Just about every town and village had their own cycling club in the early 1900s; this is Brotton’s. An all male bastion, but can anybody assist with names or even a location?
Image courtesy of Julie Riddiough.
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 These are the Brotton Sword Dancers; the Archive hopes someone will be able to name them? We’ve lightened the image to try and show the ”uniform” better and particularly love the double watch chain of the squeeze-box player! Back row (L to R): ??, George William Riddiough, ??, ??. Front row (L to R): ??, ??, ??. Image and name courtesy of Julie Riddiough.  Taken at Chester on Rogation Sunday in 1985, Loftus Sword Dancers pose in the sunshine. The team at that time were: Front row: Colin Chisholm, David Gratton (old woman), Harry Cuthbert. Image courtesy of John Hill.  Who was Dave Willey and is he on the photograph, if so which one is he? I would be very grateful if anyone could tell the names of an of the men pictured here, or where the photograph was taken. Derick Pearson commented: “I named it Dave Wiley and team. Dave Wiley was an aged gentleman, he lived in Bells Huts with Sarah his wife who was born there and died there. She was the last resident in those Huts living at Number one. Sarah showed me and some other youngsters this and other photographs; this photograph I obtained many years later was I felt sure a copy of the one I had seen at her home. Hence the name, I put it on display in the 1983 Exhibition but no one confirmed or denied it. Dave is the one in the centre behind the ball if this is one Sarah showed us.” Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection, also contained in a compilation by Derick Pearson in 1983, thanks to Derick Pearson for the update.  Taken from a beautiful presentation photograph triptych of 1984, this shows the donor of this collection of images; John Hill. Image courtesy of John Hill.  The centre image from the triptych, this shows the team line-up as at the 4th April 1984.  A brief potted history of the revival and present ( as of 1984) line-up of the Loftus Sword Dance Team.  Taken by Caters Photographic of Birmingham, Loftus Sword Dancers at Birmingham TV Studios in 1970. They are: musicians: John Waite, Maurice Brignall. Old woman: Stephen Galilee. Sword Dancers: Keith Galilee, Harry Cuthbert, Sid Robson, Colin Galilee, John Hill, Eric Lancaster.  An unknown date; but believed to be about 1984/1985 and they took a Gold too! Posing proudly with their trophy: Image courtesy of John Hill.  A classic view taken by the Arlington Studio of William E. Grier in Loftus; a striking profile pose of Arthur Marshall, musician with The Loftus Sword Dancers, taken either during a practice or at a performance at the School. A request from John Grier Thompson: “I am Bill Grier’s grandson – my mother was a photographer in the Arlington Studio too. Are there any more photographs by my Granddad, or any paperwork with his studio logo on it?”
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