Recollections Royal Blind Asylum Brass Band Outing from Edinburgh to Kinghorn, Fife |
Returning from Kinghorn - Around 1950
© George Lewis, Southampton, Hampshire, England, formerly of Niddrie Mains Drive, Edinburgh
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Royal Blind Asylum |
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Brass Band Thank your to George Lewis, formerly of Niddrie Mains Drive, Edinburgh for sending me the photograph above taken on a Royal Blind Asylum Brass Band outing. The photograph was taken as the band crossed the Firth of Forth on their return to Edinburgh. The Forth Rail Bridge is in the background. George wrote: Kinghorn "I took this photograph on an outing from Edinburgh to Kinghorn. The photo was taken after the band had given a concert on the beach, around 1950." George Lewis, Southampton, Hampshire, England: May 1, 2007 + August 14, 2007 |
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Here is another photograph taken on the same outing. |
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Recollections 1. Willie Farrow Edinburgh |
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Below the Forth Bridge Thank you to Willie Farrow who saw this photo on the web site
© George Lewis, Southampton, Hampshire, England, formerly of Niddrie Mains Drive, Edinburgh and wrote: Kinghorn "I am the boy on left at the front. * I played cornet. My father was James Farrow. He was Conductor of the Band." Willie Farrow, Edinburgh: November 16, 2009 * = But see 'Recollections 3 below |
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Recollections 2. Willie Farrow Edinburgh |
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Willie Farrow added Brass Bands "I was born in Newtongrange in 1945. My father, James, was Bandmaster with Newtongrange Brass Band, then he moved to the Royal Blind Asylum Band at Gillespie Crescent where I learned to play the cornet. When the band finished, I was solo cornet player The band finished due to lack of blind persons." Willie Farrow, Edinburgh: November 17, 2009 |
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Recollections 3. Willie Farrow Edinburgh |
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The Boy in the Photo Thank you to Willie Farrow for emailing me again to let me know that he has now contacted George Lewis who provided this photo, and has discovered that the boy in the photo was not, in fact, himself. Acknowledgement: Willie Farrow, Edinburgh: November 17, 2009 |