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Crook, Pickford Holland brickworks, workers

Front row, from left: Airan Jones, William Turnbull, Peter Hutchison, Theodore Simpson (manager), Little 'Tosh' Nesbitt, George Aberdeen, Charlie Morson. Middle row: Joe Barret, Wilf Pallister, William Newton, Vince Scott (foreman), Jimmy Aberdeen, Dave Harding, Herbert Clarke, Dick Crossley, Jack Millburn. Back row: William Fowler, Billy Hall (transport), Charlie Millburn, Lister Kershaw, ? Marcer, John Houghton, Frank Bowser?. Taken shortly before Simpson's retirement. Kershaw and Houghton took over running the yard.

People:
Aberdeen, George
Aberdeen, Jimmy
Barret, Joe
Bowser, Frank
Clarke, Herbert
Crossley, Dick
Fowler, William
Hall, Billy
Harding, Dave
Houghton, John
Hutchison, Peter
Jones, Airan
Kershaw, Lister
Marcer
Millburn, Charlie
Millburn, Jack
Morson, Charlie
Nesbitt, Tosh
Newton, William
Pallister, Wilf
Scott, Vince
Simpson, Theodore
Turnbull, William
Date:
c.1951?
Period:
1951 - 1975
Place:
Crook
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Item Type:
photograph
Donor:
unknown
Artist:
Jackson, Percy B (Crook)
Reference:
DR04508

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