Mel Ashton's Isherwood Pictures -----------

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THEN - 1960's (picture from Margaret Bolton)
Head Office & Service Departments - 62 George Street, Wakefield
Sherwood House (Previously the Cattle Market Hotel)

NOW - 16/04/02
Head Office & Service Departments - 62 George Street, Wakefield
Sherwood House (Previously the Cattle Market Hotel)

Following notes by Stuart Cowgill - August, 2007
Now called "Ploughland House" & belongs to the Kalon Group.
Kalon is owned by Lesley Silver - who owns the "Silver Paint & Lacquer Co"
(and previous owner of Leeds United).
The big garage, part of which we used as a store for new stock, is as flat as a flat thing
and the extension at the back which used to be TV Test is also flat.

Rooms Circa 1955 (via Stuart Cowgill - August, 2007)

Top Floor = Offices
1 (left) Service Control
(the home of Lucy Atmore, Marie Smith, Jean Pickersgill & others)
or .. Cyril Vary's (wages) - via Frank Rayner 28/09/07 if so, which was Service Control ?
2 General Office (Mrs Thubrun)
3 Brenda Hewitt (Alwyns Secretary)
4 (right) Alwyn's Office

Centre Floor = Radio & TV Workshops
1 (left) Radio Room
2 TV2 (Eric Youhill & Tony Stokes)
3 & 4 (right) TV1
(2 windows in one room - Frank Rayner (Dad), Les Allott & Peter Hauxewell)

Ground Floor
1 (left) Electricians
2 George Crosslands Office
3 Telephonist / Reception (small window)
Door
4 Stores

Building on right was the Loading Bay

New Life Christian Centre

The Bull Hotel Fairhouse
(Courtesy Margaret Bolton)

THEN - 1960's

Bull Hotel Fairhouse The Graziers Arms

(Courtesy Margaret Bolton)

NOW - 16/04/02

O'donoghue's ('Fria Tuck's / Bull Hotel Fairhouse') The Graziers Arms

George Street, Wakefield

MINDEL (LI) COMPANY The East and West Riding Regiment

AIR TRAINING CORPS 127 (Wakefield) Squadron

ARMY CADET FORCE (Wakefield Detatchment)

Copy of Alwyn Isherwood (Electronics) Ltd Business Headed Paper
This was the CRT Reconditioning Plant at Barnsley (1959 - 1962)
Operated by Mel Ashton & David Inman - Managing Director George Crossland

Isherwood's (Barnsley) Christmas Party - 1960
(location Barnsley Town Hall ???)

Front Row: George Gosney, ??, ??, Meg Cowen, Joyce Illingworth, ??, ??, ??, ??

Second Row: Tony Stokes, Cath Stokes, John Backhouse, Ivy & Alwyn Isherwood,
Joan Backhouse (nee Isherwood), Bernard Lomas, Wife, ??, ??, ??

Third Row: David Inman, Pam ? -- ?, Les Finch, Eddie Perry

Fourth Row: ? --?, Jack Ashworth, Mel Ashton, John Perry, ? -- ?, Alan Illingworth

Blackpool Trip - 1962
Raymond ?, Melvyn Brown, Bernice Stakes, Phil Gavin, Mel Ashton, Tony Allott,
Trevor Hopwood, Kathryn Massey, Jim Blogg

Blackpool Trip - 1962
Left to Right: Raymond ?, Meg Cowen, Bernice Stakes, Melvyn Brown,
Phil Gavin, Kathryn Massey, Trevor Hopwood, Tony Allott, Jim Blogg

Blackpool Trip - 1962 ??
Left to Right: Mel Ashton, Phil Gavin, Tony Allott,
Trevor Hopwood, Jim Blogg, Melvyn Brown, Malcolm Falkinder

Trevor Hopwood & Mel at Thornwick Bay (Flamborough) 1960

June & Mel at Outwood W.M.C. ( Millennium Celebrations )