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Church End School 1925 Now the village hall.
Teachers L - R: Miss Penny, Miss Amy Tite, Miss Mathews. Pupils L-R: Frank Atkins, Tom Clark, ??, Betty Sutton, Ernest Garrett, Florence Bull, Dorothy Simons, (front middle) Stephen Bailey, Irene Eliot, Bill Webb, ??, Freda Clarke, Dorothy and Gladys Woodland, Dora Webb, Ted Ansell standing, Lily Willingham, Stan Geary, Harold Powell, Walter Gable, Henry Elliott, Dorothy Stanton, Eileen Everett (side sitting) Joan Hillyer, Sid Garrett, Peggy Garrett, Note oil lamps, coal fire and rubber at end of desks to clean slates. HDHS archive.
Church End School class c.1926
Back row: Bill Smith, Stanley Geary, Bill Cable, Sid Garrett, Arthur Lane, Frank Webb. Middle row. ??, Ivy Bailey, Stephen Bailey, Dora Webb, ??, Dorothy Woodland, ??, ??, Front row. Florence Ball, Joan Hillyer, ??, Ivy Hindley, Peggy Garret, Lizie King, Cyril Lane, Walter Gable, Hilda Geary. HDHS archive.
School children dancing in Grid Iron field behind the school (now the village hall) in Newport Road, 1924/25
Children include Dorothy Simons, Ted Ansell, Harold Powell, Stan Geary, Joan Hillyer (Dancing) Sid Garrett 5th from right.
Green End (Long St) School class c.1900
Includes Jane Hillyer, mother of Emily Keeves and Freda Garrett
Hanslope brass band c.1950
l-r: Alf Bennett, Les Brownsell, Malcolm Simons, Len Homer, Hugh Gregory, Elsie Campbell (Conductor), Aubrey Leaver, Mr Hillyer, Len Rainbow, Bert Asher, Arthur Chilton, Cliff Campbell. HDHS archive
Hanslope Brass Band c.1900
Back row l-r R W Time, A Draper, F Time, W Herbert, H Wesley, A Low, J Herbert,H Gable Middle Row L -R R A Herbert, W Pedley, A Hillyer, J Kerridge, D Herbert , J Elliot, J Amos, Wesley, S Nicholson. Front Row l - r R W Tite, W Stanton, T Trasler, A Herbert,F Simmons, H Herbert, J Rainbow, Kerridge. Seated B Herbert, F Wesley.
Hanslope over-70s c.1929 outside the Cock
This photograph appeared in the 6 July edition of the Bucks Standard. It is thought that the occasion was an outing for gentlemen of the village who were over 70 years of age organised by Fred Belham who ran the bus service in the village from Gold Street . Source Ollie Webb 2009. Taken by M T Kitchener
Hillyer family ladies c.1900
l - r: Jenny Hilyer, Mrs Elizabeth Hillyer, Child: Lucy Hillyer daughter of Elizabeth, Selena Hillyer (Mrs Alf Sawbridge), Annie Hillyer (Mrs Walter Wadsworth), Alice Hillyer, (Mrs Harry Roberts) HDHS archive
W J Hillyer with Coventry tram
W J Hillyer's gravestone
Over 70s outing 1929, outside the Cock
This photo appeared in 6 July 1929 edition of Bucks Standard. The occasion was an outing for village over-70s organised by Fred Belham who ran the bus service from Gold St opposite the Watts Arms. Source :Olly Webb July 2009, original taken by MT Kitchener
St James' Football Club 1896-7
C Nichols, W Rainbow (captain), C Eakins, F Keeves (referee), Mr C T Smith (president), A Gregory (linesman), A Herbert (trainer), C Hillyer, F Rainbow, J Hawkes, W Adams, H Jones, E Ditum, A Ditum, H Taylor Source Gerald Ditum
Charles Frances and Jane Webb (nee Hillyer) outside their home in Long Street near the junction of Forest Road. c1930
Source Ollie Webb July 2009
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