Trumpet and Bell

By Robert Alcock on Apr 17, 08 08:58 AM

WITH his crisp white trousers, the boy on the right of this photo seems to have taken a leaf out of Martin Bell’s style book.

Mr Bell, the former BBC journalist who was injured during his reporting of the Bosnian War, visited Southport during his term as MP for Tatton from 1997 to 2001. Mr Bell famously defeated sitting Conservative MP Neil Hamilton in the 1997 General Election.

As for the girl in this curious gathering outside the Prince of Wales Hotel, she seems to be taking a trumpet lesson from a rather jovial guardsman.

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