[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by susie123

That's interesting about the concertinas, Retlaw. My partner plays the concertina and the melodeon and has acquired quite a few. A lot of folk have one tucked away somewhere. If you can spare a minute I'd love to know what make it is and is it normal size or one of the bigger ones. And do you know anything about the concertina bands in Accrington?
Many thanks.

Its a Wheatstone 48 keys, in its case is a receipt from Wheatsone charging him 14 shill for repairs & that it was made in 1914, also the receipt for when he bought it off A. Ellison.
A Ellison was AKA Sandy Ellison who was at one time Accy Stanley Mascot.
As for the cocertina bands I've not much memory of them, before my father died I made a tape of him reminising about his younger days, his father & brothers & life in Accrington, trouble is I put it somewhere safe, so safe I don't know where it is.