Box 8: Stretford and Urmston Journal Photograph Collection
Stretford & Urmston Journal Newspaper1979-1983
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Box 8: Stretford and Urmston Journal Photograph Collection
Date of work:
1979-1983
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01 Jan 1979 - 31 Dec 1983
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LHC/1214/8
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Sub-sub-collection from Collection: Local Heritage Collection (LHC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materials
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Sub-collection: Stretford and Urmston Journal Photograph Collection (LHC/1214)
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Listed by volunteers 2022.
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45 LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHSCouncillor and Lord Mayor Clifford Tomlinson watches the start of The Postcard of people , outside a smart entrance, Photo stamped Helsby Denbigh; Car with PHIL TAYLOR across the windscreen with cups and trophies. Man leaning on the car;Group of Sports Photographs: Man running wearing no. 233 on his vest; Line up of men running, Person vaulting over a bar, Three young girls ready to start the race; Wedding Harnes / Weir; Boys playing cricket; children on Sea Saw; Group of smiling children outside a building; Aerial view of San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant; Moisture Separator reheater unit leaving GEC’S factory, Northern Ireland; Group of people each holding voice recorders , one man in uniform ;Double fronted House; Girl holding a £5 gift voucher x2; Lord Mayor and Lady with Punch and Judy; Lady bowling on the green; Two children with white birds; Man in Cricket sweater holding a paint brush with pictures on the wall; two boys doing Martial Arts x2; Man in white coat demonstrates a piece of equipment on another man with official and lady looking on; Two men with bowls trophy; Controlled fire extinguish; Paul Grainger , member of FIANNA PHADRAIG PIPES BAND shows Tina Lakada, a dancer in FIDLERS FANCY MORRIS DANCING TROUPE how to play the pipes; Group of girls in pointed hats waving; Man sitting in a Ford car shaking hands with another man and a group of people making a toast in the background x2; Bearded man with cats in a wooden cage; Man painting a ship; Wedding , no names; Two Ducks; Horses in field; Pictures of ?refurbishment of a pub x 8; Man in a gown climbing a grand wooden staircase with crucifix on the wall behind x2; arched windows with statue; Inside an ornate building with arches;Brown Envelope marked Urmston MIS 1979/ 1980Policeman looking at fencing x2; Four children playing in water; Two girls in swimsuits with child in buggy with posts and water in the background; Wedding couple with small bridesmaid; man pointing to broken window near Royal Mail sign; pretty little girl with headdress; Wedding Nicky / Brian 18th Sept 1982; Girl with large round earrings and Rovers Return Badges; Church Tower and porch; Group of boys with Tennis Racquets; Lady with two children , Bahrein Emigrants; Grounds with Building; Children playing and fishing by the water; Scene with long building in the background; Jodrell Bank with Prof. Graham Smith, Dr Alan Rainford, Ken Johnson, and Sir Bernard Lovell, founder; Presentation of “Lifestart” Apprenticeship awards , Manchester Airport 21 July 1982, Cllr Kenneth Franklin, Paul Mahoney, Peter Rigby, GMC Cllr Bernard Clarke, Miss Manchester International, Chris Jones and Stephen Williams; Stretford G.G. prize GIVING; Wedding. Bridegroom in a kilt , bride wearing a hat and white Gown; Boys in Band seated with Brass Instruments and music stands; Bearded man with cats in wooden cage; Wedding, no details; telephone Box on its side outside shops x2; Wedding , no details; Sale Rock Face; Lumberjack up a tree; Stuart Hall and Denis Law; Stretford Inside Wall; Tree falling in cemetery x2;Man and lady shaking hands at a Self Service Petrol Pump x3; Clifton House Xmas Fair; Wedding Pimlott / Flynn; ladies at WORKBASE with Typewriters; Young man with two cats; Presentation. Southfields , Handicapped School with a cheque; Nurses annual prize giving; Play It Safe Winners; Chief Scout Commendation; Puppeteers at Oswald Road Juniors; head of a young Boy? Paul Oldfield; Man with Dog? Zimba; Boat at Sea; Members of a Production, with Children in a variety of costumes;Envelope dated 6 May 1983Cast of a production of South Pacific, unidentified location; Schoolboys from St Mary’s School, Stretford; Cartoon of Tooth Fairy; New Pelican Crossing, unidentified location; Mr Cyril Palmer, Retirement, unidentified location; Dawn Prescall, Checkout assistant of the year, unidentified location; Mr Paul Chapple Whitehouse, unidentified location; South elevation of a proposed new building, unidentified location; Clive Edwards being presented with a trophy, unidentified location; Jim and Jean Ryder retirement, unidentified shop; Harold Underwood on tricycle with dog Toby, unidentified location; Six members of Rotary Club, unidentified location; Bride and groom Jones/Kellett wedding, unidentified location; Retiring doctor presented with a clock, unidentified location; Two Blackpool cyclists, unidentified location; Tamara Smith canoeist with Manchester Canoe Club’s Marple Trophy, unidentified location; A group of Chorlton veterans, unidentified location; Meadowside Under 13 Soccer team, unidentified location; Jan’s Young People wearing leotards, unidentified location; Collingwood Y.C. trophies, unidentified location; Bride and groom Lyons/Tilley wedding, unidentified location; Mr and Mrs Yates Ruby Wedding, unidentified location;Window Pics 24 Apr 1983Mr Martin Thomas, unidentified