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Wedding Invitation to William & Annie Ward (Wigman Hall Tenants)  of Constance Lady Wenlock to Colin Forbes Adam at St Martins in the Field, Trafalgar Square, London

Wedding Invitation to William & Annie Ward (Wigman Hall Tenants) of Constance Lady Wenlock to Colin Forbes Adam at St Martins in the Field, Trafalgar Square, London

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Wedding of Francis (John) Rockliff & Betty Gowthorpe St Helens Church Escrick – 6th March 1948

Wedding of Francis (John) Rockliff & Betty Gowthorpe St Helens Church Escrick – 6th March 1948

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L to RMary Robinson – Betty’s friend, Mount Pleasant Farm, WheldrakeFrank Lewis Dawson – John’s cousinPeter Ward Gowthorpe – Betty’s brotherJohn Rockliff – GroomBetty Gowthorpe – BrideFreda Mary Brown – daughter of...
Wedding of Francis (John) Rockliff & Betty Gowthorpe St Helens Church Escrick – 6th March 1948

Wedding of Francis (John) Rockliff & Betty Gowthorpe St Helens Church Escrick – 6th March 1948

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L to RHarold Maskill Rockliff – John’s fatherMary Robinson – Betty’s friend, Mount Pleasant Farm, WheldrakeFrank Lewis Dawson – John’s cousinLilian Catherine Rockliff (nee Henley) – John’s motherPeter Ward Gowthorpe...
Wedding of Francis (John) Rockliff & Betty Gowthorpe St Helens Church Escrick – 6th March 1948

Wedding of Francis (John) Rockliff & Betty Gowthorpe St Helens Church Escrick – 6th March 1948

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Wignam Hall Farm c1900

Wignam Hall Farm c1900

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L to RPercy Hardy – worked for the Ward family???Joe Ward This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Image source – Betty Rockliff (nee Gowthorpe) Archive ref – 2019.32.6     Back...
Wigman Hall Farmhouse and the Ward Family c1900

Wigman Hall Farmhouse and the Ward Family c1900

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L to RJoe Ward – eldest sonFred or Tommy Ward – sonWilliam Ward – fatherAnnie Ward – motherNellie Ward – only daughterPercy Hardy – worked for the Ward family This work is licensed under a Creative Commons...
William Ward in Uniform and Medals – East Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry

William Ward in Uniform and Medals – East Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry

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William Ward in Uniform – East Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry

William Ward in Uniform – East Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry

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A merry Christmas from John Ward – 1945

A merry Christmas from John Ward – 1945

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Rail enthusiasts make the last trip along the full length of the Derwent Valley Light Railway between Layerthorpe, York & Cliffe Common near Selby. Dated Saturday 16th January 1965
Station building on the Derwent Valley Light Railway
Tiny tot Caroline Wandless (nee Watson) with Mum in a Derwent Valley Light Railway loco 0-6-0 diesel loco No. D2159
Derwent Valley Light Railway diesel Loco No. D2111 with driver William (Bill) Watson and Banksman Bill Leeming
Derwent Valley Light Railway driver William (Bill) Watson at the controls of an 0-6-0 diesel Loco
Derwent Valley Light Railway 0-6-0 diesel No. 1 with driver William (Bill) Watson
Derwent Valley Light Railway Steam Loco No. 65677. Standing is William (Bill) Watson with Bill Leeming in the cab
Derwent Valley Light Railway 0-6-0 diesel No. D2264 with driver William (Bill) Watson. Banksman unknown
Derwent Valley Light Railway Steam Loco No. 65677 hauls freight at Thorganby Station

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