Another postcard view, plus colourised version, of the intersection of Windsor Road from Windsor Terrace, Albert Road to the right with Lloyds Bank on the corner. To the right is Bradenham Place and sharp left, out of view is Stanwell Road. [001]
I remember an Armistice Day Parade back in the late 1960's when I was involved, playing Soprano Cornet for the Excelsior Rope Works Brass Band (formerly the Melingriffith Band). The band normally led the parade which formed up outside St. Augustines Church. On this occasion we found out that a special guest was to lead the parade instead; it was the Chief Constable of Glamorgan. As we marched down past the post office and came to the Windsor Road junction (which had a roundabout at that time) our VIP leader marched proudly left toward the beach taking the direct route to the war memorial. No one had told him that the official route was to continue down to the library, then sharp left-wheel along Rectory Road and halt outside the war memorial at the head of the Alexandra Park for the last post etc. He marched away and as the sound of the band became a diminuendo, looked around with that look of sheer panic on his face. Loud laughter ensued which turned to applause of the gathered onlookers as he ran back to the head of the parade. At some point he decided not to lead the way anymore and left it to the band's smart Drum Major to show him how to do it. Never trust a 'Copper' has been my motto since that day!