location; McLaren Court Bring and Buy Sale, Chorlton?; Grange Motors presentation for quality of servicing, unidentified location; Mayor attending St George’s Eve musical, unidentified location; Bride and groom, Kerrigan/Middleton wedding, unidentified location; Bride and groom, Brown/Martin wedding, unidentified location; Bride and groom Braithwaite/ Tueson or Jueson wedding, unidentified location; Partington Easter Bonnets, Partington; Unexpected shaft in garden, unidentified location; Woody the horse with trophy, unidentified location; Golden wedding, Davyhulme Road, Urmston; Group of young people who were participants of a sponsored spring clean, unidentified location; Cast of an unidentified production by Firswood Players, unidentified location; Young helpers at Highfield Primary School Jumble Sale, Urmston; Cirne Family Reunion, unidentified location; newly married elderly couple, unidentified location; Bride and groom, McKeown/Harper wedding, unidentified location; Cast of Old Time Music Hall, unidentified location; Mrs Brotherton, bingo winner, unidentified location; Motor cyclist at Parklands School, Urmston; NatWest Women’s footballers with trophy, Outside a NatWest Bank; Masonic group at Stretford Handicapped People’s Club Cabaret, unidentified location; Meadowside Under 15 soccer team with trophies, unidentified location; Roadworks at junction of Barlow Moor Road and Wilbraham Road, Chorlton; Cast of Stretford Youth Theatre production, unidentified location; Jill Crompton, unidentified location; Tony Bond hands over mini Kart, Simpson’s Hotel, Chorlton?;Window Pics 21 Apr 1983Colts Team, Broughton Park Rugby Union, unidentified location; Celebrities at Squash Match, unidentified location; Children at Nature Study Area, Unidentified location; Coffee Morning, St Clement’s, Urmston; Children from St Clement’s School with Winston Churchill, M.P., Urmston; Geoff Hunt, Australian Squash Player at Valentine’s; Bride and groom, Potts/Callaby wedding, unidentified location; Bhola (Benny) Maharaj Mansfield, Driver/Loader, Refuse Collection Service, Manchester City Council, with British Empire Medal and letter from Queen Elizabeth II. Bhola Maharaj came to the U.K. as Passenger number 472 on the “Empire Windrush” from Trinidad aged 24. He gave his occupation as Chauffeur and destination as Yorkshire. He was one of a small number of Caribbeans of Indian origin. (See article by Nicholas Boston in the Independent 21 Jun 2021 [Some of the most interesting Windrush passengers were Indo-Caribbean – yet their stories remain untold | The Independent] accessed 18 Jul 2022; New landlords of the Horse and Jockey Public House, Chorlton; Bride and groom, Whittaker/McGregor wedding, unidentified location; Mr and Mrs Whittle, Golden Wedding, Unidentified location; Mrs Mattie Leigh’s 93rd birthday, unidentified location; Four police awards, unidentified location;Envelope dated 27 Jan 1983Partington Festival Finale, Partington; Striker scores, Unidentified location; Women with two dogs, Bella and Radar, unidentified location; Moss Vale darts marathon, Stretford?; Portrait of a cat, unidentified location; Partington group in festival, Partington; Winner of Butlin’s Lovely Legs competition, unidentified location; E.T. Potato, unidentified location, Premises of Print Search, Westinghouse Road, Trafford Park; Firswood’s cast of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, unidentified location;Envelope dated 3 Mar 1983Superman singer, unidentified location; Certificate presentation, unidentified location; Chorltonville Owners’ Committee, Chorltonville; Four Queen’s Guides, unidentified location; Bubble blower, unidentified location; Toddlers swimming; Bride and groom, Dean/Middleton wedding, unidentified location, Bride and groom, Bride and groom, Walsh/Willows wedding, unidentified location; Scouts with a bicycle, unidentified location; Elaine Horsefield with hologram, unidentified location; Unnamed Music College; John Atkinson, Junior Chess Champion, unidentified location; Two girls running a tombola, unidentified location; Cakes at Moss Side exhibition, Moss Side, Manchester; Beehive mothers and children, unidentified location; Spartans F.C., unidentified location; St Hugh’s soccer team, unidentified location; Graham Stamford squash player receiving coaching, unidentified location; Meadowside Cheque presentation, unidentified location; Lisa McDonald’s group presentation (guides or girls’ brigade?), unidentified location; Bank’s camera winner, unidentified location; Commonplace Housing Department, Sandy Lane , Chorlton; Book Sale, Chorlton; Cubs with model car, unidentified location; Stork and Buzzby fancy dress outfits, unidentified location; Chorlton Film show line-up, Chorlton; Two captains with trophies, unidentified location; Ghost pub presentation, Jackson’s Boat, Chorlton; Mayor and ambassador on police horses,, unidentified location;Envelope dated 24 Feb 1983DJ Competitor John Lowry, unidentified location, John Foster, New Manager of unidentified entity, unidentified location; Motor cycle scrambler on the move, unidentified location; Frank Smith’s retirement, unidentified location; Two water polo players, unidentified location; Site for new housing scheme, Manchester Road, Chorlton; Manchester Road site after clearance, Manchester Road, Chorlton; Corkland Road cheque presentation, Chorlton; Boy on rocking horse, unidentified location; Gerry Matthews marathon man, unidentified location; Peter Whitehead, Motor cyclist, unidentified location, Man on racing motor cycle, unidentified location; Sue Patterson, Cancer sufferer with three men in suits (Doctors?), unidentified location; Two toddlers with Wendy House, unidentified location; Girls with Fashion and Pop Music page, unidentified