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I thought I would just add to the information relating to Roger Coke.  As a child, my father was often invited along to Brookhill Hall to play the piano for Roger Coke, who would invite an orchestra up from London to perform his work.  Not all the musicians could make these trips and it was my father's job to 'fill in' for the instruments that were missing.  My father could only have been about 10-12 years of age (sadly, he is no longer around, so I can't ask him) and he would cycle over from Alfreton.  There was apparently one memorable occasion, that caused my grandmother much concern when she heard about it, when Roger Coke had bellowed at my father: 'Bring in the bloody oboe'.