Eight Sets Of Twins At Colliery Infants School - Murton (murt0117)

Eight Sets Of Twins At Colliery Infants School - Murton

Photograph of sixteen children aged between approximately two and six years posed against a wall standing and sitting on chairs; they have been identified as Eight Sets of Twins, Murton Colliery Infants' School, 1925

Date: 1925

Sorry forgot to mention that Ethel is the twin in the far bottom right of the picture with my Auntie Bell next to her. Even now still know / remember how they pulled faces!

Comment added by Isabell and Ethel Morton on 18/03/2009 10:15:00

The two girls in the bottom right of the photo were identical twins (only family could tell them apart - one was my gran!). They are Isabell and Ethel Morton, the youngest of 5 children in the family. They we're born on 29th February 1922 (Identical twins and born on 29th February - fairly unusual). Their elder brother was Jack Morton who won the DFC during WWII (My mother has a scrap book of information on this so I'll speak to her about showing it to you). As a point of interest my gran (Ethel) was married to Edward Holland (also of Murton) who was born on exactly the same day, but from what I understand she was a few hours older. Although my gran passed away some years ago, my auntie still live's in Murton and took great pleasure when we showed her the photo the other week (I'd like to thank you for that). She even remembered the names of all but one set of the twins. From what I've been told by my family (only now) there was a fair bit of media interest at the time as twins didn't happen that often, yet in Murton there were several sets in only a few years.

Comment added by Isabell and ethel Morton on 18/03/2009 10:16:00