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  • Collection: Reepham Band

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Front Row L to R :
Nancy Woods, Norma Hubbard,
Hazel Freestone, Pamela Reeder,
Brian Wright, Leslie Moy, Stella Riseborough, Daphne Barrow

Back Row L to R :
?, ?, ?, Reggie Seals, Gordon Frankland,
E. T. Ruffles, ?, Bernard Wright, Brian…

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At the Aldeburgh Festival in 1953Players include : Back row :- Pamela Barsted, Ray PlattenMiddle row :- Bernie Barsted, ?, Margaret MorganHazel Fowke , Nancy Woods, George Harrison, Imogen Holst, Tommy Ruffles Front row :- Godfrey Barsted, Jack…

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The band playing in Sparrow's Nest Gardens.

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Playing in the bandstand in Wellington Pier Gardens.

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Possibly pre WWI. Some of the uniforms are unusual but all have badges/insignia related to the Salvation Army.

GB-REE-1905071255 Band Agreement1935.pdf
Typed agreement dated 20 June 1935 between the Bandsmen and the Committee of the same Band, that each Bandsman undertakes to purchase a complete set of Uniform from Messrs. Boosey & Hawkes to the value of £4.12.0d.

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Band members are wearing the early uniform with self-coloured cording embroidered on the front & toggle fastenings.

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George Harrison on the left & E T Ruffles on the right

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Sidney Hardiment in 1932 with E T Ruffles

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E. T. Ruffles conducting a group of at least three bands with a young audience in the top RH corner (possibly part of a final concert at an EABBA Band Festival)

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A group of at least three bands playing at what was possibly part of a final concert at an EABBA Band Festival

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The St John Ambulance Band, led by E. T. Ruffles, on parade through Sheringham.(includes Utting & Garfield, Reepham Band members)

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St. Edward's Band, Kettering presented their First Annual Solo Contest and Concert on 15 December 1945, with guest band Reepham Juniors, Bandmaster S.S. Frankland and Conductor E.T.Ruffles.

The Finale of Land of Hope and Glory was preceded by an…

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Postcard advertising Tommy Ruffles' Band. Since Tommy Ruffles was a Fakenham resident the brass players are most likely to have been members of Fakenham Band. This item is included because of Tommy Ruffles' longstanding connections with Reepham…

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Reepham Brass Band taking part in a contest to raise funds for N.A.N.S.A. in the year of the disabled.
Notice at the front of the stage states :-
'A charity entertainments contest featuring 18 brass bands from all over East Anglia.'

Not an EABBA…

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Short report of Reepham Town Band's success in the East Anglian Brass Band Competition at Thetford. The Band came out top of the Class A section, qualifying for entry into the national championships the following year.

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E. T. Ruffles leading massed group of bandsmen. Several bands represented at the opening rally of an EABBA festival in Yarmouth. (Film advertised is Mutiny on the Bounty with Charles Laughton & Clark Gable, first released in Europe in 1936)
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