The Corps History Book - in pictures

According to a bloke called Hermann Hesse 'to study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. It is a very serious task, and possibly a tragic one.'

However chaotic or potentially 'tragic' we've got faith to believe its good to know where we've come from...

...here are some historical snapshots of the Salvation Army in Stratford (upon-Thames!)




two of our predecessors - a Major and an Adjutant no less?!








an ALOVE+ Y.P. outing 1907 style!








that is some Corps minibus! (the Home League off for an outing way back when!)







the songsters may be long gone, but the banner lives on in our hallway!












note to RB (alias 'charlie chikankata' in blogland): the Stratford bandmaster's shoes are big shoes to fill!










musically the corps has had more than one string in its bow!"