Claude and Ada Mary Longbottom (née Cockcroft) sitting on the right with their sons Philip and Maurice (in front).This would have been taken in the mid-thirties., Philip would have been 13 and Maurice 9 in 1935. Back L-R Philip and Claude Longbottom…
The father of the children was Sandy Longbottom, who sailed from Liverpool to New York in January 1907. His wife, Clara Ann, nee Robinson, was pregnant with their 4th child. He never returned. L-R Gladys, b 1892, Mary Monica, b 1900, Clara Ann,…
Seated: John Mahoney and wife Maggie (nee O'Rourke). Standing at back L - R: Joe, Annie, Jim, Jack, Mary and Margaret Mary (Peggy) standing next to her mother.
L - R at back: Winifred Holt (sister of groom), Jim or Joe Mahony (brother of the bride), Derick Holt (groom), Peggy Mahony (bride), Joe or Jim (bride's brother), Annie Mahony (bride's sister), Bernard Holt (groom's brother). Seated L - R: Fanny Holt…
Derrick's handwriting, the envelope contained the last letter he received from his father. Derrick was 8 years old on 1st July 1917 and his father, Clarance, was killed at Passchendaele 9th October that year.
Back Row, Left to Right: Tom Pettingell; Joe Howarth; Roderick Fisher; Albert Mitchell. Front row: Jack Wilkes; George Hayes; Verney Sykes; Harold Fielden.
Bride and Groom with Bridesmaids, L to R Edna, Joan and Betty Greenwood. Betty was the twin sister of the bride. Men, L-R Bill Jones, ?, Philip Longbottom, Frank Greenwood (Bride's father) Amos Johnson (brides maternal uncle) and Jack Tonge?
Clarence Hebblethwaite Holt is standing on the left. He was in the 2/10 Manchester Regiment. He enlisted in 1916 whilst living and working as a printer/compositor in Manchester. His mother and his wife's family lived in Luddenden, where they had…