"Hi Richard, The HSCT was apparently founded in 1900 and had over 700 members nationally in 1901. There are very few Edith Feildings in the British BMD database and possibly only one in the likely timeframe. There is some additional information on…"

"Correction, daughter of Sir William Leyland Feilden"

"There was an Edith Feilden of Scarborough (1862-1922), daughter of Sir William Henry Feilden who founded the Hospital Service Corps of Troubadours to provide music in hospitals, convalescent homes and poorhouses."

"The ebay banjo looks similar to a Windsor model.  This is a catalogue of stock from his shop:  https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/item/25358-catalogue-of-the-valuable-stock-of-mr-j-werro-vente-du-2-decembre-1914?offset=6"

"As Mike said earlier, there are advertisements in British Newspapers of teachers offering both American and English methods and which seem to be from around the 1880s/90s. Although prospective pupils would presumably have been aware of the essential…"

"When the photo was taken Mackney was apparently making regular appearances as one of a company of vocalists at the Canterbury Hall in Westminster, accompanied by Cecil Hicks on the pianoforte. "

"Thacker's Overland News reported publication of Christy's Minstrels Banjo Tutor in August 1861."

"Yes, although it would be interesting to see the original Temlett patent if it still exists somewhere and to what extent it may have differed from Dobson's design and the typical later zither banjos.     "

"Joel, This is a brief article from 1884 referring to a patent for some form of suspended pot.     "

"The British Newspaper Archive has some references in 1890/1 to makers Arthur Tilley, John Hutton, Charles Hudson and J E Dallas. The Cammeyer zither banjo was apparently available from the Piccadilly Banjo Studio of Herbert J Ellis in 1889. Richard…"

"Tanfield and Hill performed banjo and mandolin duets in Sheffield in the 1890s- the banjoist in the duo was possibly George Roger Tanfield (1870-1946)."

"In Brewster v Dallas 1888,  Brewster said that when he first met Dallas, about five years prior to 1887, he was a journeyman coachbuilder (supported by an 1881 census entry in Little Queen Street). An article from The Era 1888 ‘Brewster…"