Macclesfield: Do you recognise anyone in this band? Appeal for info on Between the Wars photo

By Alex Greensmith 3rd Nov 2021

Macclesfield: can you identify anyone in this photograph?

Macclesfield Museums need your help providing information about this photo.

As part of their ongoing quest to document our town's culture, Macclesfield Museums have unearthed this print from their archives.

The image of Frosts Mills Prize Jazz Band is believed to have been taken from 1929-1935. Could you help work out the exact date?

Unfortunately, there is no information about the people in the photo, or where it was taken.

The sign carried in the centre of the photo reads: 'Silktown Prize Jazz Band W M Frost & Sons Ltd. Park Green Mills Macclesfield".

But it is not known if the photo was actually taken on Park Green. The crowd are shot in front of a business, the name of which reads partially obscured as 'Deacon _____nk Ltd.'

There are 42 young boys and girls posing for the pic, are presumed to all be from Macclesfield.

Are any of these in the photograph your relatives? Or do you know where the snap was shot?

Get in touch with Curator Kathryn Warburton with more information via: [email protected].

You can learn more about the Silk Museum here.

To zoom in and see further detail, you can download the full image here.

Macclesfield Nub News will share this article in the Macclesfield Memories Facebook group, but please do share elsewhere to help our town's museum.

See also: Macclesfield: Fresh appeal for poppy volunteers as Remembrance Sunday details announced

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