MASCOTS, THE

Norfolk/Suffolk c66

Lead Vocals, Guitar: Dick Board

Guitar: Norman Ball/Bell (Both used in different articles)

Bass: Mick Forster (2)David Jones

Drums: Raoul Thunder

This group were brought to our ATTENTION! In November 1966, when they were pictured in the EEN playing at the Cromer Youth Club. All the group’s members were privates in the 1st Norfolk & Suffolk Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment. The Cromer concert was part of a nationwide tour of English youth clubs. Captain Keith Ross stressed that the group were not a recruiting gimmick. In August 1967, the band were pictured as a three-piece playing at The Aylsham Show. It pointed out that their bass player Jones had recently died in a hitchhiking accident in Norfolk.

Mediography:
The army is really swinging EEN 17/11/66 [p]
Nearly 11000 visitors to Aylsham show EDP 29/08/67 [p]