MEMORIES featured an article on the first Miss Ward Green, a pretty 18-year-old named Doris Robinson who was crowned by MP Frank Collindridge in 1950.

The delightful dresses and suits worn by Doris and her attendants were designed and made by Esther Beckett, a member of the gala committee.

The Chronicle was, therefore, delighted to hear from Esther’s daughter Anne Whitehead (nee Beckett) who now lives on the Isle of Wight. Anne said: “I remember Doris very well and she looked lovely.”

Anne has named many of Doris’s attendants.

The tall girl at the back whose face is partially obscured is Margaret Stafford.

Next to her is Ivy Goodchild who, many years later, became headmistress at White Cross School.

She has also been able to name some of the other attendants: Marie Johnson, Janet Wildsmith, Regina Rimmington, Caroline Dove, Pat Crossley and Joan Ward.

The lady at the back to the left of the photograph wearing glassses is Mrs Farnsworth and the little girl holding the child Joan Wordsworth.

Doris and her husband Bernard Platts had a son Mark. She died earlier this year. Mr Platts told the Chronicle: “She was very proud of being Miss Ward Green. “It was something she remembered with fondness all her life.”