Helping Out Boozy Band Was a Day to Remember in Every Sense ; Ex-Derbeian Trevor Larcombe, Who Now Lives in Wembury, Continues His Reminiscences of His Trombone-Playing Years with Corden Street Chapel Brass Band. Here, He Recalls Two Amusing Episodes.

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A PREVIOUS Bygones article on Corden Street Chapel mentioned Methodist abstinence and this reminded me that we knew another band a few miles away, possibly Long Eaton, who seemed not to share the same views.

They were sometimes short of players for an engagement and some of us would assist.

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Helping Out Boozy Band Was a Day to Remember in Every Sense ; Ex-Derbeian Trevor Larcombe, Who Now Lives in Wembury, Continues His Reminiscences of His Trombone-Playing Years with Corden Street Chapel Brass Band. Here, He Recalls Two Amusing Episodes.

One November, Albert Harlow and I went to help on the Remembrance Day parade.

We got there in good time and were issued with the music while most of the bandsmen entered into ...

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