Post recruitment. During the war Mary worked as a teleprinter operator for the ATS, moving to France with the Americans SHAEF in 1944. She was amongst the first lot of women to go to Paris after the Germans left.
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.
The house was used as a hospital during both World Wars. Here we see WW1 wounded soldiers with Dr Thorp. Later the building was a museum, and was demolished in the 1950s.