LIGHT has been cast on a photograph of an orchestra from the early 1950s.
The photograph was pictured in Memories on June 19 and it was believed to be of an orchestra from St Mary's College.
Geoff Cowie, of Liverpool Road, said the person conducting the orchestra was Eugene Genin.
He said Eugene has been a violinist in the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the very early 1940s and possibly before the war.
Eugene trained at St Mary's, St Edward's and St Anselm's colleges as well as at least five other locations for Liverpool Evening Institutes for many years.
His sister Winifred also played viola in the Philharmonic for many years until she retired and his grandson, Nicholas Byrne, is now a cellist.
Known as "Pop" Genin, he has been described as a "hard task-master" but one who got results and produced some top violinists across Merseyside from the 1940s to the 1960s.
However Geoff does not think photograph was taken in Alexandra Hall.
If anyone has any further information, leave a comment below or write to Memories, Crosby Herald, 43-47 Liverpool Road, Crosby, L23 5SD, or email newsdesk@crosbyherald.co.uk
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