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Old Sixth Street - VE Or VJ Party - Horden (hord0296)

Colliery Ragtime Band
Railway Station Looking South

Photograph of approximately a hundred men, women, and children grouped across a street; the tops of the terraced houses on either side of the group can be seen; above the group a line of bunting can be seen; the occasion for the photograph has been identified as a street party in celebration of either Victory in Europe Day( 8 May 1945) or Victory in Japan Day ( 15 August 1945 )

Old Sixth Street - VE Or VJ Party - Horden

Photograph of approximately a hundred men, women, and children grouped across a street; the tops of the terraced houses on either side of the group can be seen; above the group a line of bunting can be seen; the occasion for the photograph has been identified as a street party in celebration of either Victory in Europe Day( 8 May 1945) or Victory in Japan Day ( 15 August 1945 )

Date: 1945


Back Row, 7th from the left: Mrs. Walton; back row, 4th from the right: Kitty Watson; 5th from the right: Nora Healy; 8th from the right: Mrs. Fleming(George's Mam). Fourth Row: 1st from the right: ? Longstaff; 2nd from the right: Mrs. Jones Third Row; 13th from the right: Margaret Fleming, George's sister. Second Row: 1st right: Billy Jones; 3rd from the left: Kitty Healy. Front Row: 1st left: George Fleming.

Comment added by Rachael Lawson on 27/03/2009 10:38:00

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