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A ‘typical scratch band’ of the war period, being scratched together from Linton Army Camp personnel who were able and available to play. 'Pot Wallopers' was the term given to Army staff on pot cleaning duties.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2007N_Mus21_GRO_1086
Title
Linton 'Pot Wallopers' band
Held In
Coolstore
Date
1940~/1949~

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Created By
Place
Palmerston North

Object rights

License
Attribution + NonCommercial

Taxonomy

Tags
groups,
music,
musical instruments,
palmerston north,
photographs,
war on the home front,
world war two,
wwii,
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