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Originally Posted by West Ender
Just to show it can't all be bad my dad was in the Boys Brigade around the Accrington area, just after WW1, and he learned to play the drums in their band. That led to him playing drums in dance bands and he played, semi-professional, up to the mid 1940s so at least he made a profit out of the BB.  |
I too was in the BB, but in the 4th. Southport Company. I played the side drum and later progressed to a 'proper' kit and started playing with a pop group around 1960. Being able to play the drums was the best thing I ever did in my life. Like Entwistle, I appeared in the Blackpool Tower Circus Ring on two or three occassions at the regional display which was an annual event if I remember correctly. Summer camp was the highlight of the year and I attended camps at Lindfield in Sussex, St. Bees Head in Cumbria, and Port Erin on the Isle of Man.