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Over 60's Outing - Hesleden (hesl0026)

Junior School Classes 1 and 2
Front Street

Photograph showing approximately forty elderly men and women standing in a group before the front of a single-decker bus, which has Hardings and Private on its indicator boards; the people are all wearing coats and hats; behind them and the bus, the winding gear of a colliery can be seen; the man at the extreme right of the group, wearing a mackintosh and a cap, may be the driver of the bus; the bus is parked beside the Colliery Inn; the photograph has been described as Over 60s Outing, Hesledon

Over 60's Outing - Hesleden

Photograph showing approximately forty elderly men and women standing in a group before the front of a single-decker bus, which has Hardings and Private on its indicator boards; the people are all wearing coats and hats; behind them and the bus, the winding gear of a colliery can be seen; the man at the extreme right of the group, wearing a mackintosh and a cap, may be the driver of the bus; the bus is parked beside the Colliery Inn; the photograph has been described as Over 60s Outing, Hesledon

Date: 1950 - 1959

My grandmother Mrs Helen Wood Robinson can be seen (just her head) 4th from the right. I think the picture was taken in the very early 60's 1960-63 as I have others of the same outing.

Comment added by Ian Tindale on 06/01/2009 13:37:00

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