TRIUMPHANT members of Hoyland Kirk Balk Girls' school choir are all smiles after being awarded a shield following their success in a school choir singing competition.
But can any of our readers tell us what the competition was?
Glenis Burkinshaw (nee Littledyke), who was a member of the choir, has submitted a photograph of the girls and has named them as follows: back row, left to right; Cynthia Moorhouse, Marjorie Morfitt, Joyce Johnson, Hilary Speight, Mary English, Jean Wroe, Pat Leake, Molly Hopkinson, Barbara Berry.
Middle row, left to right; Iris Pinder, Joan Robinson, Jean Hargreaves, Margot Henley, Darrel Leake, Carol Hudson, Pauline Armitage, Glenis Littledyke, Jean Haywood, Pat Sausby. Front row, left to right; Evelyn Pye, Mavis Locket, Marlene Ward, Iris Jubb, Joan Sylvester, Barbara Burkinshaw, Margaret Allan, Margaret Green, Iris Lomas. The girls would be aged about 13 at the time. If any of our readers remember the competition, please contact Kath Parkin, Barnsley Chronicle, Editorial Department, 47, Church Street, Barnsley.
