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Cockatoo painting

2010-05-04T03:04:00.000-07:00

Unidentified Building

2010-02-16T11:35:00.001-08:00

Looking for help in identifying this building, probably somewhere in the Greater Manchester area.

Canon Slade U15 Hockey Team, about 1965

2009-09-24T13:26:00.000-07:00

Can't remember all the names.

1. _? 2. _? 3. Jose Whittle 4. Barbara Stephenson 5. Elizabeth Myles 6. June Bullock 7. Pauline Ritson 8. Joanne Bowden 9. Janet Bland 10. Yvonne Holding 11. _? 12. Lynne Catterall

2007-05-15T13:00:00.000-07:00

Another Westhoughton school photo, taken once again by J.B.Harrison of Bolton Road Walkden. Nearly all the children are girls.

2007-05-15T12:53:00.000-07:00

I'd like help with the identification of this photograph, which I think was probably taken in Daisy Hill Westhoughton, as that's where all my mother's family were from.

Could it date from the late 1800s? I always believed that my grandmother Esther Horrocks was in the photograph, but she was born in 1885, which would make this a very early school photo.

Any help would be much appreciated!

2006-11-14T07:26:00.000-08:00

2006-10-31T09:36:00.000-08:00

Eli Curran with his wife Eliza Ann (nee Bentley) and his son Wilfred.

2006-10-31T09:23:00.000-08:00

Oldham Pals - a less formal group photograph than usual of Eli Curran and some of his Manchester Regiment comrades.

Eli is seated, third from the left.

I don't know when the photo was taken, but the photographer's address (across the bottom left of the photo) is Middlesbrough. Perhaps it was a training camp.

2006-10-31T00:39:00.000-08:00

A group of soldiers of the Manchester Regiment (Oldham Pals Battalion)

Eli Curran is standing on the left of the photo.

Can you date this photo by the pram?

2005-10-17T03:48:00.000-07:00

I wonder if anyone is able to put an approximate date on this photo for me?

Healds Green

2005-10-01T16:10:00.000-07:00

I wonder can anyone identify the building in the background, it appears to have closed shutters in side the windows. Or, for that matter, do you recognise anyone in this group, or have any idea what the group was, or why the photo was taken?

2005-06-25T14:24:00.000-07:00

I think the boy on the front row, second from right, is Wilfred Curran. He was born in 1913 in Middleton, which would make the photo possibly 1919ish. Do the clothes fit in with that date? I am almost sure that this Elm Street School again.

2005-06-25T14:21:00.000-07:00

Probably Elm Street School again.

2005-06-25T14:19:00.000-07:00

Middleton Bowling Club?

2005-06-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

Mills Hill Baptist Scouts - not sure of the date

2005-06-24T01:18:00.000-07:00

A family snapshot, possibly taken in front of Dane House, Middleton, in the 1950s.
(Thanks to Tracey & Tony from the Rootsweb Middleton list for confirming this, and other, locations)

2005-06-24T01:13:00.000-07:00

A theatrical group, once again I have no idea where or when, but probably in the Middleton area. Looking for any ideas here!

1923 Elm Street School, Middleton

2005-06-24T01:12:00.000-07:00

A class photo from Elm Street School, Middleton. Do you recognise anyone here?
(Thanks to help from the members of the Middleton Rootsweb list for identifying the school - I'll leave the photo on this site in case anyone recognises any of their family).

Mrs A Jackson informs me that this photo was taken in 1923. She has identified some of the children in the picture, as follows:-
Back row (from the left) - 1st Harry Walker, 4th Rouse, 5th Charles Wilson, 6th Campion, 7th Philip Joy
2nd Row - 2nd Mary Thomas, 4th Ethel Firth, 6th Zena Taylor, 8th Bertha ?
3rd Row - Howarth twins
Bottom Row - 2nd Miller, 7th Jack Gilbert, 9th Simpson

and the gateway to...? (Dane House?)

2005-06-24T01:03:00.000-07:00

Eliza Ann Bentley at Dane House, Middleton

2005-06-24T00:54:00.000-07:00

2005-06-23T09:04:00.000-07:00

This is Wilfred Curran, who was born in Middleton in 1913. The uniform is that of the Queen Elizabeths Grammar School.

2005-06-23T09:00:00.000-07:00

A football team in the 1910-11 season, probably from the Oldham or Middleton area. What does T.L.A.F.C. stand for?

2005-06-23T08:55:00.000-07:00

Since I originally posted this item, I've discovered that the group is the Operatic Society from Mills Hill Baptist Chapel. (source: 'Yesterday, Today, and Forever...' by Joan Lees)

Mills Hill Middleton - Merry Milkmaids.
This photo is of particular interest to us, as we think that one of the girls dressed up as a man, in top hat,is my husband's grandmother. I'm hoping someone else will be able to positively identify the group. She was Eliza Ann BENTLEY and worked in a Mill at one point - we have inherited her collection of postcards, and one says: "Dear Liza, Hope you are getting on alright at the mill. Will be seeing you some time. My mate’s having a bad time since you left. With love from both, May"
She also worked at the Jam Works, which we learnt from another postcard:
"9 Crag Brow, Chadderton. Dear Friend, Sorry to hear of your Accident, at Jam Works. But I hear it is not very serious, but I suppose it is bad enough hope you will soon be alright.Yours sincerely J.S."
But the stamps (and hence the postmarks) were removed from the cards by an over-zealous young philatelist at some point, so I can't accurately date either - but they must pre-date her marriage in early 1913 as they are addressed to her maiden name.

Can you identify any of these photos from our family collection?

2005-06-23T08:48:00.000-07:00