The original title for this image (from a newspaper cutting) was “Why They’re Just Over The Rainbow”, Over The Rainbow was the musical the Carlin How Methodist Sunday School had been performing in 1924. Participants included Annie and Allice Watson, the Moody brothers of Carlin How, Harrison twins, Norah and Lily Harcourt, Hilda Bowling, Enid Goldby, Hilda Thornton, Vera and Stan Peggs, Alan Readman, Ivy May Mott, Sally and Edie Kitchen, and Ray and Connie Blacklock. Some of the children don’t look too happy even if they have been over the rainbow! Roger Barwick advised: “Hilda Bowling was my mam who married Syd Barwick in 1931. She is on the third row from the front and second from the right as you look at the picture. Mam was the daughter of Harold Bowling who was the first steward of the club. He moved to Carlin How from Hemsworth near Dewsbury in 1911 where he was the steward of the Soldiers and Sailors Club there. He moved from the club to take up the position of landlord of the Maynard Arms sometime in the late 1920s. 1929 (I think). I would appreciate any Information on my grandad or grandma.”
Image courtesy of Carlin How Community Centre (provided by Stan Ward), thanks to Roger Barwick for the update.
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