THIS is another who? what? where? and when? photograph, for which we need the help of readers.

It’s been sent in by Eric Nolan, of Wilpshire, who has spotted his grandfather, John Nolan, among the besuited chaps who posed for the camera.

A police inspector, he served in Blackburn from 1904 to 1931 and is second from the left on the second row down.

Eric reckons the picture dates from the 1920s and that it could be some major hospital occasion, maybe at the Royal Infirmary.

Certainly the war memorial ward was opened there in 1928, following a substantial donation from Elma Yerburgh, who was also known as ‘Lady Bountiful’ in the town. The only child of Daniel Thwaites II, she assumed complete control of the town’s brewery on her father's death when she was only 24 and was appointed chairman nine years later, when the limited company was formed, a position she retained until her death in 1946.

Elma was a shrewd businesswoman, but was always aware of other people’s needs. She was a generous benefactor of Blackburn, and the Royal Infirmary, of which she was president for 11 years, received much help. She and her husband gave around £40,000, laid a foundation stone in the War Memorial Ward and subsequently opened the ward in 1928.

Nine years later, the ward was named after her.

Do you know if this photograph commemorates that occasion?