Local historian Dennis Cross reported that all bar one name of the group had been named and was seeking help for the final one.

Colin Leeks, of Thurlton, near Haddiscoe, was quickly on the telephone to say he thought he could help.

Mr Leeks, who lived in Willbye Avenue between 1952 and 1976, thought the man was Jack Bayles and said: “I know he lived at about No 101 Willbye Avenue.

“I haven’t seen him for several years. He married Anne Bayles, a French lady, in the 1940s.”

Mr Leeks said Mr Bayles now lived in Wymondham but used to work for the GPO in Diss when he lived in the town.

Confirmation of the identity was not long in arriving.

John Bayles, of Attleborough, emailed to say: “I am happy to confirm that the mystery gentleman is my father – Frederick Bayles.

“In fact he was delighted to see the photo and remember the good old days.”

Mr Bayles said his father had just celebrated his 87th birthday and is still enjoying a happy life with his 83-year-old wife Anne.

More information came from Jean Challoner (nee Barham), of Shelfanger, who, it turned out had set the ball rolling.

She said: “I was pleased, and a little taken aback, to discover my scruffy sketch plan and photo of the 1954 Uplands Willbye Association gracing the Memory Lane page.

“I began circulating them some time ago when I had one name left to find.”

Mrs Challoner said Elsie Bloomfield, a resident in Willbye Avenue for more than 50 years had helped fill some gaps but the final names had proved illusive.

“The Uplands Willbye Association was really set up to give kids on the estate, and there were a lot of us, at least one trip to the seaside every year and a grand Christmas party in the Corn Hall,” said Mrs Challoner.

“The seaside trips were generally either to Great Yarmouth or Lowestoft and travelling arrangements alternated between Simonds Coach and a steam train from Diss. ”

She said that at the time of the committee picture, her father, Bill Barham, was chairman.

“It was taken in the Magistrates Room (now the Waveney Room) at the back of the Corn Hall.

“The committee worked hard and there was a strong public spiritedness among them.

“Three went on to serve on the Diss Urban District Council, the first being my father, who stood successfully for the Labour Party – ground-breaking stuff in ultra-Conservative Diss at that time.

“Subsequently, Cresswell Knights and Jean Ray also served on the council.

“There were strong links with the Diss Carnival committee with my dad being chairman of that also.

“We had a float in Diss Carnival for several years, masterminded by Edna Millar, who later became a renowned wardrobe mistress for the Mere Players.”

Mrs Challoner thinks that when the association disbanded, funds from its kitty were spent on the children’s swings in Willbye Avenue.”

n Can you add any more memories? Write to Memory Lane at the Diss Express.