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

Hi Ruth I don't have any of those names, or know of the school, although I live in Stockport. However, I have some friends with identical or very similar names, who live in Cheadle Hulme. So I will pass this email on to them. Lxx On 22 May 2014 00:32, Ruth Genda <ruthgenda@btinternet.com> wrote: > 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 >