Photograph of New Shildon Temperance Silver Band, n.d. late 19th/early 20th century Photographer: C Smithson, Shildon Back row: F Tarn, G Longstaff, H Place, W Barras, C E Stephenson, J Bellis, T Bellis, F Burgess, H Pearce Middle row: E Nicholson, R Butterfield, J White, F Best, O Hann, J Scott, H Gibbon, I Chaplin, T Collinson, T Longstaff, T Ferguson, J Place, J Ferguson Front row: R Simpson, J Vickers, T Edwards, Dr Fielden, J P Shaw, G Steele, T Fletcher, John Bellis The band was set up in 1878 When the Temperance Band disbanded on the closure of the Shildon Railway Works in 1982, they donated the instruments to the school, and the instruments are still in use at the successor school, Greenfield Community College, Newton Aycliffe (2022) – From: Etherley Lane, Junior Mixed and Infants School,Photographs