British Miner Beats The Crisis - The big moment of the day; Averil Ann Greenslade at her ablutions attended by Mother Gladys Mary and Father Edwin Herbert, with "Lassie" the family sheep-dog firmly in the picture. "Lass" was rather a big dog to have about a small house, so Ned reluctantly gave her to a local farmer. This didn't suit her at all. She returned on the evening these pix were taken, and the Greenslades, en masse, decided that she must stay, as one of the family, for good. March 4, 1948. (Photo by British Official Photograph).