Where Am I? No.221 - Mission Impossible

[3sillydogs]

It's not your eyes, they do look like wooden beads...

[Ruskie]

Some random observations:

There is some fairly distinctive brickwork on the right edge of the building - it looks like every second brick is protruding (but it might just be my eyes or monitor).

The ground looks really rocky and some of the children are sitting on boarding of some sort - so wondering if the church is recently built and "landscaping" not yet completed.

Is there a fence on the right hand side of the building? Are there buildings beyond the fence? If so it may be an inner city location.

[mosiefish]

I wonder if little Hilda is in it?  Watton on Stone had a St. Mary`s and also an interesting family called Richards.  Check out the 1911    Just enter the surname and the place.

Mo

[LizzieL]

It's not your eyes, they do look like wooden beads...

Might be meant to represent a soldier in chain mail

[LizzieL]

Some random observations:

There is some fairly distinctive brickwork on the right edge of the building - it looks like every second brick is protruding (but it might just be my eyes or monitor).

The ground looks really rocky and some of the children are sitting on boarding of some sort - so wondering if the church is recently built and "landscaping" not yet completed.

Is there a fence on the right hand side of the building? Are there buildings beyond the fence? If so it may be an inner city location.

I think the bricks might be alternating light and dark so look as if some protrude.
The boy on the left looks like he's sitting on the base of a buttress, so could be church building.

[LizzieL]

The Hertford mercury 17 Nov 1917 has a report of death of Signaller John S Richards, oldest son of John Richards who as been schoolmaster at Watton at Stone for past 25 years.

[Treetotal]

Good call Lizzie...you might be on to something there.
Carol

[..claire..]

Next to the boy wearing the wooden beads,  is a boy holding a violin.

It's amazing what detail you can pick out

[LizzieL]

Good call Lizzie...you might be on to something there.
Carol

But Watton at Stone church is flint not brick and it's dedicated to st Andrew and St Mary.
I think it just might be a coincidence