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Originally Posted by High Wood
I doubt that the average V.T.C. would have their own band and I wonder if a local band enlisted as a unit and became the 8th Mid Kent Band Coy, or something similar.
The lower word on the drum obviously has some significance and I wonder if it might be the name of the town that the band came from or were based in.
Unfortunately it is almost impossible to make out what the word is.
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Without wanting to go too off-topic, here are a couple of interesting snippets on the subject (both from 'Wright & Rounds Brass Band News' Liverpool, Feb & Nov 1916):
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