BACK ROW (L to R): Ivy Sanders, Lena Whittle, Mrs Christian (?), Ethel Barksby, Nancy Durow, Miriam Bradshaw, Ella Sanders, Unknown

MIDDLE ROW (L to R): Janie Outram, Unknown, Ada Barksby, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown

SITTING ON FLOOR (L to R): May Thornley, Francis Clark, Iris Hemstock

The only identification I have here is Eunice Bloor (5th from left on back row)

"Ye Olde" Stanley Assizes. Less than 150 years ago Stanley Assizes were an ominous event for sheep stealers and the highwaymen who were called before the judge to receive sentence, Often it meant death. On Friday May 1st 1953 a play was made about "Ye Olde Stanley Assizes". This photo shows Mr Bloor (Gaoler) taking Mr Yeats (Villain) to the Assizes.