Loftus Youth Club shooting team defending their title in a small bore rifle competition at Norton TA centre for Teesside Youth Clubs. Our image shows the successful team of: Keith Holt, James Richardson, Lieutenant Gordon Robey, Colin Cook and Les Morrison. Lieutenant Robey was officially instructing the team in techniques. Loftus were the defending champions and Colin Cook scored the maximum of 100 out of a possible 100 in the final. Can anybody assist with a year for this event.
Loftus Youth Club. The lone gentleman in the photograph is Chris Harrison the Club Leader. The pastries on the table may give a clue as to the occasion, decorations suggest a christmas party. But who are the ladies and what year did it take place? (And can anyone remember Hoggett’s crisps ?).
A mock trial staged by Loftus Youth Club members; the cast were: C. Wilson (Judge), Robin Wilson (Counsel for the Prosecution), W. Carter (Counsel for the Defence) examining the “cosh”.
Lady Joyce Worsley, wife of Sir William William Worsley the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding is shown presenting the road race trophy to Derrick Richards at the tenth anniversary dinner at Loftus County Youth Club 16th July 1952. On the right is Thelma Mintoft who received an award for Music on behalf of her brother John. Sir William was the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding from 12th June 1951 to 15th June 1965. Sir William was asked to present awards at the tenth anniversary dinner as he had ten years previously on 16th July 1942, when he officially opened the Youth Club. In his address at the dinner he commented on the El Alamein spirit of the youth club at the opening ceremony: ”loyalty, courage and endurance and determination were the qualities needed in the formation and continuation of a youth club”.
Taken from an album of photographs and press cuttings, we know the era but; was it for a fancy dress event or some theatricals? We don’t know, can you help?
Kevin Harvey asks: ”Could this photograph be slightly earlier about 1946 or 47, the boy in sailor uniform looks very much like my father Robert Harvey; though he lived Ings Lane Brotton at this time?”
Image courtesy of Loftus Youth Club, thanks to Kevin Hardy for the update.
Loftus Youth Club presented this play as part of the Cleveland Youth Drama Festival dating from the 1950s. We can name the people in this image and the roles they played; they are: Margaret Drew (Marguerite de St. Pierre), Lorna Chipchase (Servant Girl), Barabara Whitlock (Jeanne de Wissant), Eileen May (Katherine D’Oudel-bolle), Betty Thornton (Susanne d’Aire) ), Margaret Wood (Claire de Wissant) and Margaret Peel (Anne de Rosty). Can anybody assist in placing them within our photograph?
Another of our images from Loftus Youth Club, dating from the 1950s. Can anybody identify the two young men and the reason for the excellent balsa wood glider.
Joan Jemson suggests: “I think the young man with the glasses is Michael Jackson who used to live in Westfied Terrace, Loftus, can anyone verify this? It’s not very often I am right and I could be wrong again.”
Image courtesy of Loftus Youth Club, thanks to Joan Jemson for that update.
Among a number of press cuttings and photographs from the early days of Loftus Youth Club, we have found this image. Our question is who is he, where was the photograph taken and what was the occasion? Betty Garbutt suggests: ”Could this be Mike Jones? He played tennis and badminton for Loftus and I think he worked at Barclay’s Bank.” John Preston Suggests: ”Could be Maurice Jones, he and his brother were much alike.” David McGill has hopefully solved the query with: ”The photograph is Michael Jones, but I don’t know where.” This is further confirmed by Eric Trembath: “It is Michael Jones.”
Image courtesy of Loftus Youth Club; also thanks to Betty Garbutt, John Preston, David McGill and Eric Trembath for the updates.
Loftus Young Farmers in 1950 from a photograph courtesy of W. E. Shaw, 10 North Road Loftus (Tel. Loftus 190).
Back row: ??, Alan Wood, George Bosomworth, John Proud, John Wood, ??.
Third row: Barbara Elsegood, Mavis Dawson, Frank Gibson, ? Walker, Les Brittain, ? Walker, Joan Bradbury, Barry Cuthbertson, Dick Miller.
Second row: Ann Edwards, Ursula Gibson, Bill Richardson, Winnie Hutchinson (Muir), Guy Stevenson, Mr Tom Bradbury, Tom Gibson, Joe Allanson.
Front row: Cilla Elsegood, John Turnbull, ? Turnbull, Elizabeth Bradbury (Smith).
Adrienne Elsegood asked: “It would be lovely to hear from anyone who remembers me in the club. We had some very happy times.” Whilst Susan Wesley-Emmerson enquires: “Do you have any other information about Ann Edwards and perhaps of her four younger siblings. Ann was my Aunt who passed away some 10 years ago.”
Image and information courtesy of Mavis Stevenson; thanks to Colin, Adrienne McCallum (nee Elsegood) Rita Beckham, Michael Grant, Eric Trembath and Susan Wesley-Emmerson for the updates.
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