Hello Dorothy, They also had the Silver Bands. The Hannington Silver Band played at one of the fetes held at St. Mary's Church, Kingsclere. Quote from GOOGLE. The Hannington Silver celebrated its 80th Anniversary in 2004 Kind regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants. UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Jones" <dee-jay@jones2115.fsnet.co.uk> To: <eng-hampshire-kingsclere@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:25 PM Subject: Re: [King] Reminiscences of Kingsclere Folk > Many thanks for reporting back, Peter. > > I've been having great fun with oral words in my aural > orifices! > > According to Bill THUMWOOD's reminiscences, the Kingsclere > residents made their own entertainment but were also visited > by professional entertainers, initially showing short films, > interspersed with sleigh bells or hand bells and a > "hydro-doctu-laxi-clicker-moniker"[my interpretation after > several attempts!]. Having since 'googled' hydro coupled > with armonica - see hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_harmonica > > Do the archives hold any posters relating to such events? > I'd be very interested to see an image of the instrument > brought to Kingsclere. > > Kind regards. > Dorothy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter L Goff" <peter.goff@btinternet.com> > To: <eng-hampshire-kingsclere@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 4:24 PM > Subject: Re: [King] Reminiscences of Kingsclere Folk > > >> >> Hello Dorothy >> >> Our archive ladies have checked and there is nothing in >> the archive in >> Kingsclere. >> >> regards >> Peter G >> >> Dorothy Jones wrote: >>> Does any 'lister' have knowledge of the musical folk of >>> Kingsclere of the 1860s-1920s period? > > > > --------------------------------------- >>From Kingsclere. ALL surnames in CAPITAL letter please. Christian >>name Lawrence surname LAWRENCE. > --------------------------------------- > If you get unsubscribed and did not ask to be unsubscribed, please > email eng-hampshire-kingsclere-admin@rootsweb.com > --------------------------------------- > Make sure your Anti Virus Protection is updated and do a weekly > backup of your files. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.709 / Virus Database: 270.14.80/2523 - Release Date: 11/24/09 07:46:00