location; Cubs in Gang Show, unidentified location; School children with guide dog, unidentified location;Envelope dated 6 Jan 1983Stretford Victoria F.C Under 12 team, unidentified location; CPC Lucky Draw winner, unidentified location; Woman with 12 string guitar, GMP Christmas Party, unidentified location; Bride and groom, Smith/Richardson wedding, unidentified location; Minister of State for Industry and IT, Kenneth Baker, visits Urmston company, Urmston; Presentation of cheques by Urmston Grammar School to Bridgewater Hospital, Patricroft; Bill Allen portrait, unidentified location; Re-opening of Southern Hotel, Chorlton; Yacht prize winner, unidentified location; Alker Club Fund Raisers, Flixton; Ina Jones wields the vacuum at Oxfam Shop, unidentified location; Brawn retirement, unidentified location; View of electricity pylons, Carrington; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, unidentified location; Retirement form Quick’s Garage, Old Trafford; Mary Smith portrait, unidentified location.Envelope dated 14 August 1980Mr & Mrs Bowman’s Golden Wedding, unidentified location; Marjorie Guy portrait, unidentified location; group of guests at Ellison Golden Wedding; “Pals’ trip” group of people, no details; 2 women at Solo Club dance; presentation of Parkinson-Cowan baby cheque; organisers, “Snooty Fox”, no details; group of people seated at outside tables with drinks –“Windmill Folk”; swimmers “In Baths”, no details; Mrs Taft and mother; unnamed man behind hedge with topiary figure: “Altar Hedge”; 100th birthday kiss for Mr Martell; group of ambulance men with man on stretcher – exercise?; group of people on Tangmere Court trip; Mayor and Mayoress at Buile Hill party; unnamed male swimmer; Morgan/Shanahan wedding; Dennis Lane with framed law certificate presented by the High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester; Sharon Colyear receives a cheque, with group of young people; group of ambulance men at open vehicle with displayed equipment.Envelope dated 16 October 1980Ladies at floral art show; South Pacific ladies’ chorus; young boy and girl; men’s chorus, South Pacific?; view outside Beresford Road Day Nursery; Boys’ Brigade display in Chorlton.Envelope dated 14 January 1982, Urmston picsPM Margaret Thatcher with Frosties tiger, and MP Winston Churchill; group of CHO tourist guides; British Legion presentation of tankard and flowers; reunion of Stretford Girls’ Venture Corps; England’s typewriter cake presentation, no details; Whalley Range High School jumble sale; Star Quality steel band; Mr and Mrs Jackson’s Golden Wedding; Barbara Sharples with trophies; midwife, mother and new baby, unnamed; Provincial Building Society’s trophy, no details; jewellers ‘ prizewinners with tea service; Alan Roebuck with pub sign (Royal Oak?); Racing Athletic ‘A’ team; Old Trafford contestants (no details)Envelope dated 21 January 1980“Alan Golding’s golfing lesson”, young boy with 2 men; presentation of 2 darts trophies, names unclear, possibly Jez Upton, Joe Rennex, Phil Sh….; men watching worker at smelter in new foundry; cast of Chorlton Convent Nativity play; Estate agents at Enterprise Zone exhibition; demonstrators outside Kellogg’s factory; 3 lady competitors at Chorlton hats competition; youths round snooker table at opening of a youth project; PM Margaret Thatcher in factory walkabout; Racing Athletic ‘B’ team. Cast of “Tomb with a view”; young woman and man receiving police commendations, with Chief Constable and Mayor; Matthews/Greaves wedding; dominoes winner Ron Mills, with Tony Upton, runner-up, and Tony Bailey, landlord; large group of people at Rotaract presentation; “Partington Team”, large group of young people and children; Ann Raymond presenting cheque to Malcolm Chiswick, of the Special Care Baby Unit, St Mary’s Hospital.Envelope dated 4 February 1982Sam McKernan, Mersey Valley warden, with volunteers putting up horse jumps at Mersey Valley; guide dog presentation to Cine club; members of Mary Wood Dance School, with Firswood Players; audience at Greater Manchester Police Band performance; Colman’s cooking competition display; HMS Onslaught; wedding of Piercy/Villalbe; presentation of Pub of the Month award to Windmill Inn; Mayor and Mayoress with 1000th Council house tenant; Civic lottery presentation; William Hulme’s Grammar School sale; 2 golfers, unnamed; buyers at unknown sale event; couple at Bellwood Road development; Moss/Featherstone wedding; Wilson/Shires wedding; ‘Courtesy visit by Lt Col.’ with Mayor; Greenfields’ “Cinders”..Envelope dated 28 January 1982, Urmston picsGroup of people enjoying plates of food: “New Social Club”, unidentified; group of weightlifters; young disabled boy on donated tricycle; St Pater’s OAP party; group of actors from Firswood Players, cast of ”Babes in the Wood”; group presentation of Toc-H cheque; 3 young cub scouts show their World Conservation badges; group of men, including Trafford Mayor, at Trafford Council exhibition; ladies at Catholic League dinner; 2 men, one being World Cup ticket winner; Margaret Thatcher on her last visit to Trafford, with Winston Churchill jnr. and others; large group of footballers from Southern Hotel football league; display of the Millstone pub sign.ENVELOPE PICS W/EFEB 24th 1982Urmston Journal, Table Tennis Players; Wedding Quinilian/Clamp; Badminton Action Picture; Catherine Old with Large Teddy; Retired Lockmaster Oliver Pincock; Stretford Boys Marathon Badminton Boys; Leeds Permanent Presentation; Digital Drip Feed; Can Can Picture; Mr JAMES JONES; John Hilton, Table Tennis Player; S.D.O. Fred Mayers, Fire Service Commander Salford and Trafford at his Retirement; post Office Retirement; Lostock Court Entertainment; Sea Cadets from TS Trafford about to board HMS MANCHESTER; John Hall R N R from T S Trafford to board HMS MANCHESTER; unnamed picture of lady; unnamed picture of a man; Ethel Weeks, picture taken approx. 