{"id":6757,"date":"2026-01-20T10:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/?p=6757"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:15:13","slug":"cis-davies-bream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/cis-davies-bream\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs W O &#8220;Cis&#8221;Davies."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a picture of my Auntie (Cis) Mrs W O Davies. She was asked to form the Bream Male Voice Choir in 1948 and\u00a0 was a music teacher giving lessons in schools in the Forest of Dean. I\u2019m not sure of the date of the photo but would guess at the late 1940\u2019s or early 1950\u2019s. <br>As a child I remember visiting her and my uncle Dave in Bream. I think the picture was taken in their front room.<br>The trophies are from the Bristol Eisteddfod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trevor Davies<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1f11ba4a190&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1f11ba4a190\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"701\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bream-male-voice-choir-brooks-1.jpg\" alt=\"An image showing Bream Male Voice Choir c.1950\" class=\"has-border-color wp-image-6763\" style=\"border-color:#345C00;border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bream-male-voice-choir-brooks-1.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bream-male-voice-choir-brooks-1-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bream-male-voice-choir-brooks-1-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Click image to enlarge) Photo courtesy of Sally Brooks.<br>Bream Male Voice Choir was formed after conductor Albert Phipps left Whitecroft Male Voice choir in 1948. Some former members of Whitecroft Male Voice Choir asked Mrs \u2018Cis\u2019 Davies (above) if she would help them form a new choir \u2013 Bream Male Voice Choir.<br><br>Row 4: 1 Harold Miles, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Robert Hirst, 9 Roy Morgan, 10 Will Evans,<br>Row 3: 1,2 Ingomar Morgan, 3,4 Les Brown,5, 6 Don Adams ,7 Len Preest, 8, 9,10,11 Len Miles,12,13,14<br>Row 2: (seated) 1, 2 Harvey Jenkins, 3, 4 Mrs \u2018Cis\u2019 Davies, 5 Newton Adams, 6,7,8.<br>Row 1: (the front row) 1 Arthur Preest 2 Harry Preest 3, 4 Charlie Williams.<br>David Adams added (Sept 2010): \u201c\u2026 Don Adams son of Edgar Adams the founder\/conductor of Whitecroft Male Voice Choir\u201d.<br>Thanks also to Jeffrey Miles, Yvonne HIll, Gaynor Lilwall, David Adams, Sarah Hirst, Angela Teague, Glyn Teague and Trayci Adams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs W O Davies, music teacher and founder of Bream Male Voice Choir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-6757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bream","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6757"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6786,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6757\/revisions\/6786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sungreen.co.uk\/sg-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}