Richard Banks joined St Albans City and British Legion band in 1962 – his reason for joining was that he was in the RAF at RAF Stanmore and had been keen to get back into banding – he had been brought up in St Albans and had relatives in the city and often spent most …
I came from Cornwall originally, starting out with the Saltash Town band – 4th section, but was quite keen so would often play with many other local ones when I could – Liskeard, and Tavistock (both 4th section), Plymouth Silver (1st/2nd), St Pinnock (2nd), and Bodmin Town Band (1st). Then I moved to the Midlands …
I left the Salvation Army in 1952 to join the St Albans City and British Legion Band, starting on Second Baritone, the Secretary was Alf Martin and the Conductor Ted Longland. The first engagement I took part in was a parade of one mile to celebrate the Coronation of the Queen in June 1953, …