(c’51-’52) Charlie Partleton (drums), ? (sax), ? (sax), ? (sax), Edward Fowler (trumpet), ? (bass), and ? (piano).

Fowler was a founding member of this popular Farnborough dance orchestra, known to have played the R.A.E Assembly Hall and Town Hall, Farnborough, including an appearance on 22 September ’51.

22 September 1951: Clipping from Aldershot News of Fri, 21 Sep 1951 courtesy of Steve McKeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia

During the day Partleton was a barber at Swan hairdressers and would join The Mickey Kennedy Band in the late ’50s as well as being a member of the Farnborough Concert Orchestra. Partleton passed in June 2016, at 92.

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The New Stars playing at the R.A.E. Assembly Hall. Source: Alan Harvey via Steve McKeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia