THESE photos of Lister’s Mill girls were sent by Michelle Reed, whose grandmother, Nellie Carroll, is second left, back row, in this 1928-29 gym class photo above.
Kathryn Hey, who has researched the history of women’s football in Bradford, including the Lister’s Mill ladies team, says: “These workers were 14 and 15-years-old. The photo of the seven girls wearing sashes could be a netball team.
Manningham Mills Juniors, 1929. Nellie Carroll is right, back row. Girl first left was Annie Aspey, a lifelong friend of Nellie's
"I wonder if these girls also played in the mill’s women’s cricket or hockey team.”
Email emma.clayton@nqyne.co.uk
Coronation Crown given to workers in 1953. This one belonged to Nellie
Nellie on her wedding day in August, 1940. Husband George, known as Sid, was in the RAF
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