South Yorkshire Times, June 30th 1933
Bramwell Allington
Bramwell Allington, a Wombwell youth, has had the honour of being “featured” in the national papers.
A critic has told the world that Bramwell could become the finest trumpeter in England. He has the chance of earning a fat salary in orchestra, dance band, or the military band. Critics who heard him play in the Queen’s Hall on Saturday night say that they were charmed by has execution. The youth was taking part in a Salvation Army band festival. When asked why he had turned down a good offer from a leading professional band. he stated “I have no other desire than that men and women shall be blessed by my playing, and eventually brought to the Cross of Christ.” Named after General Bramwell Booth and dedicated to the Army before he was born, Bramwell Allington is the only son of Mrs. Margaret Allington, 2. New Street. Wombwell. His father. William Allington, formerly an Army worker. died two years ago. When a “South Yorkshire Times” representative called at the house he found that Mrs. Allington had gone to London to hear her son play.
Mrs. Elisabeth Penketh, Mrs. Allington’s widowed sister-in-law, who lives with her, said that Bramwell learned to play the cornet when he was eight, and has always been regarded as a player of great promise. “His cornet is food and drink to him. Many a time he jumps up from a meal to run off some tune that has passed through his mind. He would take the instrument to bed with him if we would let him.”
Bramwell is the manager of the tinning department of the Barnsley Co-operative Society at Wombwell. He was the only instrumentalist from Wombwell at the Festival. Mrs. Penketh said the youth had turned down many tempting offers She added, “It is against the rule for Salvation Army bandsmen to play for money.”