Great to see you on here.

I apologise for not getting a move on with the song, but certain developments have taken place - will let you know what's what, when I know myself!

If you want to email the photo to my private address, I'll post it on this website for you. Hopefully that will save you a lot of bother. As I've said before, posting photos on OGFB is one of the Dark Arts.

Cheers

Heather

PS: Everybody - Colin's book is very good, by the way - well worth getting your hands on a copy.

Not only is it one of the dark arts, but it has a spell woven into it that means although you may have successfully posted a picture once, you can never remember what you did....

Welcome Colin.

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Remind us all of the broad details of the Rohilla.

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Until such time as I can overcome the processfor adding a photograph image to a post I have created an alternative method via an individual web page on my personal website that has the aforementioned photograph on it. The webpage in question can be accessed at

http://www.eskside1.freeserve.co.uk/ogfb.htm

If it is not asking too much may I ask you to visit the page in a hope that you can help me. Please rest assured this is a genuine web page and not some daft scam that aseem to haunt the internet. I apologise for working this way and hope to rectify the addition of an image to the post itself soon.

Many Thanks

Colin

I'll leave it up to you to fill in any background info and captions.

Firstly many thanks for uploading the images to this post.
The first is that of a sketch created for me by the late John Littlewood, one of Whitby's well known characters, his work adorns many of the town’s public houses where his expenses were refunded back via the bar. I had John sketch the illustration from a painting by Tim Thompson. John made a wonderful job of the recreation and I use it quite a bit.

The second illustration / photograph was the reason for my first post and one that I am hoping forum members can help me with. The photograph depicts what I believe to be Whitby folk standing alongside people from Barnoldswick. I feel it was taken around one of the anniversaries to the loss of the Rohilla, although I am of course open to any suggestions / corrections.

I think that the front row is largely made up of those survivors from the S. John Ambulance Brigade and whilst I have my suspicions about whom each individual is I would welcome forum comments. Equally if anyone can identify any of the other persons I would welcome the feedback. I have a substantial collection of illustrative material and whilst I am aiming to go through it in a hope of correctly identifying the people in the photograph it can never hurt to get an external viewpoint.

I am planning a comprehensive website dedicated to the Rohilla and am currently working on the site content. I am still hoping to upload a number of photographs as time goes by all related to the Rohilla and those involved in its loss. If anyone has anything they would like to ask, then please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best Regards

Colin Brittain

I'm ashamed to say I never follow my own advice on this one.