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Cople House
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Cople Hostel group c. 1940's
(Left to right)
Front row (cross-legged, on ground):
Ivy Tarbotton,
Kathleen Fox,
Kathleen Winterbottom, Pam Stones (child in school blazer; daughter of Mrs
Stones, warden)
Second row (from front):
Elsie Hurton,
Margaret 'Maggie' Johnson,
Rose Perritt, (? male chef),
Margaret Eileen 'Peggy' Peters,
Pauline Collier,
Alma Warren, Miss Davies, Blanche Stone (YWCA Warden), Ida Eugster (Secretary,
Beds WLA)
Third row (from front): [one name missing, therefore order uncertain]
Marjorie Taylor,
Florence Joan Inkle,
Dora 'Ada' Morris,
Edith Jones,
Dorothy 'Dot'
Lewis,
Margaret 'Peggy'
Hollis,
Pat Corner,
Edna Hitchen,
Lillian 'Lily'
Lyons,
Edna May Plows
Fourth row (from front):
Marjorie Shaw,
Dorothy Lamb,
Ethel Smithson,
Dorothy 'Dot' Hayman,
Louisa
Francis 'Louise' Unwin,
Peggy Gladstone,
Olwen Dinsdale,
Sarah 'Sally' Lobb,
Marjorie Currant
Back row:
Mary Ramsden,
Vera Alice Tate,
Joyce Edna Tearle,
Rosamund Irene Greaves
(Left to right)
Front row (cross-legged): Pam Stones (school girl),
'Millie' Taylor,
Maud Smith,
Kathleen 'Kathie' Pearce,
Florence Pearce
Second row (from front): Mrs Stone (warden), Ida Eugster (Beds WLA
Secretary),
Phoebe Young,
Olive Mead, Mrs Eastwell, Mrs. Chambers,
Doreen
Patterson,
Audrey Jones,
Iris Melia
Third row (from front): [one name missing, therefore order uncertain]
Edna Hitchen,
Lilian 'Lily' Lyons,
Edna Plows,
Phyllis Studd,
Iris Snowling,
Dora Kenningley,
Cecilia 'Celia' Milburn,
Rose Marsh
Back row:
Joyce
Edna Tearle,
Rosamund Irene Greaves,
Peggy Forrest,
Doreen Jones,
Joan Wood,
Margaret 'Marj' Bandy
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