Kindly sent in by John Ricketts of Park Farm Holiday Cottages, Stow on the Wold

1 Mrs. Tom Witts , 2, 3, 4 ,5 ,6, 7 Mrs. Burris , 8 Mrs Bird, 9 , 10, 11, 12, 13,14 , 15 Nell Ricketts (nee Gwilliam),16 Gladys Meredith,17 Mrs. Hattie Moseley , 18 Mrs. Tingle ,19.20, 21, 22, 23 Mrs 'Dick' Brown, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Mrs Jones, 30, 31, 32 Miss Merry , 33 Mrs G Joiner (nee Hart), 34 Mrs Mason 35, 36 Mrs. Cannock?, , 37, 38 Mrs. Enid Healey , 39 Mrs Bishop , 40 Mrs. Bishop , 40a , 41 Mrs Wincup (bakers’ wife Coleford), 42, 43, 44, 45. 46 Mrs Margaret Sleeman, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 , 54 Mrs Burborough (butchers’ wife Coleford), 55 Nancy Moore, 56 , 57 Barbara Jeffries, 58 Elizabeth (Betty) Giles , 59 Stella Luker, 60 , 61 Matron, 62, 63 Mrs. Olaus Jones , 64 Mrs Davies, 65 Miss Cole (Headmistress St Johns Primary School Coleford), 66, 67 Mrs. Butcher, the wife of the Deputy Headmaster (EDGS), 68 Miss Matthews , 69, 70 Mrs. Llewellyn , 71 , 72 Small child at front.
Thanks to Royston Pritchard for the following (Jan 2007): "The occasion was the opening of the Bus Shelter at The Dilke Memorial Hospital in memory of the coronation of H. M. Queen Eliazabeth II in 1953. The ladies are members of Coleford W.I. (Womens Institute) and Bilson W.I."
Thanks to Maureen Miller, Royston Pritchard, Sue Mclean and Margaret Baldwin (nee Penn) for help with the names.