Members of the newly-formed Stockport G.P.O. Telephone Band during a practice session with their conductor Mr Bill Phillips (right). They are J. Stevens, A. Thompson, E. Egerton, J. Morris, N. Bak, E. Crossthwaite, C. Driver, A. Sadler, D. Thorp, J. Henshall, T. Walker, A. Ogden, H. Harrop, E. Watson, S. McCarthy, D. Walker, A. Holbrook, A. George and the two youngest members B. Holbrook and C. Thorp, both aged eight.