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Children join in a rally for Labour candidate George Tomlinson on Bridgewater Street, on the day of the 1938 Farnworth by-election. The man at the front of the photograph is filming the scene. We think he may be local Labour councillor Ellis Clarke, who made a series of propaganda films for his party.
It doesnt look like Ellis Clarke, but may be
Ellis Clarke was smaller in stature than this man and his hair isn’t dark enough, Ellis was my grandfather my mums dad.