Does this old photograph ring any bells?

[onefortheroad]

Yes, she certainly does Ebch, and I'd guess 'she' is well over six feet tall!

David

[ainslie]

Charley's Aunt?

[onefortheroad]

Good point,Ainslie.

Or it could be a case of Bob's your aunty.

[winston]

HI David

Just found something in Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SOUTHAMPTON-FIRE-BRIGADE-TUG-OF-WAR-SILVER-MEDAL-1908_W0QQitemZ390133060285QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20091219?IMSfp=TL091219203002r6074

Was curious if the one in your family was similar you can see both sides by using the images links at the bottom of the main medal



Wendy

[onefortheroad]

Hi Winston.

Thanks for that, it's just the kind of thing I remember, only Wm Hy's was gold. But the idea and style was the same. If memory serves me correctly, it was mislaid sometime in the 60's while the family were on holiday in Cornwall.

Thanks again. David

[dave the tyke]

Hi David,
I've been racking my brains on this one because the chap in the centre back row looks like my maternal grandad Earnest Yeadon b 1891 also a tram driver.
Could the building behind the group be where the Fat Pot Liberal club is, at the top end of Horton Park ? That is about the only place in the area that had open space (I'm talking about 50's now so things might have been different in the 20's).
There was an old building there, it might have been a manor house or hall.
Have a look here
http://fatpot-wmc.webs.com/

On a lighter note the man in drag looks like he could have carried the rest of the team 
Also the taking of photos on a defeated foes territory is a bit like marking ones patch  so the place might be miles away

Merry Christmas
Dave

[onefortheroad]

Hi Dave.

Many thanks for the reply. Sorry I took some time to get back to you - got caught up in family Christmas things.
I've not got much time today for some reason , but I'll post again over the weekend. Found another photo aswell so I'll put that on.
I do hope it is your grandfather on the first photo. That'd be nice!

Thanks again and a Merry Christmas to you and yours.

David

[woodydog]

Hello all & a very Happy Christmas,
I've been having a look around to see what crops up regarding tug of war in the 1900's in Bradford. It led me to the Saltaire heritage site www.saltairevillage.info .
One chap born in 1917 describes competing in tug of war at school in Roberts Park . If you want to view the full article go to the website and go to history club then history articles "I was born in Saltaire in June 1917".
A further image google and I found this, it looks quite similar to me but I'm sure their are some photographic wizards (I'm not!!) who might be able to sharpen and zoom the image to look at the features more closely
Fingers crossed this will work... I really am useless at this sort of thing!
All the best
Woodydog

[winston]

I don't know about the other posters but I think that your image of Roberts Park is spot on. 


I'm no photo expert but I've just looked at both photo on top of each other, so to speak and allowing for the distance of both shots I'd still say they were the same.

Here, have a look at them how I did I only tried overlaying the images cos I wanted to see the skylines together.







Wendy