^*- 



Messrs. G. Crompton, E. Titherington, and E. Crompton. 

 Menuetto. Trios. Finale. 



Song " Serenata" Braga. 



Miss Horner. 



with Violin Obligato,...Mr. George Crompton. 



nnQvf..f+a (No. 1 in G. minor, for Piano, Violin, Viola) ,^ 

 Quartette... j and Violoncello. \^°''''^- 



Miss Fletcher and Messrs. George Crompton, E. Titherington, 

 and Edward Crompton. 



Allegro. Andante. Eondo — Allegro Moderate. 



THE BURNLEY HALFPENNY TOKEN 1669, 



The Burnley Halfpenny Token which is shewn full size in the 

 accompanying engraving, is the only one which has survived the 

 wreck of time — no duphcate is to be found in any public or 

 private collection, and was unknown before it was described in 

 an article in the Palatine Note Book of December 1882, by Mr. 

 William Waddington, Market Superintendent, of Burnley, to 

 whom the Club is indebted for the use of the engraving and the 

 additional notes. 



In the seventeenth century great inconvenience was felt in 

 England through the want of a coinage of less value than silver; 

 to meet this necessity, corporations, public bodies, and traders 

 were allowed, or took the responsibility of issuing their own 

 tokens of the value of a penny, halfpenny and farthing, which 

 " were used simply to supply the pressing demand for change, 

 and were the only means with which the poor had to purchase 

 the common necessaries of life." The tokens were of various 

 shapes, but mostly round, were commonly made of brass, pewter, 

 or lead, and sometimes even of leather. The metal ones were 

 impressed with the names of their issuers, the towns in which 

 their businesses were principally carried on, their value, and a 



