Thank you very much to all ( especially Jim Genders, Geoff Hall and Terry Shaw)
who have helped put names to faces on the photos below. That said as you will
see we still have a few blanks so would love to be able to put names to all
the faces! If you can help and recognise anyone please let us know so we can
complete our history of the band.
Dave
Woollam
Stockport
Police band ( predecessor of the Cheshire Constabulary Band )circa 1952
Back
Row left to right – John Pickering: Denise Dewitt
(Clarke): John Stretch: Jim Genders: Cyril Grocott: Mikre Greaves: Joyce
Holt: George Pragnall:Graham Hodgkinson:Mike Gaffney:David Owen: John Woollam:Adrian
Lindop:Geoff Hall
Front Row left to right- David Woollam:Colin
Stewart:heather Kilshaw:Keith Wenlock:Robin Bold:Iffior Griffiths: Charles
Holt ( MD) Brian Jones: Pete Mounsey:Colin Lloyd: Syd Smith: Brian Harding:
John Hughes.
Police Band
1972 - Taken outside the FTC. The band were still based in Stockport before
moving to Crewe in 1973/74.
Standing from left
- ???, Dougie Moores, ???, Gwilliam Williams, Stan Rogers,
Stan Davies, ???, ???, Fred??, Rob taylor, ???, ???, Geoff Hall, ???, ???,
???, Fred Codling
Seated from left -
Dick Rogers, Harold
Sim-Mutch, Ron Shawcross, Ronny Claydon
Chief Officers
Annual Dinner circa 1978
Back
Row left to right - George Pragnall: Mike Greaves:John Pickering:Peter
Mounsey:John Stretch :Keith Wenlock: Charled Holt (MD) Brian Harding :Colin
Stewart:Geoff Hall: Brian Jones: Brian Ledsen:
Front Row left
to right - Joyce
Holt:Jim Genders:Mr JOhn Furber ACC: Mr George Fenn Chief Constable :(Unknown?):
Ian Murray: Mike Gaffney
Police Band
1975 - Taken in the rehearsal room at FTC
Back
Row left to right - Joyce Holt, ???, Malcolm Simmons, ???,
Heather Kilshaw, Keith Wenlock, Colin Lloyd, Geoff Dooley, Mike Holmes, ???,
Stan Dobbins
Front Row left
to right - Ian Harper, Jim Genders, Cyril Grocott, ???, Keith
Barnicoat, Colin Stewart, George Pragnall, Caroline Litherland, Geoff Hall,
Brian Jones
Seated - Henry
Watson (Chief Constable), Charlie Holt
Two
photos taken at the former FTC at Crewe Circa 1981 to show off the new “
Powder blue” stage uniform and Parade uniform
Circa
1987
Back
Row Left to Right – Joyce Holt: Nigel Birch:Rachel Metcalfe
(Woollam) :Stuart Wright:Cyril GrocottJack Meredith:Syd Smith:Simon Roberts.
Janice Lloyd
Centre Row Left to Right- Howard Coppenhall:Derek
Gardener:Keioth Podmore-Smyth:Lisa Wright:Dave Wood:Stuart Gorse:Colin Stuart:Dave
Woollam:Albert Birchenough:Andre Helieur:Gerraint Davies.
Front Row Left to Right
- Ron Dean:Roger Kingerby:Roy Duke:Charly Holt: Ken Hanks:Ron Shawcross: Tim
Ashbrook
Band
circa 1994
Back
Row Left to Right - : Jim genders:Cyril Grocott: Stephen Gardner: Dick
Rogers: Derek gardener:Graham Hodgkinson:Kim Turner: Dr Andy Lund: Charlie Holt:Dave
Wood:Ron Shawcross:Louise Stretch: John Stretch: Ivor Perks: Janice Lloyd:Cathy
Genders
Front Row Left to Right
- : Stuart Wright: Terry Shaw:Joyce Holt: Ken Turner:Dave Evans:
Alison Lund:Albert Birchenough: Ken Hutton:David Graham:Ken Hanks:Roy Duke.
Band
circa 1997
Back
Row Left to Right – Stuart Wright, Steve Pritchard-Jones,
ken Turner, Simon Roberts, Gyril Grocott, Richard Hutton,Terry Shaw,Dick Rogers
Centre Row Left to Right- John Hughes,
???, Adrian Dunne,, ???, John Stretch, Grenville Henshall, Ken Hutton, Henry
Ash, Geoff Hall, Malcolm Glanister, Charlie Holt, Janet Hall
Front Row Left to Right
- Ken Hanks, Irvine McKee, Joyce Holt, Vicky Gardener, Janice Lloyd
Drummers (knelt) -
???, Louise Stretch,Graham
Mallom, ???
Band
2005
Back
Row Left to Right - John Hughes:Ken Dale:Nichola Burnham: Ben Freeman,Alan
Freeman:Dave Lornie:Bob Heath:Ken Turner: Ken Hutton: Emma Woodward: Alan Woodward:Clive
Batey:Dave Evans: Malcolm Cooke: Arthur Sherwood.
Front row Left to Right
- Stewart Thompson (Deputy MD) :Irvine Mckee:Janice Lloyd:Francis
Lawrence:Sarah Bowker: Dennis Cooke:Terry Shaw:Derek gardener:Steven Gardener:Steve
Twemlow:Granvile Henshall (MD)
Help
us to fill in the blanks or correct any innacuracies as to dates of photos or
names of the players shown. Please contact Dave
Woollam.
Our current MD Dave Woollam as a very newly appointed Police Cadet taken at
Crewe in 1978.
Back Row L to R : Louise Stretch, Richard Hutton, Marc Kolodzeizicz,
Derek Gardener,Graham Hogkinson,Ken Thorn, Jim Genders,Terry Shaw,Gillian
Shaw, John Stretch Centre Row L to R: Andy Lund,Joanne Haigh,Syd
Smith,Janice Lloyd,Ges Davies,Dwve Richards,David Graham,Albert Birchenough,
Dave Evans:Gavin Wright Front Row: Dave Wood,Ken Hanks, Emma
Jones,Graham Slinger,Nick Hudson,Roy Duke,Ivor Perks, Terry Newton
