Donor : Alan Walker
Location
A collection of photographs of the Walker Family of Seaton Carew.
Photograph 1 : is of William Marshall Walker [1885-1956 -he died in Stockton] he bicycled with boys from his school which was Elwick Road School.
Photograph 2:Elwick Road Football Team with William Marshall Walker c1935. William was evacuated to Scarborough with the outbreak of war.
Photograph 3 : Staff of Elwick Road School with William Marshall Walker fouth from right, probably on his retirement?
Photograph 4 : The cricket team in which William Marshall Walker played in. He is 2nd from the right on the back row, standing.
Photograph 5: William with his colleagues of Elwick Road School. Wiliam is standing and is back left.
Photograph 6: Sports day at the School. Willaim can be seen with his hand in the air on the finishing line.
Photograph 7:Sports day at Elwick Road School, William can be seen officiating at the tug of war.
Photograph 8: William (2nd from the right) with staff at the school's sports day.
Photograph 9 is of Elwick Road Junior footbal .team who Thomas Barron Walker played for in 1926-1927. He was born in September 1915 at 24 Bangor Street. He is the young lad who is third from the left standing at the back.
Thomas became a very good rugby player at West Hartlepool Secondary soon getting into the 1st team.When he was called up to the Durham Light Infantry he played for the army when at Aldershot. He was also a cricketer of some note too.He played rugby, football, and cricket at Birmingham Universty in each case for the 1st XI where he graduated with Hons. Degree in physics and diplomas in education and public child health.
10/ This photohraph is of William Frederick Walker. William was born at 23 Charterhouse Stree, West Hartlepool where William Marshall Walker and Olive Walker lived when he first started teaching in Hartlepool.
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