As part of our Brass Roots project we will be doing a monthly spotlight on an interesting ‘thing’ that we need your help with…

We had another session this morning looking through the record books from 1928 and 1929. Amongst other things it mentions an Outing Fund designed to help members save up to go to the Crystal Palace contest.

I looked back at some documents I scanned from John Doughton’s collection and found this… the details and names match those mentioned in the record book so we think this is also from 1929. Mysteriously though it’s blank.

Reading more from the record book, the band decided not to employ their professional tutor at this time because the standard of playing was too low. Looking at contest registers the band did not contest at this time, which probably explains why this outing card was never used.

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As part of our Brass Roots project we will be doing a monthly spotlight on an interesting ‘thing’ that we need your help with…

Still a bit behind, but here’s a photo of the band that we believe was taken after they won the Soham contest in 1923.

Joe Stockbridge, Bob Hinkins, Frank Greenhill, Francis Simons, Val Mitchell, Percy Hales, Sid Cooper (all cornet); Mr Hummerston (Drums), Alf Pearce (Tenor Horn), Lewin Seeley (Tenor Horn), Jack Hinkins (Tenor Horn), Charles Hinkins (Bandmaster), Isadore Vermalyn (Flugel), Harry Smith (Tenor Horn), Bill Ward (Baritone), Harold Jellis (Baritone); George Sharpe (Double B), Amos Greenhill (Band Collector), Cyril Craft (Trombone), David Beale (Trombone), Len Sharpe (Bass Trombone), Alf Smith (Euphonium), Jim Beale (Eb Bass), Sid Day (Eb Bass)

We had a really interesting session this morning going through the original record books from 1926 and 1927 so it’s fantastic to put faces to some of the names we were reading about.

Can’t wait to get the record books scanned in so we can share some of the fascinating snippets…

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