Depression era men sample the fell tops
Published at 16:34, Monday, 20 August 2012
THIS unusual picture of Dalton men on the top of an mountain peak around 80 years ago has been kindly sent in by Colin Picktall, of Fountain Street, Ulverston.
Mr Pickthall writes: “These are Dalton blokes and I think they were on one of the unemployed men's rambles – which they all thought was the best thing about being unemployed – sometime about 1930, I guess.
“At the back, left, leaning on the cairn, is my grandfather, Albert Bonser.
“The man standing at the front of the cairn is, I think, Jack Hosfield.
“I think the man smoking a pipe at the front might be Johnny Wood.
“He worked with unemployed people, organising cultural activities and was also a decent playwright.
“I recognise many of the faces from my boyhood in Dalton, but can't recall other names. Nor can I identify which fell they have climbed.
“I hope someone else might know who they all are.”
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