Best, Harry Crellum 001

Orchestra in which Harry Crellum Best (possibly front row second left) played the violin. Harry was born in Blackburn in 1892, one of ten children. His father, Harry, was the manager of one of the town's corn mills, who also played the organ at Montague Street Baptist Church. Harry's unusual middle name was his mother's maiden name, a commom practice at the time. The family were living at New Park Street at the 1911 Census, where he was listed as a professor of music.