Lonnie Donegan

Pat Halcox was still on trumpet (a position he retained until July 2008). Donegan was evacuated to Cheshire to escape the Blitz in World War II and he attended St Ambrose College initially at the school's original site in Dunham Road Altrincham. More on personality than playing he was brought into Barber's band.

Top 10s". Anthony James "Lonnie" Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002) was a Scottish-born skiffle musician with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums states Donegan was "Britain's most successful and influential recording artist before The Beatles.