Does anyone recognise the shield?. The group were celebrating winning a First Aid award by The Princess Royal colliery. The location is the Miners Welfare Hall Cinderford.
Row 3: 1 , 2 , 3 Fred Morgan , 4 Mr Arnold- manager Princess Royal Colliery , 5 Ted Oakey - Manager Eastern United Colliery.
Row 2: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 Birt Hinton , 5, 6 (with pipe) Dr Ellison.
Row 1: 1 Oliver Guy Oakey -manager Cannop Colliery, 2 Jack Crook -Deputy Cannop Colliery, 3 Jack Edwards , 4 Charlie "Goody" Richards , 5 Arch Worgan.
Royston Pritchard recalled (Nov 2006) - All the Deputies Overmen and Managers had to qualify annually for a First Aid Certificate. Dr Patrick O'Driscoll and his son Dr Michael O'Driscoll of Bream and Dr Booth attended various collieries on weekends to give training to and examine the First Aiders. This was done by the doctors on a voluntary basis.
Thanks to Royston Pritchard, David Haynes Janet Kear, Dave Powell, Brian Davey, Eileen Davey and Yvonne Hill for help with the names.

John O'Driscoll added (November 2016): "... There is an old family story that my grandfather, referred to here as Dr Patrick O'Driscoll (but always known in the family as Jack, he was John Patrick) was rather fed up after a long day examining for these first aid exams for no fee. At the very end of the day, the trainer informed my grandfather that he too had to be examined so he could continue first aid training. My grandfather was so annoyed he asked him a real stinker of a question ("How do you sterilise cat gut") and subsequently passed all the students but failed the trainer! After this, he was not asked to examine again!".

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