May 08 - new image now up

admin · May 08 - new image now up

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davisonb · Music Ensemble - Arael School 1949

This has broght back memories ! I definitely played in this band but I am not sure if I am the one with ribbons playing the cymbals at the back. I am fairly certain that the boy playing the drums with the curly hair and next to the tubular bells was Tony Watkins of Griffin Street.
I played the triangle, cymbals and the drums and remember playing the drums in the tune "the parade of the tin soldiers" in the church at the bottom of Llanhilleth pitch but I cannot recall the occassion.

What a lovely photograph - does anyone remember me ? I was Marie Webber at the time from Lower Lancaster Street, Six Bells and am now Marie Davison in Wiltshire.

Pam Turner

Hi Marie, Sorry but I am pretty sure the girl with the cymbals is Gwyneth Flook and the drummer is Jimmy Watkins. The photo was taken in June 1948 to mark the time when the band broadcast 2 tunes for the BBC . The broadcast was on air in July 1948. One of the tunes was "The March of the Toytown Soldiers" but I have forgotten what the other tune was. I know the band was popular before that time and also for a while after. We did attend lots of concerts around the area. Sorry to disappoint you
Pam (Wilson/Stevenson) Turner

May 08 - new image now up

Music Ensemble - Arael School 1949