A Blow for Piping...
In 1967 the band, under the redoubtable
leadership of PM Kevin Nelson and then known as the Pipes & Drums of Wellington City,
was engaged to play during half-time at a football match between Wellington and the
Wairarapa in Masterton. It appears there was a misunderstanding about when the band was to
play and the impatient referee blew the whistle to kick off the second half while the band
was still on the field....In the wake of this
traumatic incident the late Neville Lodge struck a "blow" for pipe bands
everywhere with this cartoon
which appeared the following week on the cover of the Sports Post.
Acknowledgements: The cartoon is used with the kind
permission of Mrs Pat Lodge, Raumati.
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