Description of Content
Members of a mine band. The men wear a variety of clothing: two wear what appear to be home made kilts, one wears a plain skirt or kilt and another, the drum major (?), wears a fireman 's helmet and carries a pole with a tea kettle on top. It may have been a comic band.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Information & Communication, Migration & Cultural Diversity, Leisure
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Mrs Shirley Pearce, 14 Oct 1987
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Place & Date Depicted
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Individuals Identified
Ashworth, Jim
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Format
Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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Classification
Recreation & tourism, Performing arts - ensembles, Performers
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Keywords
Humour, Kettles, Marching Bands, Miners, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Scottish Communities, Scottish Cultural Activities, Scottish Immigration, Traditional Costumes, Kilts, Tartan