1944; Bedding Ad Feature , Spring Brides, Urmston Journal, tanya Design;Envelope 26th February 1982, To Urmston, Held OverImpact Volunteers; Vulcan Plane; Stretford Firemen Football Team; Mauldeth Rangers Football Team; School Runner R ick Bridle with children; Gandeys Circus Clowns; wedding Orr/ Attenborough with carriage; Urmston TWG Concert; Brookburn School Field Trip Party; Chorlton TWG 25th Anniversary; Welcome Pope John banner with pupils; May Queen Crowning; Women’s Fellowship Fashion Show; Granby Rovers Under 12’s Football Team; Kingsway Primary Netball Team with Trophy; Flixton Coffee Evening; St Ann’s Junior F.C (Grey Shirts); Partington Primary Netball Team; St Ann’s Netball Team; JUDO, Mark Johnston and Robert Platt; Stretford Eagles F.C; Adventure Week at Barton Clough Primary, Darren Bird and martin Spence; Flixton TWG Fair; Six people from Gillette London Marathon holding Medals; wedding Dunne/ Barraclough; Dancer Dionne Kelly; Nelson Sea Scouts; males with Table Tennis Trophies;Stiff envelope marked Photographs dated 22-4-82Horse Ring Campers; Veterans Jubilee Party; Flixton White Elephant Stall; Wedding Mindurski / Bond; Wedding Brown/Yates; Wedding Bole/ Hamilton; Child Voters. Martine and Russell Hellewel; Wedding Daly / Roberts; Chorlton Central Playschool; Opening of Seymour Parks Under %’s Centre; Christian Aid Jumble Sale; Stretford CND Silent Vigil; Bill Beaumont at BUPA Fair; Members of MARY WOOD SCHOOL of DANCING; Ladies Circle Changeover of Officers; Scottish Football Teams Visit; Les Allen Trio; Chorlton Scouts Shoeshine; Jack Salem, AHA Retirement;Envelope dated 12/8/82Post Office Van with broken window; wedding Ashton / Samuels; Wedding Turner / Williams; wedding Lees/ Gibbons; St Ambrose School Building; 1st Flixton Scouts 75 Year Display; Kidnapped Librarian found; ANTI-Vivisectionists; 5 a Side Cup Winners; Norman Delayan’s Farewell; Children’s Doctor Barnardo’s Stall; Under 23s Squash Team; Diane Royle, Stretford Athletics; Flixton Ladies Golf Captains Day; Flixton F C Sideshow; Paul Leary back from the Falklands celebrating his birthday at Urmston Con Club; Children hanging about at Chorlton Park;Envelope marked Urmston dated 19/8/82Partington Playgroup; South Atlantic Fund Concert; Hills Golden Wedding; Ladies at Victoria Park Bowls; Cath Pelling winning the race; Diane Royle, Commonwealth Runner; Young Girls Lumber up; Start of Women’s 800 Metre Race; Farokh Engineer, Cricketer; Men Line up for start of Race; Martin Rylands batting for Chorlton; Wedding Carr / Roberts; Milkman Retires; Girl in Bonny Baby Contest; Deely Boppers; Blackberry Pickers; wedding Edge / Hyland; Milkman Retires (2); Caroline and Clare; Autograss racer ; Australian Visitors; Mersey Bank Playscheme; Chorlton Scouts’ Flea Market;Envelope Urmston HO 16 Dec 1982£100 Winner Susan Williams, Davyhulme; Stretford Victoria Football team with new kit (PANTS Urmston and Stretford; unidentified location; Cast of ‘Pardon Me, Prime Minister’, unidentified location; Friends of Park Hospital presenting three beds, Urmston; View of horses at Carrington, Carrington; Oxo children with magician, unidentified location; St Brendan’s Gaelic footballers, unidentified location; Mrs Rowland, aged 90, unidentified location; Annie Bedford (centre) aged 90 with daughters Mrs Marjorie Maude (L) and Mrs Lily Wood (R) unidentified location; Bride and groom Potts Hoogerwerf wedding, Christchurch, Davyhulme; Winifred ad John Cordock, Golden Wedding (Other family members named on reverse), unidentified location; Crossland Community Association Christmas party, unidentified location; Rehearsal for ‘Dick Wittington’, Old Trafford Junior School, Old Trafford; Britannia Building Society toy collection (staff named on reverse), unidentified location; VJ Chorlton toy collection, (staff named on reverse), unidentified location;Envelope marked 7 Oct 1982Gateway pumpkin prize, unidentified location; Damage to bus involved in accident, unidentified location; House in Winchester Avenue, Duxbury, Chorley; Jackson’s Boat, shaking exterior, Sale; Map of site of NORWEB headquarters, Old Trafford; Pathway in cemetery, unidentified location; Bride and groom, Nicholson/Hamer wedding, unidentified location; Bride and groom McCann/Boustead wedding, unidentified location; Picturedrome Cinema (Opened 1911, closed 1961), King Street, Stretford; Cake demonstration, unidentified location; Shotokan Karate, Urmston; Landlord outside Jackson’s Boat public house, Sale; House, 47 Victoria Road, Salford; House, Southlands Avenue, Eccles; House, Brackley Road, Monton; Gingerbread organisation fair, Davyhulme; Soroptomists’ meeting, unidentified location; Maori entertainers, unidentified location; Archery club, unidentified location; Eerie location, Jackson’s Boat, Sale; Guide’s silver jubilee, unidentified location; Rotary Club audience, unidentified location; Hospital’s freezer/drier, Urmston?; Tree surgeons at work, unidentified location; Greater Manchester Police Military band, unidentified location; Scarecrows, Urmston Primary School in town centre, Urmston; Winchester Ladies’ bowling club President’s day, Davyhulme; Stretford Cricket Club 125th celebrations (founded 1857), Stretford; Painting of the ship ‘Canberra’ with artist, unidentified location; Winchester Ladies bowling club presentation; Davyhulme; Three fishing winners, unidentified location; Mrs Emily Lonsdale of Flixton with Rolls Royce, Unidentified location; House, 11 Hulton Avenue, Boothstown;Envelope to Stretford (Editorial photographs) 14 Oct 1982Moped winner, unidentified location; Rotary evening, unidentified location; cast