Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

14 hours ago, Bandsman1966 said:

Yes, if it helps I am certain of a couple of the identities. (BTW you missed the H from Netherton).

 

And a thout it was aanly Cockney's that dropped tha H's! - well spotted sir - NETERTON updated :-

CLs updates added

Added the names to the photo :- 

Living in the Oval area of Bedlington the Free woods, and the bandstand, was our playground throughout the late 50s & early 60s. We used to camp close to the Bandstand and play in the river not far from the bandstand. The bandstand was used to pile up our belongings whilst we were built a dam across the river. The water was deeper on the Ha'penny wood side but with a dam making it deeper we could dive bomb in off the large flat rock surface on the Ha'penny side.

That's the area, where we were camping one Friday, or Saturday night, and we (also YMCA people) encountered our first early morning Hello, Hello what you lot doing here then', from the police, please accompany us to the Top End police station. Naturally we were totally innocent (it was not us that had stole the car and left it not far from where we were camping) and released, after questioning, after about 3-4 hours. 

Names added to photo :-

@Bandsman1966 - I'm guessing this set of names go with this photo?

3 names - George Parnaby, Dick Lane & ? Lane added by Alan Cumings off the Bedlington Remembered facebook site - Front Row Nos 6 & 7 + Middle Row No 3 

No problem - I have time on my hands and will work my way through the photos and add numbers & names before I post them on the Facebook sites. 

I will then update this site when I think there is no more info to add from the Facebook sites. 

@Bandsman1966 - would you like me to post these photos on the local Facebook sites :- Bedlington Remembered - Bygone Bedlington - Sixtownships & Barrington, Barnt' n  memories and stuff!! to see if any members can name any of the bandsmen? When I post 'group' photos on the Facebook sites I add numbers, and the known names, to the photo. No problem if you don;t want them posted on those sites :- 

Living in the Oval area of Bedlington the Free woods, and the bandstand, was our playground throughout the late 50s & early 60s. We used to camp close to the Bandstand and play in the river not far from the bandstand. The bandstand was used to pile up our belongings whilst we were built a dam across the river. The water was deeper on the Ha'penny wood side but with a dam making it deeper we could dive bomb in off the large flat rock surface on the Ha'penny side.

That's the area, where we were camping one Friday, or Saturday night, and we (also YMCA people) encountered our first early morning Hello, Hello what you lot doing here then', from the police.

11 hours ago, Bandsman1966 said:

Long-shot, but I wonder if Tommy Percy (who was my tutor for cornet) was a relation? Lived at Easton Homes if I remember correctly '76 (ish).

@Bandsman1966 I have added your 'Long shot....... 76(ish)' in a comment to Michael Percy on the Bedlington Remembered Facebook group site. If he replies I will update this post.

11 hours ago, Eggy1948 said:

I suppose there could be other Bandstands of he same design but I would say the location for this photo is Bedlington Free Woods

My wording may have confused this a bit. I should have said :- ......... but I wold say the location for the photo, with the band members, is the Bandstand in the Free Woods.

I just posted the other pictures of the bandstand to prove my deduction, eat your heart out Poirot & Sherlock.

Although we have never been able to find out the exact year the Free woods bandstand was demolished it was definitely before 1979 and thought to be around 69-70.

I suppose there could be other Bandstands of he same design but I would say the location for this photo is Bedlington Free Woods

This photo was also on the IBEW site and  posted a copy in the Facebook group - Bedlington Remembered and a Michael Percy, with the help of his dad, supplied some names :- 

@Bandsman1966 - have you checked out the http://www.ibew.org.uk/vbbp-uk.htm where I got the photo from ?

1 hour ago, Bandsman1966 said:

Stuck for more than 1 or 2 actually.
This pic has been put here before, this one has "tags"
 

Some names added and No 23 changed from Stan Swan to Stan Dixon ? 

No 31 - ALAN JARVIS ; 32 - DEREK SWAN ?

Names from Alan Hall and Alan Dickson

3 names added 

Names updated by George Mitcheson, off the Facebook Bedlington Remembered site.

The original photo was posted on the Facebook Bygone Bedlington site by Andrea Warner.

Names updated by Susan Humble

George Todd identified himself - No 44 

One other band photo on the IBEW site is Netherton Colliery Silver Model Prize Band. The Bass drum in each photo appears to be the same one. 

I have not scrutinize the faces in both photos to see if it is the same band, but you would expect that Netherton only had the one brass band.  

Whilst looking for info on Netherton Village I came across the Northumberland Communities site and on there were some extracts from the old school logs of 1919, closed school early & 1920, the kids have been cleaned up!