Foresters march past the Foresters Arms public house, c.1900.

 

 

Photo courtesy of Raymond Brown.

Foresters in 1909.

 

Photo courtesy of Chris Hogg, from Wensleydale & Coverdale Through Time, Amberley, 2013.

Foresters march towards the Foresters Arms public house, c.1910. The lady on the right in grey costume and white hat is Mary Grace Horner (nee Falshaw)

 

 

Photo courtesy of Valerie Slater.

Foresters at the top of the village, passing Dawson House,1932.

Billy Stanley was Robin Hood.

 

 

With thanks to Mike Horner and Val Slater.

Foresters marching past Quaker Lane, 1932.

 

 

Photo courtesy of Valerie Slater.

Foresters opposite Foresters Arms public house,1932., with Billy Stanley was Robin Hood.

 

Front row from left: William Binks, "Stitcher" Blades, Jos Rayner, Billy Stanley, George Spence, Alf Walls

 

Second row from left: Jimmy Chapman, possibly Walter Harrison, Albert Horner, Simon Horner, Unknown

 

Third row from l: Ernest Walls, possibly Chris Binks, Unknown, Unknown, half-hidden Willie Binks of Ashes Farm, Willie Binks of Melmerby.

 

Fourth row: ? Walls (brother of Harold), George Binks of Foresters Arms, Unknown in cap, Harry Pickersgill of Middleham, Chris Binks Jun, Tony Lawson

 

Fifth row from l : Harry Stanley (behind G Binks), Tom Binks (holding placard with horse), Sidney Brown, John Hammond (half-hidden), Dick Walls

 

Back: possibly Chris Binks (behind Tom Binks), holding the banner Jim Rayner and Eddie Dawson

 

 

With thanks to Raymond Brown for the photograph, and to Val Slater for the names, which are a collaboration between her mum, Eva (Walls) Plant and Alf Hogg ( Chris' dad.)

Leslie Walls as Robin Hood, with his sister Eva. 1936.

 

 

Photo courtesy of Valerie Slater.

From left: Dick Walls, Sylvester Storey, Alf Walls, ??, Alf Reeves.

 

 

Photo courtesy of Valerie Slater.

The children's fancy dress parade, Foresters day c.1950.

 

Michael Horner  is the little boy with a beret at the front.

 

Note the petrol pumps on the roadside by Hobson's Garth (now Fairfield).

 

Photo courtesy of Mike Horner.

Foresters opposite Foresters Arms public house, c.1956.

 

Top row: Chris Binks, Malcolm Appleton, Basil Brown, Dick Alderson, Les Brown, Laurence Binks, Harold Walls.

Middle Row: unknown, Sylvester Storey, Alf Reeves(?), Jack Watson, Dick Walls, John Eddie Dawson, George Binks (?), Harry Pickersgill, Alf Walls.

Front Row: Willie Binks, Jim Spence, Simon Horner, Alan Hogg, Albert Horner, Min Brown.

 

 

With thanks to Raymond Brown and Mike Horner.

 

 

Foresters marching past Quaker Lane, Carlton, with Les Brown and Dick Alderson at the head of the parade.

 

 

Photo courtesy of Raymond Brown.

Foresters outside Carlton church.

 

Rear from left: Simon Horner, Sid Brown

 

Next row from left: Albert Horner, Alf Walls

 

Front row from left: Jim Dawson, George Spence, ? Binks, Harry Stanley

 

Ladies: Maggie Spence (taller lady) and Jane Dawson

 

Robin Hood is John Eddie Dawson? (Jim Dawson's grandson)

 

Coverdale Foresters, 1967.

In front of Green Lea and Low Barn (now the Memorial Hall carpark).

 

 

Photo courtesy of Raymond Brown.

Raymond Brown as Robin Hood, 1973.

Les Brown and Dick Alderson, 2003. Photo taken outside the garden of Dawson House at the top of the village.

 

 

Photo courtesy of Raymond Brown.