of ‘Equus’, unidentified location; Scout Gala winners, unidentified location; William Hulme’s Grammar School, Whalley Range, Manchester; Teddy Bears’ Picnic, unidentified location; Man with arm in sling measuring a paving stone; Barbara Dickson, singer, to be judge of Rock School Final, unidentified location; Aqueduct over Manchester Ship Canal, Barton; Mayor in Motability car, unidentified location; Players at Lancashire Squash Championships, unidentified location; Manchester United XI team photo, Alex Stepney back row 4 from Left, Manchester United XI v Flixton F.C., Flixton F.C. ground, Valley Road?; Job Centre with GEC employee, unidentified location; Leukaemia Charity fundraisers, unidentified location; Jane Lawlor, handwriting competition prize winner, unidentified location; Angela Simpkin, handwriting competition prize winner, unidentified location; Jonathan Hardwick, handwriting competition prize winner, unidentified location; Geraldine McLaughlin, handwriting competition prize winner, unidentified location; Martin Jenkins, handwriting competition prize winner, unidentified location; Bride and groom, Mawn/Holcroft wedding, unidentified location; Flixton F.C. Second Team photo, 1982 season, ., Flixton F.C. ground, Valley Road?; Portrait of Hang Thieu Lieu, unidentified location; Club speaker, unidentified location; Charity cabaret, unidentified location; Townswomen’s Guild committee, unidentified location; Cutting the cake GEC employee?, unidentified location; Joe Rowbottom’s retirement, unidentified location; Samoan theme, unidentified location; Princess Ida, unidentified location; Stretford gymnasts, Stretford Sports Centre; Mr Brian Killick at attic door, unidentified location; Junior rugby players, unidentified playing field; Elim Church’s Harvest Festival, unidentified location;Envelope marked Urmston, 21 Oct 1982Our Lady’s Harvest Festival, Urmston; Three female St John’s Ambulance cadets, unidentified location; Urmston Choral Society rehearsal, Urmston; Girl Guides’ new colours, unidentified location; Football team present cheque to Park Hospital Urmston, unidentified location; Recorder club at OAP’s Hot Pot Supper, unidentified location; Craft fair, unidentified location; Western Samoan computer game, unidentified location; Bahamian squash players, unidentified location; Harvest Gifts, Cardinal Vaughan’s Catholic school, Urmston; Audience at Stretford Grammar School, Stretford; Upturned Quickco van, near Buxted Poultry, Urmston; Mayor and mayoress, handicapped handicrafts, unidentified location; ‘Good as new’ sale, unidentified location; ‘Bride of the year, outside the ‘Flying Machine, Urmston?; Anne Raymond’s charity sing, unidentified location;, Bulb planters, unidentified location; ‘We’re on our way to Wembley’, unidentified location, Speech night prize winners, unidentified location; Car crash, unidentified location; Girl reading a book at Lions’ Jumble Sale, unidentified location; Bride and groom, Barrett/Slater wedding, unidentified location; Nelson Sea Scouts, Urmston?; Brownies marching on the street, unidentified location; Scouts’ Band marching on the street, unidentified location; Knights of Saint Columba charity, unidentified location;Envelope ’Urmston Pictures’, 28 Oct 19822 men, unnamed, labelled ‘British Legion worker’; Brownies with retiring leader, poss. Margaret Flint; group of sponsored walkers; celebration of Harry Lord’s Home’s 21st anniversary; Slate/Bell wedding; children with playgroup’s new equipment; ‘Hector the Dog’ (person in dog outfit, and young girl in pushchair); young boy, Keith Green, in garden setting; ‘Chorlton cook’s retirement’ presentation, unnamed, with group of primary school-aged children; portrait photo of Mrs Walsh, no details; unidentified young policeman in uniform, with family; Mayor with three unnamed ladies, holding balloons advertising ‘The Magical World of Christmas’ in Manchester city centre, titled ‘Christmas Campaigner’; amateur cast of Billy Liar; presentations at Stretford swimming gala; group of pupils and teacher? In ‘Grammar Schools’ walk’.Envelope marked ‘Urmston’ dated 11 November 1982Unnamed group at St John’s Ambulance enrolments; official opening by Mr Jack Roberts (1st member?) of a British Legion club, and unveiling of plaque, with Mayor, church minister, and another, unnamed, couple; young boy holding banner for England v Spain; ‘Pageant cheque presentation’, no names; group at Ladies’ Circle dinner; elderly man with model of El Alamein cannon; woman at piano with four young boys, all unnamed, at Variety Club Thank You; unnamed woman with wounded cat; large group of people with 2 nurses at BUPA cheque presentation; portrait photo of May Senior; children, Maritime competition winners, with adults, all unnamed; 3 bishops in full robes, unnamed; Mayor and Mayoress at Shawe Hall autumn fair; children at Giving for Living fair; clown, unnamed, at NSPCC fair; ‘deportment class’, with girl with leg in plaster; retirement presentation to Bob Gribben; woman at chrysanthemum show.Envelope marked ‘Urmston’ dated 5 November 19825 ladies at Potato Pie supper, all unnamed; portrait photo of John Bell; group of men, with Assistant Divisional Officer Malcolm Leatherbarrow; 5 ladies at coffee morning, all unnamed; Guides’ “This is Your Life”, unnamed; presentation to Sgt. John Frilk; ladies at Stretford “B-Slim B-Fit”, unnamed; “Coronation Street star at fair”, with adults and children, all unnamed; 2 young, unnamed women, entitled “Limited Edition”; Townswomen’s Guild members in costume at theatre, all unnamed; group of people at tombola stall, all unidentified; Rudi Hertz with barber; two lady tea-servers, with lady recipient, all unnamed; retirement of PC Norman Hirst; plump lady,“Betty Holland before”, with 2 