By CASEY NEILL
BRUCE and Alan Collard have kept every story about the Greater Dandenong Band they’ve found in the Journal’s pages since 1965.
They have hundreds of articles in their collection, which they showed off in a recent photo shoot.
“I took me two and a half hours to go through them all,” Alan said.
“It was quite a trip down memory lane.
“It’s just out of our interest for the band.
“And I’ve always been one to keep articles and not throw stuff away.”
They’ve now entrusted Bruce’s grandson and Greater Dandenong Band president Tim Hellyer with the stories.
“He’s going to scan them all into the band computer records,” Alan said.
“He’ll classify them by date so they’ll be on file forever more.”
The brothers joined the City of Greater Dandenong Band in 1965 because it was struggling for players.
This year band president Tim inducted them into the band’s Honour Wall for their 50 years of service.
