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A fine photograph taken in Belgrave Street of a family in their Sunday best. The photograph looks to be from Edwardian times. Note the position of the dog underneath the carriage. Belgrave Street was one of the more up-market addresses in Ossett.

My thanks to Richard Broomhead who has contacted me to say that the people in the picture were his family. The man on the pavement is Richard's great-great grandfather Rufus Firth; the lady in the carriage is the wife of Rufus, Jane Firth; the man by the front window is Rufus' father, Charles Firth, Richard's great-great-great grandfather; the boy in the carriage is George Firth, Richard's great grandfather. Richard writes that he's not sure who the young girl is although he knows that she is one of George's sisters (but he had about 6.) Alas, nothing is known about the dog!