Village Groups
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Whittington Brass Band at Elford - 1910. They used to practice in the Peel Arms.
Henry William Berks fourth from left, holding cornet |
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Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Civil and Military Lodge, Whittington
probably sometime between 1906 and 1916
See image below for identifying numbers
1 Tom Payne; 2 Arthur Clay; 8 Bill Wallace;14 Tom Windridge, Blacksmith; 31 Jack Pass; 33 Hennis Pass; 34 Harold Neal; 50 Freddie Mann; 52 Frank Foster (came to Whittington after 1906); 60 Sidney Tomkiss (the village doctor) |
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Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Civil and Military Lodge, Whittington
Ist row (seated)
Mr Isaac (1st from left)
(William) George Burgess - landlord of the Bell through the 1920s (2nd from right);
Middle row (standing)
Mr Eaton (1st from right)
Jack Pass (2nd from right |
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Carol Singers - 1920
Tom Payne (back right); Percival Farnsworth (far right); Joe Morne (front right)
Henry William Berks (holding the cornet); his daughter, Rose, in front of him
Adolphus John (Jack) Pass standing left; his daughter, Margaret, in front of him. |
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Shooting Party at Brookhay - ca 1932
Sidney Baxter, Ernest Ison, George Russell, ? Wells, Edward Pearce, Ernest Clarke, Jack Bishop |
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Railway Tracklayers at Hademore - some time after 1937
left to right sitting: Ernest Snape, Jim Paling, Frank Fielding, Jack Russell Jim Lloyd (Standing) |
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Whittington Home Guard - circa 1940/41
Back row from left:
Bill Ballinger, "Sunny" (Gordon Charles) Somers, Mick Withers (Church St), Cliff Wardle
Front row from left: Alf Bridgen, Alf Elson
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Whittington's Home Guard towards the end of WW2 |
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Whittington Fire Brigade - Second World War
From the left: Charlie Boston, Eric Deakin, Charlie Evans, Len Bridgen, Reg Eaton, Doug Deakin, Denis Treadwell, Bill Berks (driver and pump man)
The engine was kept at The Dog |
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Whittington Police - 1945 |
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Mothers' Union at Freeford - ca 1938
Back row counting from left: 5 Mrs Carter, Main Street 6 Mrs Pearce, The Hawthorns 8 Mrs Goddard, Sunnyside, Hademoor 10 Mrs Blewitt, Post Office 11 Mrs F Withers, Chapel Lane 12 Mrs Berks, Church St 16 Mrs Molly Beckett with Rosalie, Freeford
Middle row counting from left: 1 Mrs M Bantam, Freeford 2 Daisy Kitchen, Freeford 6 Mrs Edgington, Darnford Lane 6 Mrs Moore, Pool Tail, Swinfen 9 Mrs Flo Clay (nee Bridgen) 10 Mrs Emma Wincup (nee Bridgen) 11 Mrs Nell Marshall (nee Bridgen)
Front row counting from left: 4 Mrs Coxe? 6 Mrs Foden, The Hurst |
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Mothers' Union at Freeford - ca 1948
Back row left to right: Mrs Fradley, Fisherwick Road Mrs Coxe, Callingswood Middle row counting from left: 1 Mrs Evans, Green Farm 4 Mrs Mitchell, The Rock 5 Mrs Berks, Church St 6 Mrs Britt, Church St 7 Mrs Goddard, Sunnyside 9 Mrs Blewitt, Post Office 10 Mrs Swift, Church St 11 Mrs Carter 12 Mrs Flo Withers, Chapel Lane 14 Mrs Hood, The Hurst 15 Mrs Leedham, Yew Tree Cottages 17 Mrs Pearce, The Hawthorns 18 Audrey Edgington, Housekeeper at The Old Hall 19 Mrs M Bantam
Front row counting from left: 1 Mrs Beckett, Boxwell, Lichfield Rd 2 Mrs Young, Freeford 3 Mrs L Britt, Church St 7 Mrs Gilbert, Freeford |
| Whittington Women's Institute |
the oldest institute in Staffordshire - established October 31st 1916 |
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A charabanc outing possibly to Matlock - around 1920s |
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Whittington WI - 1950
Standing back row, left to right Mrs M (Horace) Ball; Mrs C Larkin; Mrs Vivienne Dewes (Whittington Court); Mrs Phyllis Baines; Mrs M Rozier; Mrs Marjorie Fisher (hiding); Mrs Emily Pilsbury; Margaret ? (who worked at Old Hall); Mrs B Leedham; Mrs Rose Beckett; Mrs Sylvia Hewkin
Standing middle row, left to right Mrs Wakeman; Mrs M Atkinson (lived at Green Gardens, The Green); Mrs M Kendrick; Mrs Flo Withers; Mrs N Withers (with boy); not known; Mrs D Deakin; Mrs E Cullen; Mrs Grant; Mrs Britt; Mrs D Williams; Mrs Allsopp; Mrs M Young; Mrs Mary Owen (Joan’s mother-in-law); Mrs H Boston (lived at Church St Farm,); Mrs Blewitt (from the Post Office); Mrs Rose (Elfield House); Mrs J Mitchell (later Mrs Swain); Mrs Crab
Seated front row: Miss Hilda Hunt (cook at The Old Hall); Mrs A Beckett; Mrs S Carter; Mrs M (Jack) Beckett; Mrs D Pitz; Mrs Bantom; Mrs B Evans (Green Farm); Mrs I Ing; Mrs B Colquhoun; Mrs Foden; Mrs A Baines; Mrs F (Percy) Pearce; Mrs Fradley; Mrs R Linney; Mrs Harrison (Jockey Hill, Freeford) |
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WI at Ellfield House - 1953 |
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WI at Whittington House - 1953 |
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WI visit to Wedgwood Factory - May 1953 |
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Miss Whittington amongst other "Misses" - 1935 |
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Whittington's August Bank Holiday Float at Lichfield - 1951 |
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Whittington float at Lichfield August Bank Holiday Parade 1953
Left to right: Freda Boston, Gillian Allsopp, June Phillips, Sheila Farnsworth, Barbara Phillips |
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