Not Many Wise

[27] Earith parades 1936 to 1960

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John (Jack) Wales

Born in 1925, at 16 (1941) he joined the local Earith Home Guard and then joined the Black Watch in 1943.

Earith village history

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[1] John (Jack) Wales: Earith early years, born 1925
[2] 1930’s school playground
[3] Outside play in 1930′s Earith
[4] 1930’s Earith getting to school and learning about farming
[5] Old bridges at Earith
[6] At school in 1930’s Earith
[7] 1934 Earith The Bunny Fellowship
[8] 1930’s Earith Annaul Parade for Cottage Hospital
[9] Earith 1930’s early school days
[10] Elizabethan Shilling found in Earith
[11] Huntingdon Grammar School days
[12] Evocative walk Earith British School and Chapel Lane
[13] Evocative walk; 1930’s Pubs in Earith
[14] Albert Maile’s Garage Earith
[15] Evocative walk, Bridge End and Earith High Street
[16] Evocative Earith walk; graves and rolling in the aisle
[17] Earith British School 1930’s
[18] Evocative walk; Earith skating to other places
[19] Earith evocative walk; Discipline and gardens
[20] Evocative walk; Earith farming 1930’s and earlier
[21] Earith cows, calves and milk
[22] Earith 1930’s gravel, silage and crows
[23] Earith National fishing attraction
[24] Earith Bonfire and fireworks – before health and safety!
[25] Cycling through localised Earith flooding
[26] Earith WW2 and evacuees
[27] Earith parades 1936 to 1960
[28] War preparations and Soldiers from Dunkirk
[29] Skating on Little Fen, Earith and a plane crash
[30] War years 1941 – June 1943
[31] Fancy dress in Earith 1950’s
[32] Earith School Concert 1912

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Earith village history
Families dressed up from Britannia to the Merry Widow.
Families dressed up from Britannia to the Merry Widow. By Peter Reason licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Recreation Field, Earith circa 1938-1939

(Bottom left)

Derek Anderson and David Wates.

Conservative Parade circa 1950-60

(Bottom right) Jack Wales as the Merry Widow.
Les Gunnell as baby.
Derek Broughton as a daughter and Peter Norman as a child.

George V Jubilee Day 1936
(Bottom left) Dressing up for a parade:

Florence Wales and David Wales.

See the next article: [28] War preparations and Soldiers from Dunkirk
Or see the first article in this series: [1] Earith early years

See all the articles in this category:

[1] John (Jack) Wales: Earith early years, born 1925
[2] 1930’s school playground
[3] Outside play in 1930′s Earith
[4] 1930’s Earith getting to school and learning about farming
[5] Old bridges at Earith
[6] At school in 1930’s Earith
[7] 1934 Earith The Bunny Fellowship
[8] 1930’s Earith Annaul Parade for Cottage Hospital
[9] Earith 1930’s early school days
[10] Elizabethan Shilling found in Earith
[11] Huntingdon Grammar School days
[12] Evocative walk Earith British School and Chapel Lane
[13] Evocative walk; 1930’s Pubs in Earith
[14] Albert Maile’s Garage Earith
[15] Evocative walk, Bridge End and Earith High Street
[16] Evocative Earith walk; graves and rolling in the aisle
[17] Earith British School 1930’s
[18] Evocative walk; Earith skating to other places
[19] Earith evocative walk; Discipline and gardens
[20] Evocative walk; Earith farming 1930’s and earlier
[21] Earith cows, calves and milk
[22] Earith 1930’s gravel, silage and crows
[23] Earith National fishing attraction
[24] Earith Bonfire and fireworks – before health and safety!
[25] Cycling through localised Earith flooding
[26] Earith WW2 and evacuees
[27] Earith parades 1936 to 1960
[28] War preparations and Soldiers from Dunkirk
[29] Skating on Little Fen, Earith and a plane crash
[30] War years 1941 – June 1943
[31] Fancy dress in Earith 1950’s
[32] Earith School Concert 1912

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