Year: 2002

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Band Tour to Bruges

Band Tour to Bruges

May Time on the Continent While the Queen celebrated her 50th Anniversary this May, the Band decided that the long weekend would be an ideal opportunity to tour another part of Europe. This time we decided to head for the town of Bruges in Belgium. This town is often called “Venice of the north”, because…

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Tribute to Tony

Tony Smith (age 62) Funeral at Tunbridge Wells, 2 May 2002 Edited version of Address given by Rev. Dick Dengate. Tony came from a close family, one of four children who always got on well. He was born in Kensington in 1939, and brought up in Hounslow, where he went to school. He became a…

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Spring Contest

Spring Contest

Back Row   Front Row Colin Batt (Trombone) Ian Lanceley (Musical Director) Mike Vickers (Bass) Viv Lovewell (Euphonium) Donna Bull (Cornet) Rebecca Suckling (Timpani) Fred Smithers (Soprano) Peter Evans (Cornet) Geoff Collins (Bass) Alan Smithers (Tenor Horn) Jerry Pond (Bass) Tony Smith (Cornet) Bob Bixley (Percussion) Holly Lovewell (Cornet) David Newsom (Euphonium) Hazel Walsh (Trombone)…

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