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Name: Ray Whalley
Ray Whalley
Instrument: 2nd Trombone
Years In Band: 12
Location: Brierfield
Occupation: Retired
Responsibilities: Librarian,dogsbody, and providing the “gravitas” required in a responsible,musical ensemble. This involves ensuring that the younger members of the band(everybody) act at all times in a sober restrained manner, an example of which behaviour, I provide willingly for their enlightenment
Former Bands: Nelson is my first band
Biography: Decided to do “ something completely  different “ when I retired from teaching Science, so I took up the trombone, I believe that Mercury vapour  has an adverse effect on the Brain Cells, and there was no Health and Safety at Work when I started, this could explain my choice.