This photograph depicts the young ladies of Marple Bridge Congo Sunday School and Chapel members enjoying the sunshine, with maybe a game of croquet played with mallets, balls and hoops. This took place in the spacious garden of Sunny Mount, Hollins Lane - then in the county of Derbyshire.
Mr Alec Humphries seems proud enough, to be host, and teacher.
My aunt Mary Alice, is pictured on the right, and her flowered hat seems rather sombre? E. AY.