young children; 7 ladies in leotards, including a slim Betty Holland, titled “Betty Holland after, with friends”.Envelope marked ‘Urmston’ dated 6th December 1982Large group of “Royal Oak students”, unnamed; Miss Bridget Smith, of Stretford, James O’Donnell, of Stretford, and Mrs Florrie Moss, of Winton, Eccles, at Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd.’s pensioners’ party and dinner in the works canteen; Partington Mothers’ and Toddlers’ group party; unnamed partygoers at Brooke Bond Oxo’s pensioners’ annual party and dinner; 3 children at Scouts’ “Guess the weight of the cake” competition; portrait photo of Mrs Mary Oates; unnamed bride and groom signing the register after their marriage; group of 3 adults, including Mr Jack Bendless, with bottles of wine; group of adults toasting the new Marriage Guidance HQ; young children, teacher and uniformed policeman, with Oswald Road trophy; young boy, Christopher Baguley, with his 3 dogs; cast of Chorlton Methodists’ Alice in Wonderland; group of pensioners with the Lions’ president, all unnamed; Chris and Michelle Taylor, holding Radio Times and soft toy; group of Round Table food collectors, with Father Christmas; group of young schoolchildren and a man, with ‘thank you’ certificate for NSPCC appeal; woman at RNLI sale; road junction in Chorlton, with car, and edited to show direction of travel.Envelope marked ‘Urmston’ dated 23 December 1982Large group of men, entitled ‘The Beaumont Club’; presentation of flowers to Beatrice Thorpe on her retirement; Evelyn Rimmer with the Lord Mayor; police presentation to Jackie Smith; Chief Petty Officer Raymond Buckingham with senior officer, other RN personnel in background; children at pre-school nativity play; onstage cast of ‘Who killed Santa Claus?’; cast of Athenaeum’s ‘Mist over the Mistletoe’; portrait photo of young Ceri Wild; soft toy, labelled Ginger the Cat; St Werburgh’s Brownies’ Carol Service; construction of Parkfield greenhouse; “Warden checking work”, unnamed; Mr and Mrs Daley’s Golden Wedding; gardener working in Parkfield grounds, unnamed; Sibson Road OAP party, unnamed group; 2 unknown men, shaking hands, titled ”TSB”; Broughton Park Colts rugby team; young boy with Chorlton Father Christmas; large group of children at St Teresa’s nativity play; unnamed family centre’s children’s party; “County Grill’s Xmas Party”, no details; group of men watching one woman take aim with a dart at a marathon darts match, no names; young carol singers in unnamed shopping precinct; two men outside GMC Road Safety van; unidentified group of people at a stall, entitled ‘fundraiser Mrs Ethel Weeks’; men at Whalley charity darts marathon; group of young people, unnamed, at Partington Methodist Church’s Christmas fair.Envelope marked Urmston, dated 13 January 1983Group of young boys with Mayor, entitled “Mayor with superstars”; group of 4 adults at Stretford Car Centre’s opening; young people at self-defence demonstration; large group of people at Isobel Baillie Lodge party; children, all unnamed, in fancy dress; parents and children, unnamed, entitled “Vashti Norris and Family”; cast of “The Witch and the Wiffler”.Envelope date 20 January 1983Presentation of RSA medal to Patricia Quinn; members of Police band with group of schoolchildren; camera winner, young girl Gillian Worsley; adults and children standing by coach, before the Labour Party’s children’s trip; wheelchair-bound paraplegic man playing bowls; members of Trafford Art Group with paintings; Mayor and Mayoress with 3 sports personalities at an unnamed centre; young girl, Linsey, with Jews’ harp; young woman holding soft toy at St Margaret’s Church cheese and wine party; St John’s cross-country team, unnamed.Envelope marked Stretford and Urmston Journal, dated 3 February 1983Strong tackle between two unidentified soccer players; Great Stone OAP’s party; Partington Centre’s annual dance, with mayoress; 3 unidentified girls with a horse, mounted; Broadoak rugby players in a scrum; unnamed centre’s disco group; Barlow Moor Road works; John Kennedy works; Hampton Road works; 2 unnamed women at unidentified building site; teenagers at presentation of a table tennis table; football match, entitled “Battle for midfield”; young woman pouring tea: “Canteen helper”; 2 young children, toy stall workers; football match: “Goalmouth action”; McMahon/Livingstone wedding; unnamed woman partygoer; girls at Davyhulme Guides’ jumble sale; Mayor presenting certificate to PC Thorpe; young motorcyclist Paul Schenk, on bike; Andrea Leck with 2 Duke of Edinburgh certificates and medallion; unnamed boy and girl, roller skaters; group of people at the SDP Alliance re-launch;3 children crossing road, with oncoming car; 8 men in front of Royal Mail van, at Post Office awards; Harry Mistry, of Ashton(L) and Bud Logan, of Worsley, workers at GEC factory, and winners of £58,450 in a “Spot the Ball” competition.Envelope of Window Pics. dated 10 February 1983Group of striking water workers standing on Rivers Lane; group of young boys round display of sports page pictures; children visiting Police stables; silver medallist Angus Perry (2 copies); Mary Wood dancers; Vernon Johnson’s 50th year clock presentation; unnamed Chorlton girl exercising on pulley; Burnley Building Society premises; Bernard McKenna; Keith Hewitt playing cello; 2 ladies, Ivy and Miriam; action in football match; rubbish-filled land; HMS Manchester; cast of The Witch and the Wiffler.Envelope of Window Pics dated 17 February 1983Trafford Rotary Club’s Charter Night; group at international visitors’ ramble; Queen’s Scouts’ Award, with 3 scouts and uniformed official; group of children with luggage, ready for French trip; author Muriel Coyle, with books; ambulance at car/motorbike crash in