Stockport Library has a 'Heritage Library' section so you could try sending them a copy of the photo and some details (there's a link on the Stockport Council website). They're really helpful at the library and I'm sure they'll be up for the challenge, they have extensive archives - I found Woodford school record books there from the early 1900s. Regards, Anne -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Genda Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 12:32 AM To: Cheshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [CHS] Girl's school photograph - Stockport? I have a black and white photograph taken of a class in a girls school somewhere in the Stockport area - no name, no date (and that's the bad news) - but what it does have are the names of mistresses and pupils written on the back (and that's the good news). Two of my aunts are in the photograph. It would have been taken at some time between 1904 and 1908 I think. I know that my aunts were living in Poynton in 1901 and in Cheadle Hulme in 1911. They also spent some time in Edgeley, Stockport, as siblings were born there during those years - unless there was a maternity unit of some kind there. The photograph shows the girls and the mistresses in a uniform of sorts. It consists of a floor-length white or light-coloured apron over a dark day dress with white elbow-to-wrist oversleeves and caps worn by the two teachers. The girls are dressed similarly but with no cap and they do show a bit of leg! They all appear to be of what we now call 'secondary age'. There is no background to identify the place where the photograph would have been taken. So. can anyone help in identifying the school? I am happy to attach a copy in a private email to anyone who thinks they may have an ancestor/relative in the list below. Or perhaps someone knows of a central archive for old school photographs such as this which may be able to identify the school from the uniform and/or the teacher's names. Here goes: Mistresses: Miss LIPTROT Miss PARKES Students: Row1 (back): E. FROGGATT G.COCKS D.HYNES S.SHELMERDINE A.RAMSEAS M.LOMAS J.HALL B.COCKS A.BOLLINGTON D.CROMPTON J.RAWLINSON E.M.FLETCHER(aunt1 b1891) M.BROCKLEHURST NICO[sic] C.ALDRED M.DAVIES F.LOMAS M.SOWERBUTTS G.WILSON N.WOOD D.LEAH M.MAYES A.YATES Row2 M.SMITH H.WOOD D.ALDRED G.TOWN M.YOUDE M.LEES F.BROWN E.JEPSON E.ROBINSON M.DEAVILLE T.or S.MANLEY Row3 B.BELL L. PICKTHALL M.FLETCHER(aunt2 b1893) L.BARRODALE L.BUXTON G.CONSTABLE M.HEMPHILL E.WARLEY E.LUGDEN D.DUGDALE B.LYONS B.WITTALL E.KAY D.DOOLEY A.MARGESON Row4 E.BAILEY J.NICHOLSON A.WILLIAMSON M.GREY D.GOULD C.AYR E.KNIGHTON A.GOULDEN L.BULLOCK A TAYLOR Row5 (front) M.DAWSON E.HODGSON J.BEELEY E.PONTEFRACT K.CUNNINGHAM E.MORLEY C.BEELEY D.YATES D.PEAKE I would be grateful for any pointers. Ruth ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message