It was 1974 and boys and girls from Newcastle's West End, resplendent in their juvenile jazz band uniforms, posed proudly in front of the local tower blocks.
This was Cruddas Park Chieftains, one of the many bands that emerged from the council estates and suburbs of Tyneside during the 1960s and '70s. The Chieftains, as their unfurled banner tells us, had formed two years earlier in 1972.
Interestingly, the lad eighth from the left in the front row is believed to be none other than John Carver who would go on to become a coach and assistant manager at Newcastle United. Later, in 1979, Cruddas Park Chieftains even became part of the subject matter for iconic Tyneside photographer Tish Murtha's first exhibition, called Juvenile Jazz Bands, at Newcastle's Side Gallery.
