The Prince of Wales Own Rifles The home Guard, Crathorne, Picton, Kirklevington Left to right Top Row 1.Eddie Moffit, 2.Len Smith, 3.Mr Turner, 4.Norman Watson, 5.?, 6.Tommy Walls Rounton, 7.?, 8.Austin Watson, 9.Ernie Fishwick, 10. Tommy Graham Middle Row 1.?, 2.?, 3.Jake Nare, 4.?, 5.?, 6.?, 7.Bob Bleach, 8,Kit Hogarth, 9.? Bottom Row 1. Walt Hutton, 2? 3. Bill Robinson, 4. George Brackenbury, 5.Mr Stanton, 6.?, 7.Billy Traggert, 8.Tommy Smith, 9.?,   The Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital, Crathorne Hall, Summer 1915 Many of the children who attended the village school in 1907 will have enlisted during the Great War, and several lost their lives. Mr and Mrs Dugdale opened Crathorne Hall as a Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital in November 1914, with Belgium troops and subsequently British soldiers being quartered in the cottages and stable block following their initial treatment in Newcastle. This group of convalescing troops and their nurses, along with the Rector of All Saints' Church was taken by Miss Pearl Crake in 1915

The Bell Family, Crathorne Mill 1898 Left to Right: Robert Bell, James Bell, Thomas Bell, Ann Bell, William Bell, George Bell, John Bell , Alf Bell, Mary Bell    The Blacksmith's Shop, Crathorne 1914 The blacksmith was an indispensable member of the community. There was once enough work to support three blacksmiths in the village. In the summer they were kept busy shoeing horses and hooping wheels of carts and wagons - in winter they repaired harrows and ploughs and other agricultural implements. This photo shows James Bell outside the smithy with his assistant in 1914. He continued to live in the blacksmith's house at East Villas until his death in 1944 at the age of 90.