Hi Dave ,Just Read Your Thread On The BB And That Your Uncle Was A Member , Was
Your Uncle From The Aston Witton AreaYears Ago, And You Have Been Informed By Another Member On The Forum ,Whom Are Quite Right There Was Different Companys
Of The BB Around Brum ,As There Is Still. The Aston BB Company Was The 1st Company
Of The BB And They Came From Aston LadsAnd Witton , And The Senior Captin
For The First Company Was A Major , Mr Roberts, Whom Lived In Albert Rd Aston
In A Very Big House ,And They All Operated From Dyson Hall In Park St Aston Down By The Vine Pub There Weekly Meeting Was A Couple Of Times Aweek At The Hall
And It Kept The Lads Out Of Trouble This Is The 4O,s And The 5O,s I Am Refereing
Too,And Also They Done Band Practises For The Sunday Parade Around The Streets Of Aston, And On Occasions They Done Big Parades Which Also InvolvedThe Buoys Brigade And The Scouts Plus The Girl Guides And Brownies And They Would March Around The B,Hm City As Wel , They Used To Go To Camp Twice A Year .
I Myself Was In The Life Buoys At Dyson Hall On The Different Nights To The BB
mY tWO oLDEST bROTHERS And There Friends John LLOYED Was The PaceMaster
With The Big Stick They Toss In The Air When They Are Marching And Also He Used To Play The Bugle Along Side My Second Oldest Brother , My Oldest Brother Ron
Used To Be The Lead Drummer Of The Band Along With An Neibour And Very Good Friend Was Terry Jarratt .The Fist Company Of Aston Had To Go To London And Make A Record Of There Tunes This Was In The Day Of The Old 78 Records ,
If They Wasnt Band Practiseing They Would Do Gym AcribatsAnd Put On Shows
Best Wishes ASTONIAN ,;;