malcolm clapp Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 (edited) It is interesting in the Heckmondwyke photo how many use a razor (3 or 4), and on the other photo, how many don't (3?).Must be colder Oop North? And three of the Lachenal group dressed in women's clothing too.... They'd never get away with that in Oldham! MC Edited February 8, 2007 by malcolm clapp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Another thought regarding these bands is that it would appear that the average size of each band was in the region of over twenty.The concertinas mostly being Wheatstones ,that would have been one hell of an order going into Wheatstone for each bands instruments.I wonder if it made Wheatsone Concertina manufacture a viable business on the strength of these orders.Would they have been able to continue making so many had it not been for these large orders?Would we have had so many Wheatstone Concertinas about if it had not been for these bands? Al On the sample of these two photographs, Alan, it looks like the Wheatstone/Lachenal split was a bit more even. However, I recall seeing some "evidence" in the Wheatstone ledgers of "bulk" orders which I'm guessing would have been for band usage (i.e. several of the same model ordered on the same day). Regards, Peter. Did it have Chris Algar against them? Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Another thought regarding these bands is that it would appear that the average size of each band was in the region of over twenty.The concertinas mostly being Wheatstones ,that would have been one hell of an order going into Wheatstone for each bands instruments.I wonder if it made Wheatsone Concertina manufacture a viable business on the strength of these orders.Would they have been able to continue making so many had it not been for these large orders?Would we have had so many Wheatstone Concertinas about if it had not been for these bands? Al On the sample of these two photographs, Alan, it looks like the Wheatstone/Lachenal split was a bit more even. However, I recall seeing some "evidence" in the Wheatstone ledgers of "bulk" orders which I'm guessing would have been for band usage (i.e. several of the same model ordered on the same day). Regards, Peter. Did it have Chris Algar against them? Al Maybe an ancestor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 An early photo of the premier Band , I wonder who Albert was? Any idea of a date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes williams Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 (edited) An early photo of the premier Band , I wonder who Albert was? Any idea of a date? Thanks Bazza, Datewise its earlier than Geoff's picture - numbers were added to the London district code (W.C. here) in 1917, so its probably before WW1. Its a good simple pointer to decide on pre and post WW1 material from the London makers. And if some of those instruments are Edeos, that sets it as probably into the late 1890s/1900s as an earliest date pointer. But I wonder why 'gentians' - when talking about the Bristol meetup - never mentioned Jenny Cox from Bristol, who has got more Band archive material than anybody I know? I've passed on her email to Al for contact - she'd be another person for anybody to lodge copies of their archive stuff with, or enquire to. Jenny's scrapbooks of Band photos are a joy! Edited February 12, 2007 by wes williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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