Lydbrook Onward Silver Band
Row 3: 1 , 2 , 3, 4.
Row 2: 1 W Smith, 2 , 3, 4 Alfred Lewis , 5, 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 .
Row 1: 1 , 2 , 3 Maynard Childs (conductor), 4, 5, 6.

Gavin added (Sept 2007): "Maynard Childs was Gavin's mum's uncle. Maynard was known in the family as 'uncle Effy'".

Joanne Lewis added (Sept 2007): "My great grandfather Alfred Lewis (1892-1979) of Hillside Cottage, Upper Lydbrook was a euphonium player and was the treasurer of the Band in 1932".

Thanks to Reuben Reeve who added (Sept 2007): "This picture was taken at The Beeches, Upper Lydbrook. It is on the lawn. I grew up at this house, my father bought it from the Coal Board in 1964. This was formerly the house of the managers of Waterloo Pit".

A very similar photo appears in "The Musical Tradition of Dean Volume 1" by Maurice Bent, 1997, pub. by M. V.Bent publishing.