Description:A group pictured at the opening of the first annual exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Photographers at the Guildhall, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The exhibition was opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Mr Harold Wallace-Copeland.
Back row: Mr S. Smitton (Hon. Secretary of the Society of Staffordshire Photographers), Alderman W.A. Knowles (Chairman of the Museums and Art Gallery Committee), Mrs G.A. Wade, Mr Clarence Mothershaw (Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme), Mrs E.J.D. Warrilow, Alderman H. Barks (Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent), Alderman C.E. Fowke (Mayor of Stafford), Mr E.J.D. Warrilow (Founder-Chairman of the Society of Staffordshire Photographers), Prebendary K.G.W. Milward (Vice-Chairman), and Mr E.L. Harding (Assistant Secretary).
Front row: Mrs Mothershaw (Mayoress of Newcastle-under-Lyme), Mrs Wallace-Copeland, Mr H. Wallace-Copeland, Colonel G.A. Wade (President of the Society of Staffordshire Photographers), and Mrs H. Barks (Lady Mayoress of Stoke-on-Trent).
This photograph was published in the Staffordshire Sentinel on 27 October 1951.