A presentation silver mounted conductor's baton

A presentation silver mounted conductor's baton, by Edwin Noel, London 1910, tapering ebonised shaft, the mounts with foliate scroll decoration and inscribed, ' Presented to Mr Harry Harland by the Prudhoe Wesleyan Church Choir, 26th November 1914', also with a framed programme signed by Queen Mary August 22nd 1924, of the Prudhoe Gleeman's performance. (2) The Prudhoe Gleemen Male Voice Choir was founded in the year 1903 in the village of Wylam. The first practice was attended by eight members of the local Methodist Church and took place in a field adjacent to the church. After some eight years during which time the choir built up its numbers and its reputation it moved to its present home of Prudhoe and the role of conductor was taken over by Harry Harland. He was to lead the choir on to some of its most spectacular successes for the next forty years, retiring in 1951.