A selection of photographs and documents kindly shared with this project by Mr. Neil Wainwright.
A 1915/16 photograph of Alice Annie Wainwright (nee Huntley), and her children.
More detail »On the left Neil Wainwright (on the left), about 6 years old & big brother Ian 10 years old, in the back garden of No.8 Lime Grove, West Hartlepool. Both attended the nearby (Old) Jesmond Road School. "The Prefabs were temporary war accomodation, demolished in the 1970-80's or there abouts? They were made of a sort of cardboard, warm and you could bounce of the walls and still get up to continue the chase!"
More detail »Girls Infants Class 3 at St. Cuthbert's School. Five-year-old Christine Porritt is on the front row, fourth from the left.
More detail »Henry Hall Elstob Wainwright singing and playing a guitar on a float with the Hartlepool Carnival King and Queen - George "Geordie" and Christine "Chrissy" Leighton.
More detail »Robert Robertson Wainwright and his wife Alice Annie (nee Huntley), during his naval service. Robert's cap band shows HMS Pembroke, the Naval Barracks at Chatham, which he returned to for training between ship postings. Robert served on a number of ships, including HMS Duncan (1914-15); HMS Apollo (1915-16); and HMS Crescent (1916-18).
More detail »Robert R. Wainwright (Sgt. RA) leading a detachment of Royal Artlliery Gunners on a Rememberance Sunday Parade, sometime in the mid to late 1950s. In the background is the Weslyan Chapel as was.
More detail »William Huntley Wainwright (on the left), with his Uncle Joseph Huntley (William's mother's brother), taken around 1915.
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