Arnie McCann

Born	November 1926 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Background	Grew up in Mansfield and Yeadon where Arnie lives now
Date of Interview	22nd March 2019
I give my permission for you to use my photographs and interview we did last year.” Arnold McCann

Arnie McCann born in 1926, is as lively a 93 year old as you are ever going to find. At the time of writing, Arnie is on an 8 week holiday in Andalucia with his daughter and her husband. Music is what flows through Arnies veins – he has been a musician since he was a school boy, and played in Yeadon Old Band as well as attending the Royal Military School of Music when in the forces. He has played on stage and television. When playing at Yeadon Airport he had Amy Johnson walk over to listen to the band playing. He has worked at the mill as a boy and a man but has never lost his love of playing music. A full life story!

Interviewer: Carlo Harrison

Cataloguer: Fiona Quinton

Sound Engineer David Myers

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You can listen to the entire recording by clicking the start arrow or, you can move the slider to one of times shown for the headings opposite, they are a guide to the many things we chatted about.

WW1	2.16
General Strike	05.08
South View School	06.18
Performing On Stage, Mansfield	08.00
Yeadon Old Band	10.16
Trades Hall	11.34
Salvation Army Hall	12.12
James Ives	12.53
WW2 Royal Navy	15.27
Kenneth Ives	16.40
Army Musician	24.10
Bernard McGill	25.10
Cartwrights, Rawdon	26.40
Hussars Band	30.40
Royal Military School of Music London	32.40
Max Moore Quartet	36.45
Jean Shepherd Wedding	39.00
Geoffrey Knowles	46.06
Silver Cross, Guiseley	52.40
Bandstand, Yeadon Tarn (Dam)	55.30
Amy Johnstone	56.30
Yeadon Tarn (Dam)	57.00

Please take into consideration when listening to these interviews that the meaning of language changes over time and that interviewees have not intended to cause offence by anything said which now may be thought to be unacceptable.

Recording this social history, chatting to different people about a whole host of subjects has been a real pleasure, such an interesting and I think worthwhile project for people to listen to both now and in years to come.

Thank you for visiting this website.

Carlo Harrison