During building operations in Caledonia Road, Lawkholme, in the early 1920s, amateur photographer Bernard Buxton, who lived in Beryl Street, recorded this engaging arrangement of his own and other neighbouring children who used to play on the site.
From left to right they are Gracie Tucker, Sonny Buxton, Annie Wright, Dorothy Buxton, Mary Slater and Jack Laycock.
In the background is Victoria Park and its bowling green pavilion, with Back Kirby Street at the far right.
Jack Laycock, a boy outnumbered by girls in that area, used to play at laying out little paths among the building rubble in imitation of a public park!
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