This week’s pictures from the past

Friday 10th October 2008, 11:47AM BST

Pontesbury Darby and Joan Club with helpers at a party in the 1950s at the public hall.

Some older Pontesbury folk may remember some of these characters. This is Pontesbury Darby and Joan Club with helpers at a party in the 1950s at the public hall.

The photo was loaned to us by Mrs Evelyn Corfield, who is from Pontesbury, but lives these days in Whittington.

She identifies them as – back row, from left; Daisy Pugh, Mrs Rowlands, Ethel Jones, Sister Margaret Jarman, Mrs Williams, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Griffiths, Olive Tipton, Mrs Satterthwaite.

Third row: Mrs Broughall, Joyce Challinor, Ella Houlding, Miss Davies, Miss Higley, Dilys Bennett.

Second row: Miss Davies, unknown, Mrs Lowe, Mrs Parry, Mrs Madeley, Mrs Betton Lakelin, Mrs Hartshorn, Beattie Evans, Nell Tipton, Esther Evans, Mrs Wyness, unknown, Miss Davies, two unknowns, and Oswald Parry.

Front row: unknown, Mrs Whitfield, Mrs Rachael Williams, Mrs Edwards, two unknowns, Mrs Overton, Mrs Tomlins, and unknown.

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