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Black Dyke Band 1950 outside Victoria Hall

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)

Category: Photographic Print
Dimensions: print measures 380 mmx 220 mm outside dimensions of frame 610 mm x 485 mm
Materials: Black and White photographic paper mounted on grey card in a glazed oak frame.
Date of Production: 1950
Ownership: In the Black Dyke collection 2016
Condition of Item: good
Location: On display in the band room
Artefact ID: BD2016-011
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