Ring Ring Goes The Bell

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Bring back the harmonica in schools. Teach them blues and country licks. Throw out the recorder, ukuleles and triangles! Just saying!

Vine Vale School Tanunda (South Australia) Mouth Organ Band 1933
Bulimba (Queensland) State School Girls Mouth Organ Band 1939
Boys of the Buranda (Queensland) School Mouth Organ Band 1937
Orange Grove (New South Wales) School Mouth Organ Band – July 1928
Boys from the Marist Brothers College (Rosalie, Queensland) Mouth Organ Band – March 1940
1927
The eyes have it! George Price (left) and Edmend Melkie also from Cleveland Street Public School (Sydney New South Wales) – February 1948
Northcote (Melbourne, Victoria) State School 1924
School Boys Mouth Organ Band from Preston (Melbourne, Victoria) 1926
Coburg (Victoria) High School Mouth Organ Band – June 1939
Rockhampton (Queensland) Boys Mouth Organ Band (mostly school age) 1937
Berlin (Germany) Girls School learning their notes – 1927

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5 thoughts on “Ring Ring Goes The Bell”

  1. Priceless photographs! The expressions are awesome. ‘The eyes have it’ right hand lad looking skywards. Thanking the heavens and realising he is blessed. That’s why the word ‘harp’ is relevant I suppose. Your spot on re: recorders. I was playing one the other day. Found it in a box in the attic/loft. I can play a simple tune or three, but it still sounds horribly shrill. They are truly discordant in sound values! Cheers Shep.

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  2. Great idea, Shep. You should have suggested it years ago! At my age, I would appreciate going to a class at U3A if someone started it. I am sure there would be a demand if it were offered.

    Cheers Slingsby

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