Description:Standing outside of Astage House, Croxton are (from left to right): Amy Smith, her mother Emily Smith, sister Irene Smith, brother Arthur, Sybil Briscoe, her parents Elizabeth and Henry Briscoe, and her sister Daisy Briscoe.
Emily Smith was the wife of Elizabeth’s brother Samuel Smith. In 1911 they lived in Bolsover, Derbyshire. Elizabeth and Amy were assistant teachers. Arthur was a colliery clerk, as was his father (not in the picture).
The Briscoe and Cooke family farmed at Astage House Farm between about 1909 and 1934.