It all has a bit of an air of Dad’s Army about it, and these guys and gals might have got everybody’s backs up with their ”Put that light out”, but they did a sterling job of work all the same – and I seem to remember they were always last to the shelters. Seated middle of second row: Ivy Bassendale and is that her husband standing behind her? John Michael Watson tells us: “Middle row, second left is my Aunt Alice Watson, fourth left is my Aunt Annie Watson. They had three other sisters, Gladys (the eldest), Ethel and Bessie. They had a younger brother; my Father John Henry Carlton Watson, known simply as Harry. Aunt Gladys, Annie and Alice had a cake and bread shop in the main street, Alice always did the icing on the cakes!”
Names todate; back row: Ray Appleton, ??, Tom Bassindale, ??, ??.
Middle row: ??, Alice Watson, Ivy Bassindale, ??, Annie Watson, ??.
Front row: ??, ??.
Can anybody put any names to the faces?
Image courtesy of John MIchael Watson, thanks to John Michael Watson and Brian Jemson for the update.
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