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Does anybody remember Norman Natrass, onetime checkweighmna, and later official of the NCB
I once took part in a teacake eating contest in the canteen in which this band played. i managed to eat six, while the runner up ate only five. Not bad fpr a Bevin Boy .
I was a Bevin Boy and played in thisband. The bandmaster was Jackie Stobbs who had played in the famous St Hilda's Band.
Samuel Oswald
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My Dad and two elder brothers played in Crookhall Colliery Band in the immediate post war years. I can remember being taken to the band room in the late 40's early 50's. I 'm sure Jackie Stobbs was there then. My Dad was John Watson ( known as Jack ) on the e-flat Base, Brother Dennis on the Euphonium and Alec on the Cornet. Dad and Alec ended up in the CWS Manchester under Jack Atherton (South Shields Colliery Band). All have passed on now. Alec just a month ago.
Hi, my name is Jean and my Dad (Charlie Monkhouse) also played cornet in the Crookhall Colliery Band and is the small chap on the left of the back row in the above picture. (I have the same picture). I also occasionally went to practices with him in the early 50s and loved sitting next to the Euphonium player as his instrument was bigger than me! We moved to Hull in 1953 where he continued playing in dance bands (trumpet) and brass bands. He was coming home from a band practice (Humberside Police Band) in 2006 (aged 86) when he fell and broke his hip which put an end to his playing days, but he was very proud to be still playing at 86!
Hi jean, my name is jim and I knew your dad, Charlie, very well. I was a member of the Hull City Police band for approximately eleven years, between 1962 and 1973,when i then transferred to Teesside Police. I am originally from Co Durham and Charlie and i used to talk about our brass and dance band days. He told me that he was a member of the dance band that was resident at spenymoor rink ballroom before he moved to Hull.
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