And David Frost, son of a band member of the time, writes to us on 6th
october 2010.
I was 'surfing the net' this evening, peering into the past and it occurred
to me to check on the Crystal Palace Brass Band. My own memories of the
band are limited to childhood in the fifties when I used to sit in on practices
attended by my father and grandfather. I can identify them in the 1950
Jubilee photograph. The younger couple standing at the back (almost in
the middle) are my parents Theodora Frost and Amos (Sunny) Frost. Sitting
at the table in front of them (but facing the camera) are my grandparents
Amos Kemble Frost and Beatrice (Beatie) Frost. I was born in October 1950,
so this would have been one of my mother's first outings after giving birth
to me. Unfortunately I do not recognise anyone else in the photo, My Dad
and Grandad both played trombone. I did not inherit their musical talent,
but my family ancestry research indicates that there were professional
musicians in the family, on my Great Grandmother Richards' side, going
back to the earkly 1800's.
Regards
David Amos Frost
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