Eston Miners Silver Band

Isaac Atkinson Barker and his trombone (in the middle at the front between the red lines)

Copyright © Pancrack     All Rights Reserved

Names written on back of photo by Tom Kerrison (but the order of names may be incorrect):-
BACK ROW left to right:-
  1.Reuben English, 2.Taff Seymour, 3.Shep Meadows 4.Bill Armstrong 5.’Spot’ Blot, 6.Bill (box hat) 7.Tommy Dixon
     8.Dan Kilvington 9.(don’t know first-name) King 10.(another?) Tommy Dixon (Wesley Y.C.)
MIDDLE ROW left to right:-
  1.Drummer Tewson, 2.(don’t know), 3.Nesbet 4.(don’t know) 5.Jack Chapman (-leader) 6.Charlie ’Digby’ Kay,
     (no record of the rest of the row!)
FRONT ROW left to right:
  1.Nelson, 2.Jack Colman, 3.ISAAC ’IKE’ ATKINSON BARKER 4.Topsy Cook (trombone) 5.(don’t know)
     6.Arty Allday 7.Billy Colman (I think!).

  ’Spot’ was the nickname for many of the Blott families in California, Eston.   In fact Tom’s ’marra’ or co-worker in the pit was always called ’Spot’.

Close this Document