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I Just checked with one of my cousins and the people in the picture are as follows:
Three Ferrell sisters. Mary Davidson (nee Ferrell) on the left, Lettie & Jane Ferrell the last two on the right, and the two young girls are Jeannie and Isabella the daughters of Mary.
Sorry for earlier confusion.

I will scan another picture or two that I have and try and add them for interests sake if I can do so.

Peggy and Bill. She was the teacher, my mother's oldest sister. Bill was a sea going engineer and assisted during the Dieppe evacuation. Their son still lives locally.

I remember the brass statue on the stair post and the washroom in the rear yard at 59.

My parents were married at St. Mary's and we were christened there. I think most, if not all the Ferrell family were too.

On my father's side, my great,great grandfather was at one time the station master in Blyth but my grandfather emigrated to Canada in 1905.

Do you know the fellow who started this post after acquiring the photo? He hasn't looked at it since 2012 so not sure he will check back. Is there a way to send private messages to someone on this site? I just signed on when I happened on the photo and hoped to contact him. Thanks

Hello,

Of the six girls, 5 were teachers including my mother. Margaret  (Peggy)  to me, lived on Marine Terrace as did her sister, Mary who was the non teacher. She worked for many years for the Blyth Co-op. Peggy became what we call a Principal, like her father. I attended classes at her school going to Form 1 and 2 while we were visiting  from Canada. If it was the same school, there was a model boat on display that had been used to pull people in another boat but i don't remember more than that. The two aunts on the right of the picture were also teachers who never married but I don't know where they taught.

As someone already said, the Davidson father had a music store in town.

Hello, I live in Canada. My mother was a Ferrell from Blyth and the Davidson were cousins.

Belle married Norman Hester, lived in London and was first violin in the London Philharmonic under Malcolm Sargeant, conductor. She and her husband who played the double bass both played in the Proms and elsewhere.

Bell's sister died young.

After Bell's death, Norman moved to Seaton Sluice and passed away there.

I have a photo of Belle taken during her career on the wall and many other photos of the family. Her father did have a music store in Blyth. I have a photo in which it can be seen.

My sister and I may be the only connection left as Belle had no children and her sister died prior to marriage.

Les