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Summary
Members of the Cradley Hingley and Cartwright families at Cuckoo's Corner, Park Lane, Cradley, 1870.

Cradley Links webmaster Jill Guest sent it for upload to Cradley Links, noting:

"The picture was given to me by Bridget Cox's father, with others which he found when clearing out a relatives house. This was the only one with anything written on the back."

"Cuckoos Corner, Park Lane, Cradley 1870

Left to right:

Myra Hingley

Lucy Cartwright

Mr & Mrs Hingley

Joe Cartwright"

In the course of preparing the image which Jill sent for upload onto Cradley Links, Mike Hamilton asked Jill:

"(a) what is the thing that the fellow on the far right is holding/petting? Presume it's a dog, although at first it looked like a rabbit!

(b) what sort of a hat is it that the fellow in the middle is wearing?"

Jill explained:

"(a) I thought it looked like a rabbit, or it could even be a cat? ... or possibly a small terrier to catch rabbits.

(b) the hat is of course a typical example of a nailers hat together with his 'erden appen.

A rough translation of "erden appen" might be "hessian apron".