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The Cyril Bailey Band
The
Cyril Bailey Orchestra in their heyday.
Left to right: 1 ,2 Doug Oldfield , 3 Johnny Preest (drums) , 4 Steve
Jones, 5 Jack Belcher, 6 , 7 Ted Annetts, 8 Cyril Bailey .
Jack Belcher is the 3rd sax player
from the left in the centre. He played alto and clarinet.
Thanks to Mal Preest, John Belcher, Polly Mercer, Ivor Ellis, John Marchant and B Nelson
for
the names.
The second picture shows Ivor Belcher on the left with the harp, James Belcher centre with the trumpet and Mr Cook with the violin. He later led his own dance orchestra as shown on the 3rd picture (below), courtesy of Robert Coldrick.
Photo Courtesy of Robert Coldrick
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