| Description | Large, soft-backed album of press cuttings, photographs and ephemera about Reverend Lax. Title page within the volume consists of text from newspaper cuttings and a photograph of Reverand Lax. The text reads 'Poplar Mourns the Death of its Famous Preacher, Saturday 6 February 1937' which is followed by the photograph and then the text 'Lax of Poplar'. Material within the volume dates from 18 December 1936 - 22 February 1943.
The volume contains material about Reverend Lax's illness, death, funeral and tributes to him. Ephemera consists of an Order of Service for Reverend Lax's funeral held on 11 February 1937. The album also includes one page of material specifically about Reverend Lax's wife, Minnie Lax, who survived him by 6 years. This consists of an article entitled 'The Army's First Child Convert became Mrs. Lax of Poplar', dated 20 February 1937 (source unknown) and also some loose press cuttings (from the Evening Standard newspaper) about her death on 22 February 1943, entitled 'Mother of Poplar Dies'. |