Cononley School 1907/08

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Cononley National School around 1907/1908 just prior to the closure of the church school.

Back row left to right: Alan Holmes, Fred Lee, Alfred Thompson, Leonard Marsden, Willie Cooper, Bob Walker, Tom Hurtley, not recorded, George Rushworth, John Holdsworth (headmaster),

Centre row left to right: Elsie Buckley, Audrey Metcalfe, Dorothy Barker, Jessie Parkinson, Grace Wetherall, Hilda Midgley, Hilda Speak, Lily Whitaker, Lillian Cooper,  Lily Town, Alice Holdsworth,

Front row left to right: Edna Metcalfe, Elsie Hey, Jennie Bird, Susan Fielding, Rebecca Rushworth, Lizzie Firth, Mary Barrett, Winnie Beech,

From the Hodgson Collection at Skipton Local Studies Library

2 thoughts on “Cononley School 1907/08”

  1. Farnesy

    Grace Weatherall (spelt Wetherall in the description), is my Great Grandmother. She married Joe Harry Windle, also of Cononley, and they had my Grandad, Alec Windle, in 1923.

    This photo was a lovely discovery, I can see my Grandad in her very clearly and I look a little like him so I do see a strong resemblance.

    Her father was Francis (Frank) Weatherall, her mother Lilian. I am currently researching them but I believe Frank had connections and was a mill manager, possibly at Cononley Mill.

  2. Julian Holmes

    Alan Holmes is my Grandad, he married Marie Thompson also of Cononley. Both died young, my dad Cedric was 7 when his father died and 11 when his mother died. He was brought up along with his brother David and sister Rita by his mother’s sisters Nellie and Sylvia Thompson.

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