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St Mary's Church, Lower Ince

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Unknown Funeral
Unknown Funeral
Photo: Dennis Miller
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Item #: 14346
All I can say for certain about this photograph is that the church is St Mary's in Lower Ince. The uniforms on the pall-bearers do not seem to be military... maybe police or fire brigade? A wild stab at the date would be the 1920's.

Comment by: Rev David Long on 5th April 2010 at 11:06

The priest is the Revd Samuel Bryson, who was Vicar of St Mary's from 1915 - 1944. Most pics show him as grey-haired, so it's difficult to date it from that feature - but I think he looks quite aged here - so I'd put it in the 30s. Where did you find this pic? It looks as if it might be a newspaper pic.

Comment by: Dennis Miller on 5th April 2010 at 22:12

Rev. Long... it was in a box of photographs my wife was given after her father's passing. The Waterhouse family came from Spring View, it was an original photograph so we are assuming a member of the family took it.

Comment by: Jimmy Edwards on 9th March 2014 at 21:42

Dennis,is John( plum) Waterhouse a relative of your Wife's.John used to live Clinker Valley side of Spring View Police Station .Went to Spring View School 1959/1963.

Comment by: Marcus on 15th April 2014 at 16:26

Could those be Railway uniforms Dennis ?

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