Whittington History Society

Church and Chapel Photos

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Church Choir - probably 1930
Men on back row, left to right: Charlie Mann, Horace Clark, Bill Carter, George Venable, Rev Fleming - vicar of Whittington from 1929 to 1947, Jack Faulkner, Frank Edgington, ? Blewitt (organist from Gentleshaw), Laurie Falkner
Boys middle row, left to right: Fred Woollands, Maurice Fisher, Jack Britt, Eric Fisher, Eric Thorpe?
Boys front row: Bill Wincup, Jock Hulme, Harry Mitchell, Alf Bridgen
Church Choir - 1931 or 32
Men on back row, left to right: Harry Berks, Horace Clark, Laurie Faulkner, ?, Frank Edgington, Charlie Mann
Boys middle row, left to right: Eric Fisher, Fred Isaac, Maurice Fisher, Eric Thorpe, ?

Boys front row: Harry Mitchell, Jock Hulme, ?, ? , Stan Goddard
Charlie Mann, choirboy - 1930s
Chapel Congregation - ca 1938
Back row from left: Mrs Alice Pearman, unknown, Mrs Spinks
Middle row from left: Mrs King, Mrs Alice Blewitt (The Post Office) Mrs Gertrude Phillips, Mrs Swain, Mrs Britt, Mrs Carter
Front row from left: Mrs Mitchell, Mrs Evans, Mrs Margaret Neale

Chapel Centenary Celebration - 1963
Mrs Alice Pearman cutting the cake

Church Choir - 1960s
Men on back row, left to right: Maurice Fisher, Frank Edgington, Rev Davies - vicar of Whittington from 1960-1971, Fred Short, Ken Tatlow, Tom Millington (choirmaster), Horace Edgington, John Cooper
Boys middle row, left to right: Stanley Fisher, Keith Britt, John Pass, Clive Short,
Boys front row: Andrew Millington, Andrew Pass, David Nightingale, Keith Bridgen
Primary School Children sing carols for patients at St Giles Hospice - ca 1980
Doug Deakin and his two sons, Christopher and John - 1969
Blessing of the foundations of the Spencer Hall
Dedication of the Spencer Hall
Dedication of the new Bells
Choir - early 1990s