THE photographer who took a snapshot of railway workers at a cricket match in the mid-1950s has shed more light on the history of the picture.

Tim O’Grady took the snap of the group at Perdiswell recreation ground in Worcester with a camera that he bought for two shillings and six pence from the city’s Woolworths store.

He believes he took the picture in either 1954 or 1955.

The photograph was sent in to your Worcester News by Sheila Mason, daughter of Charlie Huntley, who worked for the Great Western Railway (GWR), and is one of the men in the picture.

Mr O’Grady remembers all the names of the men and confirms they all worked for the GWR as either drivers or firemen.

They are, from left to right on the top row, Ron Row-berry, Pete Kitson, Bunny Neal, Tommy Dorrel, Charlie Huntley, Charlie Kite, Gor-don Stanton, Bernard Rim-mer, ‘Knocker’ Hewins, Ted Winwood and Roy Kale. The men at the front are, from left to right, Bernard Warr, Taffy Furlong and John Sanders. Mr O’Grady, aged 74, , of Calgary Drive, Lower Wick, Worcester, was an engine cleaner, a fireman and a steam and diesel train driver for the GWR.

He said: “I have a copy of the picture somewhere but I can’t find it. They were great days on the railways. If you only turned up with one bat they had to swap the bat on the run.

“Those were the days. The camera was something of a luxury.

“I earned about £8 and 10 shillings a week.”