Thank you so much Mort, much much better.
Carol at the back, my brother middle, me, my mum spotted skirt and Carol's mum. I used to call Carol's mum auntie Em, but she wasn't a relation. Spent quite a lot of time with them. Think Carol's mum and my mum became friends when they worked at George Ellison's. We all went to Belgium for a holiday together too, one of my first trips abroad.
Isn't autie Em's rubber ring skinny? Think they really were rubber in those days, not plastic. The mums look very well turned out for a trip to the beach !! I was wondering where at Barry Island this would have been. Looks like a promenade maybe.