Chorlton; ladies at Edith Palmer’s retirement; 3 young dancers with fishnet tights and boaters: Constable sisters; Kraft’s table tennis team; cyclo-cross female competitor carrying bicycle; woman with display of “liquid art” pictures; Regan/Townsend wedding; Gordon McQueen with autograph hunters at Barnardo’s home; 2 champion squash players shaking hands; 2 women in music-hall act; unnamed man and 2 women: ‘Yard of ale winner”; Chris Ledger, winning cyclist; 3 women at new Age Concern shop; women in costume, “Champagne Charlie’s music hall”.Envelope of Window Pics. dated 10 March 1983Group of Whalley Range High School models; Jim Adams’ retirement event; presentation of Fire Service medal, no names; Mrs Brenda Smith with “Rover”, soft toy/ceramic model?; Chief Scout, Michael Vost, and scout; Sea Scout with trophy, entitled ‘Dateline Sailor’; group of men at Celtic FC’s night at St Anne’s; 3 young karate champions with trophies; Chorlton cinema, closed; wedding of Ford/Kirven; Chorlton Scouts’ jumble sale; Kellogg’s FC team; Hancock Street sweetshop; soldier and guests at his party; wedding of Parkin/McCoy; Carl Miller and Steven Lamb in school uniform; Moss Park 5-a-side football team; Richard Morgan with 3 racing cars; women at St Werburgh’s jumble sale; group of young girls, titled “Old time dancers”.Envelope dated 17 March 1983Cast of Cinderella in costume at dress rehearsal; Stretford Grammar School’s Motability winners; large cast of ‘Oliver’ in costume; unnamed litter competition winner; Stretford Victoria’s under-10s Football Club; unnamed pool trophy winners; Old Trafford 5-a-side team; Afton Manor bring’n’buy sale; Zillah Whitehouse with wickerwork decanter; girls in cookery contest; Berwick/Leslie wedding; 3 embroiderers with their framed work; Whalley Range All Stars; Lee/Wright wedding; woman and young child at St Werburgh’s coffee morning; Stretford Rotary Club’s Charter Evening; Broomhead/Maddocks wedding; Mrs Dorothy Hill with MP; William Hulme’s School band; portrait photo of David Green; group of pool players; children and 2 adults at St Theresa’s Motability Award; group of Scouts presenting a cheque to young woman, unidentified; Queen’s Road playgroup, with lollies; Vaughan/Thompson wedding; young boy with rag doll; Nigel Henaghen at Simpson’s; Bill Vicary’s retirement presentation.Envelope dated 24 March 1983Cast of “Oh What a Lovely War” in clown costumes; 2 Partington weightlifters; Parklands cross-country runners; St Werburgh’s Brownies with teacups; group of ‘jazz funk disciples’; International evening, with Asian family meal; Jackie Robinson, young fencer, with trophy; “white sheep of the family”, no details; Alice Monk’s 93rd birthday: 2 ladies with card; All Stars football team; 2 young girls, ‘delving for bargains’; group of youth club dancers; Vincent Carlin with computer; some of the cast of South Pacific in costume in Arndale Centre; 3 unnamed ladies serving drinks at Our Lady of Rosary concert; Marriot/Askew wedding; 3 unnamed boys with a wicker basket; Doug Mountjoy playing snooker at GEC club; security guards practising self-defence.Envelope dated 31 March 1983Young girl with ‘Journal’ Easter egg; children at dinner lady’s leaving party; presentation of cheque to Withington Hospital’s Kidney Unit; St Matthew’s cheque presentation to “Friends”; 2 boys, unnamed, with old book they found; Gorse Hill school’s football ‘A’ team, with teachers; Broadoak footballers, unnamed; Jean Geddes dancers; Dr Barnardo’s sorting office; starting digging for Manley Park’s pool; ‘Impact tree planting’, no details; young air cadets with their trophies; 3 boys at technology careers fair; South-West Manchester CC’s indoor bowls presentation; Chorlton Camera Club’s exhibition; children at cheque presentation to handicapped; penny-pile push in aid of the blind; women cutting cake at 35th anniversary of the Inner Wheel; children’s cast of Pinocchio.Envelope dated 07 April 1983Chief Scout’s Commendation presentation – adults with young Scouts in the background; Gorse Hill B team football squad; Sandland/Runcie wedding; a Cub pack shows off their police badges; Tory candidate meet – Cecil Parkinson and Winston Churchill inc. part of group; Chief Constable James Anderton and another police officer talk to a man in a sweet shop; a group of women display the refreshments at the Wilbraham Hoe Down; a young girl poses at the Manley Park book stall; head and shoulders portrait of a 4-year old girl model; Sam Joof and another man in a presentation in front of Quicks Garage (“21st”?); a group of older people model Easter bonnets as part of an Easter Parade for disabled people; 2 women, one a Canadian visitor, the other her friend; members of the Chorlton Support Greenham Common Group leave Chorlton in a mini-van for Easter; 2 men, one an archer holding a bow and arrow; an official British Rail photograph showing trackman Norman Calderman receiving a watch from another man; 4 people in a group, one of the a “Senior Citizens’ Queen”; a large group of people surround the Higginbottoms who hold a carriage clock on leaving the Greyhound Hotel; Williams/East wedding; a man shows the size of the potholes in Radnor Street; Dawn Watts of Stretford Athletics Club jumps a hurdle; 2 members of Chorlton Shaolin Wyshu Karate; Parklands School receives an award from TSB; Williams/Ironmonger wedding; Richards/Scott wedding; Bemrose’s new machine; Lostock Girls’ reunion; teenagers and young children take part in a fashion show; 2 young boys hold frogs; St Mary’s Juniors’ netball team; Signalwoman Lucy McWilliams receives something on her retirement; Jessica Longmore, 3, at Manley Park Methodist Church Fair – she’s holding 2 soft toys.Envelope dated 14 April 1983Guests at a Soroptomists Dinner; 2 girls and