Hardy Family Picnic

Thanks to John Hardy for providing a record of what looks like it was a very good picnic gathering of the members of the Hardy and Wilson families around 1931. We are tempted to run a family competition to see who can correctly identify the family members in the above and other photos. Establishing where this was would also be interesting. It was a park with organised bench seating and trees in the background.

John and I have spent hours staring at these and studying family history records. We have established that at the picnic we probably have;

Charles Lingham Hardy and his second wife Hannah; (Charles on the right above wearing a hat, about to take a sip of his tea.)

Mervyn Hardy and his then wife Lillian, their children Gwenda, Jean (my mother), Olwyn and Ray (John's father);

Lillian's father David Wilson and his second wife Evelyn.

Lillian's sisters Alma, Beryl and Tilly (the twins), half sister Isabel and half brother James (Jimmy);

Mervyn's brother Cyril.

There may be some others we have not been able to identify.

Here are the other photos including the photo also probably taken at this picnic, which we included recently in a blog about Cyril Hardy.

Above we have Merv Hardy extreme right, possibly Cyril next left (my view), then David Wilson, possibly Jimmy Wilson sitting down hands on thighs, and in striped jacket possibly Cyril ( John's view) and if its not Cyril then we do not know who this is.

Above we think we might have;

Back row going left to right; Evelyn Wilson, Hannah Hardy, Alma Wilson, Isabel Wilson

Middle row; Unknown girl, Beryl and Tilly the twins next to each other, Lillian Hardy;

Front row; Jean Hardy, Gwenda Hardy holding Ray Hardy, Olwyn Hardy, unknown girl.

Above we think is;

Standing left to right; Hannah Hardy, unknown girl, Isabel Wilson, Evelyn Wilson (and dog);

Sitting; Alma Wilson, Beryl and Tilly the twins and an unknown girl between them, Lillian Hardy with Ray on her knee.

All suggestions that will help us correctly identify the family members in these photos will be greatly appreciated.

John has identified the car at the picnic as a 1927 Ford Model T Tourer as in the example above.