BIG BAND SOUND: From the top Bolton Temperance Band lines-up for a 1935 picture. The Church Lads' Brigade Band prepare for their annual camp in the Isle of Man with Corporal Harold Atkinson is giving instruction to the bass drummer.Drummers from the Bolto
MUSIC is the food of love - and a regular source for stories in The Bolton News.
The Bolton Temperance Band performed at fetes and numerous social events in the 1930s and 40s.
A practice session for the Church Lads' Brigade Band in 1955 sees musical instruments rather conspicuous by their absence at Holy Trinity Church as they practice for their annual week's camp at Douglas on the Isle of Man.
Drummers from the Bolton Women's Junior Air Corps parade for an inspection in August 1944 for a visit by the County Commander, Miss N Isherwood.
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