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British Legion Concert Party - Shotton (shot0081)

Salvation Army Home League Singers
Colliery Band Outside Station Hotel, Armistice Day

Photograph of twenty two women and one man, posed on a stage with tinsel and a partly-furled flag behind them; the women on the back row are in uniforms of the various armed services and nursing; the women on the two rows in front are wearing blouses and skirts; the man on the back row is holding an accordion; the group has been identified as a British Legion Concert Party at Shotton Colliery with Mrs Winning on the left of the front row

British Legion Concert Party - Shotton

Photograph of twenty two women and one man, posed on a stage with tinsel and a partly-furled flag behind them; the women on the back row are in uniforms of the various armed services and nursing; the women on the two rows in front are wearing blouses and skirts; the man on the back row is holding an accordion; the group has been identified as a British Legion Concert Party at Shotton Colliery with Mrs Winning on the left of the front row

Date: 1940 - 1949

The one man is John (Jock) Winning my Grandfather who was of course the husband of Mrs Winning. The lady 3rd from the right is Mrs Wandless, who with her husband Geordie ran a barbers and shop in Shotton

Comment added by Morris Winning on 15/12/2008 11:25:00

Front Row: left to right: 1st Sally Smith; 2nd Mrs. Steele; 3rd Annie Wanless; 4th Mrs. Tate; 5th Mrs. Wilks; 6th ; 7th ; 8th Mrs. Winnon. Middle Row: left to right: Annie Saint; Miriam Schofield; Florrie Elliott. Back Row: right to left: 1st Mrs. Saint; 2nd Mr. Winnon; 3rd Rosie Appleby; 4th ; 5th Margaret Ord; 6th Jenny Hollis: 7th Julie Williams: 8th ; 9th Monica Hanley; 10th Stella Foster; 11th Bella Wilkes; 12th Mrs Jackson

Comment added by Minnie Stout on 27/03/2009 12:15:00

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