MUSICAL TRAMWAYMEN.
A conductor who read the lessons in St. Mark's Church, Ivennington', one recent Sunday night, punched tickets next day , as, usual.. The Bishop of Stepney was the preacher at the eleventh annual church parade of the Tramwaymen's Brotherhood (which now includes omnibus and taxicab dfiVefs). The men attended in uniform, and several front pews ■were nlled with scarlet-robed mayors and councillors. A Contingent of the ,' London Fh*6 Brigade was also present. Solos were sung by conductors and a taxi-cab driver. In some cases these . 'had been ( composed by the soloist ,' and the chancel was thronged with a band, "whose members were all tramwaymen. Two. mosaic badges of the brotherhood, • which were dedicated and unveiled by ' the Bishop of Stepney, had been made by a conductor.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 56, 7 March 1914, Page 16
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127MUSICAL TRAMWAYMEN. Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 56, 7 March 1914, Page 16
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