City Council in session, Alderman Frank Thraves, C.B.E., J.P., chairman of the Watch Committee, speaking, Lord Mayor, Alderman C.W. Gascoigne, Deputy Lord Mayor, centre, Ernest Storm Graham, right

City Council in session, Mr. John Heys, town clerk, reports on the agenda

City Council in session, Lord Mayor, Ernest Storm Graham and Mr John Heys, town clerk, glance at the agenda before going into the meeting

City Council in session, Lord Mayor, Councillor Ernest S. Graham, speaking

City Council in session, before a gallery of former Mayors. Mace bearer, Henry Procter (in 31 years he has never missed a Council meeting) adjusts the chain of office for the Lord Mayor, Councillor E.S. Graham, JP.

City Council in session. Members of the public listen from chairs at the side of the room

City Council in session. Councillors listen to an Alderman

City Council in session, Mr Henry Procter, bears the mace (presented in 1899 by Sheffield's first Lord Mayor, the Duke of Norfolk) ahead of Lord Mayor and Town Clerk as they walk through the marble corridors to the Council Chamber

City Council in session. After the bulk of business is dealt with the Lord Mayor's tea awaits Councillors who can slip out of the Chamber

City Council in session. Councillor Sidney I. Dyson speaking