These photographs are all that has been found about Coombe Brass Band and, even then, we are not certain that the second one is correctly attributed. We would love to have that confirmed or, indeed, to receive any information at all about this band.

Coombe Band 1912 (Photo: courtesy Alan Blake and CCHS)

Back row. Willie Rickard, Arthur Dowrick, Hart Spry, Fred Burley, Jonny Jones, Earnest Richard, Bert Lanyon.

Middle row. Wilfred Teague (aged 16), Dudley Richards (aged 17), Stanley Teague (aged 15), Rob Richards (aged 13), Jack Ford (aged 14), Mr Henwood – son Wilfred Henwood.

Front Row. Drummer Dick Crowle, Herbert Jenkin, Wesley Ball, Band Master W H Jenkin, Leonard Pascoe, Albert Ball.

Possibly Coombe Band near St Stephen in Brannel

 

 

Compiled by Tony Mansell (Bardh Kernow)

 

This collection is a part of the Cornish National Music Archive (CNMA) project to Collect, Preserve and Share our Cornish Heritage and Culture.

It is based on location as each may have had more than one band.

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