These photographs are from George Bannister. The first one shows George's father who used to play for the Wheatley Hill Colliery Band and also had stints with other bands in the area including Shotton Colliery Band.

This is a coloured version of the photograph above from George Bannister

The second photograph from George shows Pearl Mitcheson, George's father's cousin who used to live in Wolmerhausen Street. On the back of the photograph is a date of 1st September 1946.