Aycliffe Village - Who are they?

Who are they?

At the Exhibition several photographs were displayed with a grid for visitors to identify people. The information received has been added to the grid for each photograph. If you can help identify anyone else, please get in contact. Email

Jean Stokes, née Kisby, kindly sent this photograph taken on a day trip about 1951-1952. Nearly all the children from Aycliffe are on this photograph. Jean is the child at the front right, slightly out of line - number 105.

Aycliffe children on day trip about 1951-1952

Aycliffe children on day trip identity numbers

1		11		21		31		41
2	Joan Slater	12	Geof Atkinson	22	Patricia Blenkinsopp	32	? Burniston	42	Les Atkinson
3		13		23		33	Ann Hughf	43
4		14		24		34		44	Mary Vigers
5		15		25		35		45
6		16		26		36	Fred Rickaby	46
7		17		27		37	Eileen Kisby	47
8		18	Marjorie Colling/Todd	28		38		48
9		19		29	Eddie Burnside	39		49
10		20	Maureen Colling	30	Ralph Rickaby	40		50

51	Colin Atkinson	61	Margaret Blenkinsopp	71	Rod Peat	81		91
52		62	Nancy Cowper	72	Doreen Burnside/Hauxwell	82	David Foulger	92	Lawrence Cowper
53		63	Angeline Balby	73		83	Terry Burniston	93	Michael Burnside
54		64	Ann Gladwin	74	Carole Matheson	84	Glenda ?	94	Bernie McGard
55		65		75		85		95
56	David Pybus	66	Lawrence Burniston	76	Carol Morrison	86		96
57	Diane Tuck/Foster	67		77		87		97
58		68		78		88	Elizabeth Hughf	98	Joan Thompson
59		69		79		89	Paul Rickaby	99	Pat Pocklington
60		70	Joan Atkinson	80		90		100

101		102		103		104		105	Jean Kisby
106		107		108

Aycliffe Village Auxiliary Fire Service taken in the 1940s by Scott's Mill

Aycliffe Village Auxiliary Fire Service. Photograph taken in the 1940s by Scott’s Mill

Front Row left to right: Mr Wheedon, Gordon Nelson, Peter Scott,

Denys Smith & Mr Myers.

Back Row left to right: A N Other, Tom Bartram, Walter Robinson, A N Other,

A N Other, Clarence Bartram, George Stott & Dave Brown.

If you can identify anyone else, please contact us.

1		11	Jim Blenkinsopp	21	Benjie Dickinson	31	Ann Hughf	41	Frank Lax
2	Thompson	12		22	Elizabeth Hughf	32	Mrs Dobson	42	M Matson
3	Joe Boddy	13	George Johnson	23	George Outhwaite	33	Alf Rodgers	43	Norman Kent
4	Jim Straw or Ted Burnside	14	Stuart Dingle	24	Fred Bowlby	34	Billy Pocklington	44	Percy Dobson?
5	Mr Nelson of The Orlands	15	Lowcock (butcher)	25	Michael Burnside	35	Ernie Dobson
6	Joe Stott	16		26	John Hough	36	Denny Johnson
7	Mannie Johnson	17	Joe Richardson	27	Mary Hughf	37	Jerry Northcote		Thanks to F. Rickaby for corrections to 34, 37 & 38
8	Charlie Doran	18	Harry Dodds	28		38	Michael Brunton
9	Jack Doran	19	Joe Woods	29	Burt Longstaff	39	Tony Shaw
10	Eric Catchpole	20	Arty Hughf	30		40	Ernie or Percy Dobson

Rita Farrow supplied the photograph below of Aycliffe Village Junior School pupils

Rita Farrow's photograph of Aycliffe Village School Aycliffe Junior School Pupils

1	Robert Shaw	11	Ralph Rickaby	21	Jean Dowson
2	Keith Kent	12	David Smith	22	Irene Pallister
3	Brian Johnson	13	Billy Waugh	23	Mavis Rycroft
4	Derek Mathieson	14	Mary Kent	24	Phillipa Burnside
5		15	Margaret Kent	25	Sheila Kisby
6	George Erant	16	Rita Farrow	26	Glenda McCormick
7	Derek Johnson	17	Shirley? Wardley	27	Cathy Duff
8	Keith Metcalfe	18	Stan Wilson	28	Sheila Colling
9	Michael Brunton	19	Bill Flower	29	Florrie Dobson
10	Desmond Clark	20	Ree Parker

Bob Shaw provided this photograph of the choir of St. Andrew's Church, about 1949

1	D.T. Blenkinsopp	11	C.H. Flower	21	H. Blenkinsopp
2	W. Clark	12	J. Atkinson	22	A. Doran
3	Norman Kent (Junior)	13	J. Doran	23	D. Johnson
4	C. Cowper	14	R. Shaw	24	P. Blenkinsopp
5	Norman Kent (Senior)	15	D. Clark
6	W. Flower	16	D. Johnson
7	J. Atkinson	17	Gordon Trayling
8	R. Rickaby	18	K. Kisby
9	J. Peacock	19	M. Blackburn
10	D. Johnson	20	Rev. J. Heap

Aycliffe Village Junior School pupils

1	Jimmy Dickson	11	Jean Kent	21	Joan Atkinson
2		12
3		13	Maureen Norris
4	Donald Wilkinson?	14	Irene Duff
5	John Ord	15	Noreen Digins
6	Eddy Burnside	16	Ann Gladwin		Thanks to F. Rickaby for numbers 4,8,9 & 16
7	Jimmy Middleton	17
8	Michael English?	18	Eileen Kisby
9	Robin Ord	19	Jean Kisby
10	Nancy Cowper	20	Margaret Blenkinsopp

Bob Shaw gave this group from WW11

1		11	Harry Ridley
2	Tot Kent	12
3		13
4	Michael Burnside	14	George Jagger
5		15	Kenny Robinson
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7			Thanks to Gordon Nelson and his son Andrew for providing the names.
8	Molly Shaw
9	Fred Kent
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