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PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE BAIPIP ARCHIVES

METHODIST CHURCH

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 26

Circa 1950s

Chapel Sing

Known faces: Kath Bird, Maureen Earl, Doreen Middleton, Peter and Sheila Haigh, Linda, Tony and Denise Spaxman and Cliff Lloyd.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 27

Date unknown

Party celebration for Mrs Schofield’s 90th birthday or David Earl’s leaving party. Do you know which event it was? 

Known faces: Maurice White, Betty Rowley, Cyril Miles, Reg and Maude Clarke, Walter and Alice Miles, Dorothy Firth, Ella Deighton, David Earl with his parents, May Baxendale, Joyce Kenyon, Mr and Mrs Killinbank and Mrs Roberts. Can you pout any of the names to the faces?

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 28

Circa 1960s

Mr and Mrs Berry & family. Occasion unknown

Mr and Mrs Berry are sat at the front with their children. The Reverend David Earl is at the back with glasses and Walter Miles is top right.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 29

Circa early 1960s

Sunday School outing to Roundhay Park Leeds

Back row left to right: Irene Sykes, Harry Eastwood, Phyllis Hollings, Mavis Ellis and Doris Perry. Front row l to r: ?, Betty Guy and her sister Denise Guy.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 30

Circa mid 1960s

Whitsuntide Gala

Back row left to right: Chris Foster, ?, Christine Lomas. Middle row l to r: ?, Shirley Kelly, ? and ?. Front row l to r: ?, Terence Guy, ?, David Lomas, Clive Pearson, ? and Sandra Wenham

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 31

Circa mid 1960s

Wedding gifts to Arthur & Doris (nee Hall) Wilkinson

Bob Heaton and Bob Hudson presenting Arthur and Doris with a wedding gift from the Church members.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 32

Circa 1980s

Christmas Treat

Known faces: Far right sitting is Mr and Mrs Charlie Pickering next to Eva Draper. Others on the photograph are Frank and Mary Graham and Lionel and Phoebe Caffrey.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 33

Circa 1950s

Girls Brigade Queen

Left to right: ? Lycett, Jean Draper, Margaret Draper (Queen), Jean Gillion, Margaret Beaumont and Janet Baxendale.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 34

4th October 1983

Boys Brigade Centenary celebrations

Known faces: Mr Edwin Hambleton leader, Julie and Jayne Beckett, Sarah Austin, John Hardwick, Brett Smith, William Beckett, Paul Mellor, Mr Arnold Beckett and Andrew Noble.

Information provided by John Hardwick. Photograph re produced from an old newspaper cutting.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 35

Circa 1963

Visit of Evangelists from Devon

Back row left to right: Edwin Hambleton, Alex Passmore and David Cole the visiting evangelists, Mrs Pointer and Cyril Miles. Seated l to r: Phyllis Hollings, Delia Hollings (later Andrews), Janet Baxendale, Linda Spaxman, Jean Horsfall, Gladys Spaxman and Violet Hambleton.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 36

1971

Opening of the new Church Hall

Part of the march from St Paul’s Church to the Methodist Church to celebrate the opening of the new Church Hall. Known faces: The young lady carrying the banner is Angela Bray. To her left is Barbara Nixon and to her right is Linda Gibson. Behind them is the Girl Guides leader Ella Deighton, Behind Ella is Pauline Edwards. Paul Scott can just be seen carrying the white flag while in front of him is Julie Armitage and to her right is Sharon Cross. The second Cub Scout behind Sharon is Chris Sykes and the tall lad at the back is Clifford Lomas. To his extreme left is Ida Scott the wolf cub’s leader.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 37

Circa mid 1960s

Float Parade

The boy in the middle on the front is Paul Scott and on the extreme right is Robert Lomas. At the back on the right is Barbara Pearson and next to her is her son Clive.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 38

Date unknown

Hospital Sing

Back row left to right: ?, ?, ?, ?, Mr Newsome, ?, ?, ?, ?, ? and Frank Haigh. Middle row l to r: ?, Betty Lloyd, Muriel Roberts, Mrs White, Ella Deighton, ?, Nora Burden, ?, Cynthia Millward, Edith Parkinson, Ruth Hudson and Barbara Pearson (nee Nelson). Front row l to r: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Mrs Dyson, ?, Doris Perry, Alice Miles, Marjorie Newsome, Mrs Lloyd ? and Eva Draper.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 39

Date unknown

Girl Singers fun day in the park

The batsman is Tony Evans and the bowler is his daughter Betty. Second left is Jean Rowley and third left is May Lomas. At the back next to Betty is her mother Joan Evans (nee Thorpe). Rosie Pickering (later Conroy) is the girl at the front with the headband.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 40

Circa mid 1960s

Float Parade

Known faces: Ann Vodden (later Middleton) Janet Baxendale and Denise Spaxman

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 41

Circa 1950s

Whitsuntide

Known faces: Mick Vodden, Janet and Richard Baxendale and Denise and Linda Spaxman, Pam Turner, Jean Horsfall, John Bates, Doreen Hobson, Clive and Raymond Dye, Robert and Christine Kenyon, Peter Haigh, Wilf Oliver, Winnie and Peter Corbutt

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 42

Circa 1950s

Sunday school Harvest Festival

Known faces: John and Jean Draper, Cath Perry, Christine Kenyon, Richard and David Baxendale and John Horsfall

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 43

Date unknown

Trustees

Back row left to right: Arthur Draper, Harry Eastwood, Ernest Perry and Bill Baxendale. Middle row l to r: Cyril Miles, William Shackleton, Walter Miles, James Berry, Frank Haigh, Cliff Newsome and Harold Hudson. Bottom l to r: ? Broomhill, Doris Hall, Joe Shackleton, Rev Howells the minister, George Herbert Hall, Mrs Perry and Lewis Rowley.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 44

1948

Hospital Sing Queen

Back row left to right: Hilda Hughes (now Hilda Wilson), Muriel Earl, ?and Mabel Earl. Front l to r: Denise Blackshaw (now Dixon), Mary Draper (now Watson and ?

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 45

Circa 1950s

Garden Party

People donated coppers and took a lucky dip bag that contained an assortment of silly clothes, which they had to wear for the day. Back row left to right: Violet Hambleton, ? Sykes, Gladys Spaxman, Dorothy Vaux, Mary Draper ? and Eva Draper. I wonder who the little chap bottom right is?

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 46

Circa mid 1960s

Whitsuntide sing

Left to right: Nigel Vodden, Andrew Steele, David Lomas and ?.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 47

Circa service1950s

Sunday school flower service

The Methodist speaker Mrs Grainger (right) from Grimethorpe opened the event. Known faces: Susan Johnson, Christine Kenyon and Tony Ince.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 48

July 1976

Garden Party

Ian Brazier is sat down on the left. David Leadbeater is sat on the right. Joan Austin is the lady at the back with the striped dress on next to her husband Jim.

Photograph re produced from an old newspaper cutting

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 49

Circa late 1950s

Fancy Dress

Known faces: Shirley and Angela Deighton, Richard Baxendale, John Draper, David Baxendale and Carol Middleton.

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Photograph No. Methodist Church 50

Circa early 1960s

Whitsuntide

Known faces: Margaret and John Beaumont, Janet Baxendale, Jean Draper, Mick Vodden, Maureen Hardwick, Garry and Gerard Firth, Anne Vodden, David Greenwell, Gillian Firth, Lyn Ryalls, Margaret Guy, Tony Horsfall and Cath Perry.  

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