a horse; Nigel Conway pointing to a sketch; Mrs Bridget McGloughlin and Mrs Mary Henry; a presentation outside Quick’s Garage (to 4 rally drivers?); Cronshaw 90th birthday celebration with guests; cast of Pygmalion at rehearsal; 5 pupils at Oswald Road School’s Easter competition; a German team takes on a Cheshire football team – captains and officials; Cub Scouts and a leader take part in a Bob-a-Job Shoe Shine; 3 Labour council candidates (inc. Sean Rogers?); girls take part in a 100 metres race; boys’ under-13s 1500 metres race; Barton/Rankin wedding; Durrant/Williams wedding; Hughen/Roberts wedding; Robinson/Postles wedding; 2 girls take part in the Rotaract Charity Bazaar.Envelope dated 12 May 1983Cast of “Hits of Broadway”; Christine Walsh with Painted Lady horse; a crowning ceremony at St Hilda’s; some Scouts display their police badges with 2 policemen in attendance; Cruise/Armiger wedding; portrait of Major-General PM Davies OBE; “De Trafford visit” – picture of 2 choirboys, 2 Girl Guides, 2 Brownies, a priest and another man outside a church; the Mayor with 3 people at a charity dance; 3 workmen investigate a mystery hole in a road; a town crier; 2 girls in Edwardian costumes; Chorlton Boys (football) committee with a display of trophies; Chorlton Boys footballers with trophies; GMC Nuclear Free Zone sign; Steve Braidwood on his Honda motor bike; 2 men dressed as Roman centurions; Mauldeth Rangers football squad; Mrs Joy Seal holding a necklace; a female Bingo winner; members of Imps football club (girls); members of Babes football club (girls); (Northern Sports) 5-a-side A-team; 5-a-side B-team.Envelope dated 19 May 1983Orton Brook junior soccer team with trophy; All Saints Review with a number of Girl Guides; a concert for OAPs at the High School (?); Haines/Gilliatt wedding; Broughton Park mini-rugby club; Flixton reserves (football); telegram to Mrs Sinclair, 98 Barton Road, Stretford from Langholm - “Nearly there OK, Jim”; table tennis competition winners holding their trophies; 3 female “Top Recruits” in uniform (army?), one holding a certificate; presentation of a Chief Scout award; Longdon/Horden wedding; group of children and a priest at the St Teresa’s First Communion; copy of old photo of Muriel Hill, pageant queen in 1926; Mr & Mrs Hill – same Muriel Hill – dancing in later years.Envelope of freelance pics dated 12 June 1963Canon O’Mahoney with possible presentation certificate; Stan Bradshaw; reception desk, possibly new police building; 3 policemen sitting at desks in operations room; group of people, some in fancy dress, at North-West R….. retirement party; Mr Whit Stennett; bring and buy sale at All Saints’ rectory with Rev. R H Baker, Mrs Boardman, and Mrs Ald….?; Clegg/McKeown wedding at All Saints Church; Doig/Calow wedding at St Michael’s church, Flixton; young people at All Saints’ jive session.Envelope dated 27 June 1983, most apparently of carnival processionYoung children on decorated float, no details; girl dancers in street, no details; unnamed man in fancy dress; Boys’ Brigade band, marching; Flixton Princess-elect Theresa Taylor; crowning of Rose Queen, no details; 2 girls, dressed as ‘Tweedledum and Tweedledee’, no names; Stretford retiring Rosebud, Julie Ann McAughtrie; Flixton ?Queen, and page, no details; young girl, unnamed, manoeuvring ball round a line of ‘no waiting’ cones; onlookers watching child crawling under a net; man in Batman costume, no name; children in fancy dress: clown and ‘Miss Litter Bin’; women on carnival float; Urmston Division Guide band in street; ‘Roman soldiers’ in street procession; members of Urmston Rotaract; Guide Dogs for the Blind Association float; girls on floral-decorated float; float with girls in long dresses; float covered in balloons; children on bouncy castle; man in ‘Olde Stocks’; St Bride’s singers; young woman with powered mower; 2 children in front of wall with mounted stags’ heads; Fred Pollitt; 2 boys sailing in Chorlton Park; children in snooker game at fair; 3 young pupils in fair train; workers digging on site, no details; the Pollitt family.Envelope of Window pics dated 29 June 1978Float with flower-throwers; Pageant Queen Mandy Fallows, 14, of Granby Road, Stretford, with attendants: Christine Ann Lambert and Kim Tracy Barker; St John’s coach trip, with group of passengers in front of coach; Michael Naylor, of Abbey Close, Stretford, testing out the police safety belt demonstration model in front of onlookers; organisers of St Hilda’s school summer fair; 3-year old Julie Reid having ride on pony at Partington garden party; float with members of Mary Wood School of Dancing; Stephen Kane shooting a football in contest in Partington; float with members of the Boys’ Brigade; Stretford Children’s Theatre float; young Jane Lindsay Hughes (rosebud?)in carriage; wedding of Warbrick/Thomas; wedding of Corrigan/Gander; wedding of Ripley/Rawlings; wedding of Hogg/Lennon; wedding of Youd/Evans; wedding of Butler/Grimshaw at Manor Hey reception; old faded picture of Rose Queen in Granby Road; old picture of Rosebud and attendant.Loose picturesLarge prints: Wedding photo of unidentified bride and groom; studio photo of Kathy Hewitt, dated 26 October 1977; young people with children making a sandcastle; 2 women with small children and a pet rabbit; girl being carried away, with Red Cross workers and others; 2 young girls and man, grooming a dog; mayor, mayoress and others at presentation table, with cups; woman with 2 dogs; onlookers at flowers in competition; boys and one man looking at model gunship; owners with small dogs in competition; women and young girl watching baking demonstration; 2 dogs, one very large, one tiny; presentation of Lord Derby cup
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