Hi Janet, Found your photo's very interesting. Could the Milkmaids be just a mock up, as this sort of thing was very common for Mayday and bank holidays. They look like mill workers outside a mill!! Could the school be Durnford St. or possibly Elm St. The building looks so Edgar Wood. Has anybody else any ideas as I may be totally wrong. I had a look through my Middleton books lastnight and none of these photo's are in them, although there was one in the Middleton in Retrospect [53] of Tonge A.F.C. The club originated in St. Michael's school and later transferred to a venue behind the "Old Cock Inn". It was registered as a football club in 1887 and from 1890 played at a ground at Tonge Hall. While members of the Manchester League they won the League Cup 5 times and were also league champions on at least one occasion. The club folded in 1923. Hope that gives a bit more input. Margaret. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet C" <janetcee52@hotmail.com> To: <ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:28 AM Subject: [ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L] More Middleton photos > > I'm really grateful for all the ideas I'm getting about the photos I > posted yesterday on my Blog site:- > http://sharejansphotos.blogspot.com/ > I've just added a few more, including a Middleton school group and a drama > production group, which may be of interest to someone out there! > Regards > Janet C > > _________________________________________________________________ > It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger 7.0 today! > http://messenger.msn.co.uk > > > ==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== >>==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== > To search the archives of this list go to: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L-request@rootsweb.com > >
Thanks for your ideas Margaret. The Merry Milkmaids photo is of particular interest to us, as we think that one of the girls dressed up as a man, in top hat,is my husband's grandmother. I'm hoping someone else will be able to positively identify the group. His grandmother, Eliza Ann BENTLEY, certainly worked in a Mill at one point, as we have inherited her collection of postcards, and one says: "Dear Liza, Hope you are getting on alright at the mill. Will be seeing you some time. My mates having a bad time since you left. With love from both, May" She also worked at the Jam Works, which we learnt from another postcard: "9 Crag Brow Chadderton Dear Friend, Sorry to hear of your Accident, at Jam Works. But I hear it is not very serious, but I suppose it is bad enough hope you will soon be alright. Yours sincerely J.S." But the stamps (and hence the postmarks) were removed from the cards by an over-zealous young philatelist at some point, so I can't accurately date either - but they must pre-date her marriage in early 1913 as they are addressed to her maiden name. Anyway, thanks again for your input - all suggestions are being kept for future reference! Best wishes Janet Curran >From: "Margaret Fletcher" <moonraker47@tiscali.co.uk> >Reply-To: ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L@rootsweb.com >To: ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L] More Middleton photos >Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:04:33 +0100 > >Hi Janet, >Found your photo's very interesting. Could the Milkmaids be just a mock up, >as this sort of thing was very common for Mayday and bank holidays. They >look like mill workers outside a mill!! >Could the school be Durnford St. or possibly Elm St. The building looks so >Edgar Wood. >Has anybody else any ideas as I may be totally wrong. >I had a look through my Middleton books lastnight and none of these photo's >are in them, although there was one in the Middleton in Retrospect [53] of >Tonge A.F.C. >The club originated in St. Michael's school and later transferred to a >venue behind the "Old Cock Inn". It was registered as a football club in >1887 and from 1890 played at a ground at Tonge Hall. While members of the >Manchester League they won the League Cup 5 times and were also league >champions on at least one occasion. The club folded in 1923. >Hope that gives a bit more input. >Margaret. >----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet C" <janetcee52@hotmail.com> >To: <ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:28 AM >Subject: [ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L] More Middleton photos > > >> >>I'm really grateful for all the ideas I'm getting about the photos I >>posted yesterday on my Blog site:- >>http://sharejansphotos.blogspot.com/ >>I've just added a few more, including a Middleton school group and a drama >>production group, which may be of interest to someone out there! >>Regards >>Janet C >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger 7.0 today! >>http://messenger.msn.co.uk >> >> >>==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== >>>==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== >>To search the archives of this list go to: >>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L-request@rootsweb.com >> >> > > > >==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== >Create your own home page with Web Dwarf, a FREE HTML Editor >http://www.vmims.com/dwarf.htm > _________________________________________________________________ Want to block unwanted pop-ups? Download the free MSN Toolbar now! http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/