The teacher is Miss Stanzer. Back row left to right: unknown, Bernard Sutcliffe, Donald Sheard, unknown, Terry Dewhirst, next, the tallest boy, is Keith Collinge. Possibly on the right is Peter Toothill or Russell Taylor.
He was a member of Brearley Baptist Chapel in the 1950s. As he is wearing his ARP (Air Raid Precautions) badge he was possibly an Air Raid Warden during WW2. The ARP disbanded in 1946 and was reconstituted as part of the Civil Defence Corps in 1948.
This star was awarded to commemorate the Battle of the Atlantic between 3 September 1939 and 8 May 1945. The medal was awarded during the reign of George VI
The second policeman from the right is Mark Andrews, PC 123, who was the Heptonstall policeman during and just after the war. He lived at 2 Hepton Drive and had two sons, Peter and Paul (born 1945). The ladies on the left are Miss Shackleton (Nanny)…