For original picture see ALC02142. The lad watching in a cap was Harry Victor Barker, Alan Brook’s mum’s dad. He was so fired up by watching these recruits that he subsequently signed up himself, lying about his age to do so. He went to France and…
William Blaylock and Edith Mason were married at Heptonstall Methodist Chapel, 13th November, 1940. This is a studio picture of the couple, a practise that was quite normal in the days.