THE MAKING OF A MOVEMENT

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chapter, and to Dave Russell, Richard Middleton, Mike Lomas, and Arnold Myers, for reading the earliest draft and making valuable suggestions; also to William Boag; to Alma Sanders for material relating to the Besses o’ th’ Barn Band; to the custodians of the Black Dyke Mills Band library; to the Curator and staC of the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum; to Julia Williams, who typed the original manuscript, and Jill Grey who typed this revised version. Also, I owe a special debt of gratitude to Dr Helen Barlow. 1