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)
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.
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.'
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…
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…
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)
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.
Down Memory Lane article from the Eastern Daily Press
A photograph of the Junior Band playing in 1944 at the Theatre Royal, Norwich, sent in by Ken Adcock. The second cutting is a letter from Pam Kemp (nee Reeder), also a band member.
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…