Item Type: PostCard- Worsley Archive/Ashton Concertina Band

Summary

Full Description: The Alfred and Herbert Worsley/Ashton-u-Lyne Concertina Band Archive: Band Photograph. An original post card, dated in ink Sept 1909, of Ashton under Lyne Concertina Band,taken at the Belle Vue, (Manchester), Concertina Contest,and showing the band with their 1^st Prize Cup. Annotated to the rear “Sept 1909 Belle Vue Contest”. The Band’s letterhead (see Item NC.3.1.3.6-005 ) lists the band’s many victories at Belle Vue, and at other northern contests. There is a good summary of northern Concertina Band history at: www.concertina.org/pica/pica_2007_4/pica4_2007_p31_44.pdf

Source Catalogue No: The Concertina Museum: 3.1.3.6-002