These two picture are from the December 1969 “Rye’s Own”
Are they Rye Town Band c. 1910?
Plenty of Rye Names – Is your Great Grandfather among them?
Top Row (L. to R.) Charie Thatcher, .Sam Gibson, Tom Weller, Taffe Richardson, Fred Bryan, E. Curd, F. Smith, Charlie Sharpey, Eddie Apps
Middle Row (L. to R.) E. G. Clarke, Albert Bryan, George Coote, George Smith
Front Row (L. to R.) Bert Tavener, Jack Fitzearle, Wilfred Gammon, Ernest Banester, George Standen
No names for this one but many are obviously the same bandsmen. Anyone with a real long memory who can help name the band?
Pictures from the December 1969 Issue of Rye’s Own
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