Description:Amington Band and other performers at Bullford Army Camp Wiltshire 23rd to 25th August 1945. This was a concert party run by Fred Cotterill to entertain the troops during the Second World War.
Standing: Ronald Davies, Priscilla Ingly, Helen Kain, John King, Albert Taylor, Jack Wood, Harry Cross, Albert Davis, Alan Mason, Ken Gullick, Bill Melborne, Jim Smith, Arthur Mullard, Arty Slater, Algie Smith, Lionel Wood, Ernie Wright, Eric Wimpress, Joyce Hopkins, Lucy Hopkins, Lucy Alicott, Fred Cotterill.
Sitting: Lionel Mansfield, Ken ?, Alf Leedam, , George Clarke, Ray Dixon, Arthur Twynham, Walter Carney, Ernie Jackson, Cecil Cook, Tom Hughes, Alec Harper, Jean Bird, Mabel Thomas, Mavis Boddice, Barbara Starkey.
Amington Band was started in 1917, with Roland Davis as Bandmaster. The band began by using old instruments, until they could raise enough money to buy new ones. After they had raised enough money, they also employed a professional tutor, William Pollard. They began to enter competitions and soon began to win them, including the National Brass Band contest held in Crystal Palace, London, in 1924. Much success followed and in 1928 they built their own band room in Sharpe Street and also performed on the BBC. They became one of the leading bands in the country and were still thriving in 2007.