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Article by John Meredith in PEOPLE December 9, 1959. pp.4-5. (From the collection of Jamie Carlin)
John Meredith at Gunnedah with Ken Bennett's Stanley concertina - with Chinese lantern bellows grafted on. (Rob Willis photo)
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Saturday, 13 June 2020
From the Archives - John Stanley's squeeze-boxes called the tune at a thousand bush dances.
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Concertinas,
History,
John Meredith
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