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Jim Pinch chats to Phillip Hunt at Bugle Contest

Jim Pinch of Indian Queens Band first played at the West of England Bandsmen’s Festival in 1920 and here he recalls his memories of the early days of this contest.

 

Jim Pinch in conversation at the 1998 contest with Phillip Hunt and included here by kind permission of BBC Radio Devon/BBC Radio Cornwall

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