VSO dancers are named

Memory Lane recently published a photograph of one of the first Voluntary Services dances for troops who were billeted in the parish during World War Two (December 21, 2012).
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Jan 2013, 10:15 BST

The dances took place at Biggleswade’s Memorial Hall.

Reprinted above, the picture was taken in 1940 and kindly supplied by Philip Gale whose father was the well known Horace Gale.

Tom Leath has now contacted us with many of the names of those that were there, including himself.

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In the back row, left to right are: Richard Hall, Bill Balchin, ?, Dave Bilcock, Wendy Little, ?, Colin Page, ?, ?, Rosemary Campion and ?.

In the third row, left to right are: Tom Leath, Alan Bartram, Eddie Foster, ?, Mollie Milton, ?, ?, ?, Mick Fuller, Dennis Leath, ?, and Pauline Leath.

In the second row, left to right are: Brian Smith, ?, Len Bircham, Sean Woods, Ken Holton, Leslie Montgomery, Roger Rumbelow, Mick Stocker, Glyn constant, Tony Rumbelow and Mrs Leath.

In the front row, left to right are: ?, Nita Desborough, Graham Jackson, Mick Docherty, Brian Presland and Stephan Thurlow.

Many thanks go to Tom for putting names to faces, some of which are already familiar to Memory Lane.

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