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DCLI recruiting march, Caerhays Castle, St Michael Caerhays, Cornwall. 13th July 1915Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry soldiers on a recruiting march going through the arch at Caerhays Lodge, led by a band. Caerhays Castle is a semi-castellated manor house situated 0.5 mile south of
A Concert Party, Artist UnknownOil on board, Dutch / Flemish School, 17th century. The painting was previously known as Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Leicester at Kenilworth and attributed to Dirk Hals (1591-1656)
Music Shop Noise, Queen Street, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. April 1992Michael Ransley, who owns instrument making premises in Queen Street, has been forced to move out because of constant road works outside his shop
Gumbo Flyers, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. July 1991A new group in Lostwithiel playing the Cajun and Zydeco music of Louisiana, USA, had their first outing at the Globe Inn, Lostwithiel, on carnival night, to foot-thumping acclaim
Ghurka Band, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1992A display by the Pipes and Drums of the Ghurka Rifles entertained Fowey Regatta Week crowds in the grounds of Fowey Hall. Later in the day they marched to Place House in the town
Michael Ransley, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. January 1990Michael Ransley, Lostwithiel instrument maker, works on a copy of a recorder from the sixteenth century. The London College of Music have commissioned him to create four Renaissance recorders
Truro Town Band at Malpas regatta, Cornwall. Probably 1909The Truro Town Band on board a boat during the Malpas Regatta
Constantine brass band, Cornwall. 1912Photograph of members of the Constantine Brass Band in their uniforms and with their instruments