In 1969 the band came out of hibernation under the direction of Ted Allison, an ex-army bandsman working at the Royal School of Artillery, Larkhillil.
Two bands were formed, the Amesbury Town Silver Band, and the training band, the Amesbury Youth Silver Band. Quite a few parents started learning and playing alongside their children in the youth band. The Band met at the scout hut in Kitchener Road until it was pulled down in 1991 to make way for an extra classroom for Amesbury Infants' School.
Late in 1989 Ted was suddenly taken seriously ill and Phil Marston stepped in at the last moment to take temporary charge. Phil, a serving squadron leader in the RAF, was our MD for nearly 8 years until pressure of work forced him to relinquish the reins to Ken Palmer in 1997.
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The reformed Band in the 1970's, leading the Annual British Legion Remembrance
Parade. Front row: Ted Allison, Ivor Dunford & Brian Carter
Ted Allison conducting in the Old Scout Hut, Kitchener Road, Amesbury.
The Band with their youth section in the 1970's, judging by the hair. Ted Allison :
Conductor
A concert at Antrobus House - probably mid 1980s.
The annual Christmas Concert in Antrobus House, 1987. Ted Allison : Conductor. Back Row - Dennis Burgess. Ian Lowther. John Appleford. Brian Watts. Andrew Baker.
Middle Row - Brian Carter. Brian Bishop. John Baker. Ivor Dunford. ???? . Julian Slater. David Shutler. Neil Slater. Jeremy Slater.
Front Row - Jean Jackson. ???? . Fiona Carr. Ted Alison. Carol Adlam. Marie Burgess. Hillary Dearden. Foreground - ???? . ???? .
The Band leading Amesbury Carnival, June 1988
Great Wishord, Oak Apple Day. May 1989
The band in Amesbury's St Peter & St Mellor Church April 1994, taken prior to their recording session. Phil Marston: Conductor.
Back Row - Ray Brotherton. John Appleford. John Baker. Geraldine Williams. William Lowther. Peter Parfit. Ivor Dunford. David Shutler. Andrew baker. Brian Watts. Brian Carter.
Third Row- Peter Hollingdale-Smith. ?????. Sandra King. Bob Travis. Jean Jackson. Joan Dunford. Bill Prator. John Vent. Ken Palmer.
Second Row - Tim Dunford. Christine Martin. Fionna Carr. Dennis Burgess. Marie Burgess. Hillary Dearden. Ruth Tuck. ???? . ???? . Phil Marston. ???? . ???? .
1997 - The band with their new instruments from the national lottery
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