It’s 1967 – although it might have been 1966 – and it was the Halifax Charity Gala being held at Manor Heath. The precise location of the brass band, outside the tent of the Halifax Deaf Association, was, I am sure, not meant as any kind of criticism of their musical ability. Twenty years after taking this photo, I lost my own hearing and, for a time, I was completely deaf. I’d have given anything to hear a Yorkshire brass band play.
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