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I keep going back to picture #23968 and trying to figure out who's who. Names for only eight of the nine were forthcoming after six comments, and I am left in some confusion. By combining the names of the five I know with the four I'm inclined to believe are accurate, I've come up with the above. Could the one I've queried possibly be another Sandy?
Some of these folk were among the the mainstays of Orkney music for decades, and the older ones had a significant influence on my growing-up. (So how come I turned out so well?)
Who's going to name the anonymous musician - and correct any misidentifications?
(I've deliberately darkened the picture to help make the names stand out.)
Picture added on 02 July 2012 at 01:21
I have the original photo taken at a dance in the Royal British Legion. There are three or four more pictures. Adrian Stuart would know the missing name.
Added by J.Walker on 02 July 2012
Could the mystery musician be Arthur Pottinger?
Added by Maurice Scollay on 02 July 2012
Being pedantic - it's Willie Johnson (no t)
Added by BBJ on 03 July 2012
The mystery musician in Robert Hutcheon -minister and very fine trumpet player.
Added by Sandy on 07 July 2012
Yes, BBJ - a bad mistake on my part, particularly since I'm sometimes critical of others for getting people's names wrong. Thank you for your correction. It's not pedantic to get names right, it's common courtesy. So mea culpa!
The surname Johnson is commoner in England, but I think the Northern Isles Johnson comes from, or is related to, Eunson.
The surname Johnson is commoner in England, but I think the Northern Isles Johnson comes from, or is related to, Eunson.
Added by Ian Hourston on 08 July 2012
Thank you Sandy. To my eye he looks too young to be Robert - who would have been at least 60 in 1987 - but I'm certainly not going to dispute your identification on the strength of the bit of him we can see here. 'Time on My Hands' was a particular favourite of his, played as a modern waltz (I think) with his trumpet in the lead.
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Added by Ian Hourston on 10 July 2012
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