Black and white photograph entitled ‘Black Dyke Mills Band National Champions 1947-48 1948-49 1949-50’
The band in uniform and with their instruments are posed in rows in front of the entrance to Victoria Hall, Queensbury. Front and centre is the conductor with the National Trophy.
Listed as present are; back centre I Armitage, Back row; A Pinches, K Pinches, A Brown, H Nelson, O Bottomley, A Oldfield, A Bentley.
Centre Row; T Rounsley, J Slinger, L Winn, G Whitham, L Langford, I Judson, G Sutcliffe, J W Wood, P Hughes.
Front Row; A Frost, E Keeton, D Burns, Alex Mortimer, W A Lang, C Emmott, TH Beckwith, W Kershaw.
Photographed by Greaves of Halifax ( Hugh)
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