They Call Him Their "Cupid": Two weeks after the Webwear factory - opened at Craghead, County Durham - Mr. William Wicks was married. He started the sequence - since when between 30 and 40 staff members have been married every year from the factory. This year their are 13 "beat-the-tax" brides who are to leave their machines for a fortnight 'shoneymoon and return with a chance to make up for lost time. In this picture ten of the brides-to-be throw a heart around their "Cupid" Mr. William Wicks who is no 45. Photo shows The girls are Marita Crossman (21); Betty Chatton (24); Joan Ramshaw (22); Dorothy Richardson (19); Shirley Ridley (19); Pat Chaytor (19); Mavis Walters (22); Brenda Sutton (20); June Davis (18); and Joan Croudace (25);
Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.
Photo is dated 03-03-1960.
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