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St John's youth club

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St John's entry for the youth drama festival .
St John's entry for the youth drama festival .
Photo: Allan Greenwood
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Item #: 8641
Another photo of the cast.
I am on the extreme left of the picture.
In drag, if anyone is wondering.

Comment by: RON on 13th January 2009 at 17:14

Is that Norman Kinley, third from right on the back row?

Comment by: Allan greenwood on 13th January 2009 at 23:54

Yes it is.
I know most of the people in this photograph, if anyone is interested, I could name them. The ladies names would obviously be their maiden names.

Comment by: Frank Healy on 14th January 2009 at 15:52

Hi Allan. Yes, please

Comment by: Allan Greenwood on 15th January 2009 at 00:19

Back row: The beautiful lady is my good self, ist from left Roy Platt, 2nd Frank Mcgarragan, 3rd Don't know, 4th Freddie Hurst, 5th Norman Kinley, 6th don't know, and last but not least Bill Fleetwood.
Front row: 1st don't know, 2nd the lovely Madeline Houghton, 3rd Doreen Westwood, 4th Judy Cook and John Forshaw.
If you know who the missing names are please let me know.

Comment by: Frank Healy on 15th January 2009 at 08:30

Thanks Allan. I thought it was John Forshaw. Front row left is David Pyke (I'll stand to be shot if it isn't). Much to my embarrassment, I didn't recognise Madelaine: my eldest sister Ann is married to Madelaine's brother David. Some of the other faces are familiar although I don't recognise any of the names. (Chuckle)How did you get conned in to being the only one in drag?

Comment by: Allan Greenwood on 15th January 2009 at 14:07

Because the rest of the cast threatened to pull out If I didn,t do it. Thanks for the other name
Perhaps you could show Madelaine this picture, I have lost contact, the last time that I saw her was at Wigan Infirmary about 1973/74.

Comment by: Frank Healy on 19th January 2009 at 08:38

Hi Allan. I was speaking to (B-I-L) David over the weekend; he'd already told Madelaine about the photos.

Comment by: Bill Fleetwood on 19th January 2009 at 19:02

The lad in between Frank and Freddie is Jeff Baldwin.

Comment by: Allan Greenwood on 19th January 2009 at 21:59

Thanks for that Bill.
Bye the way, someone told me that you died in 1932, did they lie to me?

Comment by: Bill Fleetwood on 20th January 2009 at 11:22

Allan,
You wouldn,t have given me much of a chance looking like that in the picture ,but I made a good living haunting houses.By the way thats Johns real head under my right elbow
Good to hear from you.
Bill.

Comment by: Allan Greenwood on 20th January 2009 at 12:53

Hi Bill,
Look at the last picture that I have put up. I had already put it there before I received your comment. I had been told that Geoff's/jeff's name was Barlow, I have since amended it. You don't know who the last remaining name is do you?
Thanks very much and lovely to hear from you again.
Allan

Comment by: Bill fleetwood on 20th January 2009 at 16:38

My brother John seems to think his name was Mort, and he went to Thomas More around that time.

Comment by: geoff lowe on 28th February 2009 at 11:07

Hi Allan, Guess who married Doreen Westwood, and still am. Judy Cook gave me the info about photo, Doreen still in touch with Judy and Madelaine. I see Bill and John occasionally

Comment by: Allan Greenwood on 28th February 2009 at 19:46

Hi Geoff,
Nice to hear from you again after all this time. We are having a reunion in the Royal Oak at eight o' clock on Thursday the 5th. Philip Fransen and his wife Freda are coming over from Canada. Tell Judy and Madelaine that they are very welocome to come along plus you and Doreen obviously, and any other members of St John's youth club. Bill and Pat, Dave Urmston and Sheila, Joe Williams and Valerie, and Dennis Harrison will all be there.
Hope you all can make it, it should be wonderful

Allan

Comment by: pauline Oliver nee Edgar on 12th April 2014 at 17:00

Sorry I missed the reunion of the Youth club in February, I would have come with my husband Ken Oliver and my friend Monica Tyrer.

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