Chatting With Doreen Carse [Hope]

My aunt Doreen mentioned that she worked at Langley Moor laundry at one time and that Peggy Hendry was a fellow worker and  resident of Ushaw Moor. Doreen's role there was in the packing and complaints department, which was done from a little office at the bottom of the main room.

We had a little laugh about bridesmaids. Her sister, my aunt Ethel, worked at Brough's after WW2 and married my uncle to be, Arthur Hodgson, in 1950. Her dilemma was the  task of tactfully selecting bridesmaids. She had a wide choice to pick from and in the end she seemed to select just about every lady employee at Brough's! Some  names of bridesmaids: Jenny Bainbridge, Doreen Hope, Audrey Swales [Doreen is almost sure of that], Freda Thirkell, Barbara Bradley,  Enid ... X and someone called Rayner. 

As for Doreen's bridesmaids in 1953 she had: Isabel Parkinson from Bearpark, Winny Hughes, Valerie Bainbridge and Enid Parker.

Now there - we have some considerable name dropping. Do any of the names ring a bell?

WB