Name sheet for previous picture (269-001).
Categories: Event
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St John’s school
Peter King is 7th from left back row. All the names are given on the next picture (269-001).
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Water Street School class
This appears to be a Victorian school class, and is believed to be at Water Street. Looks like an interesting exercise in building with small bricks!
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Marriage of Mr G H Swindells & Miss S L Maitland-Addison
On their return from honeymoon, Mr & Mrs Geoffrey Swindells, director at Adelphi mill, were paraded by the workers at the mill. It was not a long marriage – Geoffrey Swindells was killed on 1st August 1918 in France during his service in WWI. The couple lived at Clough Bank House, behind Adelphi mill.
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Crowd watching Coronation event on Recreation Ground
A large crowd, in their Sunday best, sitting on the terraces overlooking the Recreation Ground. While we know it was to do with a coronation (Edward VII, 1902) we do not know what the actual activity was that they were watching!
