Allan Fulcher sent me this photograph and it shows Alison Goodrun's Nana, Amy Fulcher ( back row 7 from left ). It was Confirmation day late 50s or early 60s at St Bartholomews Church in Thornley. Allan thinks the vicar in the centre of the photo was called Reverand Mold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barry Fulcher has filled in some of the names of the boys......

    ?, Jimmy Mowbray, ?, Barry Jackson, Brian Gilling, ?, Charlie Gott.

Update from Ken Orton :- I came across a Confirmation photo on the website and it has my brother, Tom, on it . What I noticed, however, is that some of the names of the lads are wrong and some are missing. I think I can help you there.Our Tom would have been about 12 or 13 at the time so that would make it either 1960 or 1961, depending on his age at Confirmation. I don't know the names of any of the lasses but the front row, from left to right consists of: Tom Orton; Steven (or Stephen) Anderson; Norman Bradley; Barry Jackson; Alan (or Allan or Allen!) Gill; John Cairns; Charlie Gott. I'm not 100 per cent sure of Norman Bradley because he was in my class, a year ahead of our Tom but it sure looks like him and he may have been confirmed late for all I know. That lad next to our Tom is certainly Steven Anderson. I knew him well. He lived near the schools at Thornley and I also knew Alan Gill so I'm sure of him, too. I have to admit that I never knew the lad that is down on the photo as Jimmy Mowbray but it's not him, anyway; it's definitely Steven Anderson, because, just recently I was looking at an original of this photo (our Tom's copy) and he went through the lads for me. Hope this helps. Sorry about the lasses, though!

             

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