MBS reader Tiff Smith sent in this old snap of his band. 

Tiif (pictured on drums) said: "This is a rare promotional photo of the Merlins 1963, Southminster's most hip amateur band back in the early 60s.

"We regularly played two or three times a week to packed audiences all over Essex, particularly in the Dengie Hundred."

L-R Graham 'Tiff' Smith, Jimmy Neal, Ivan Lawrence, Raymond Lee, Peter Nightingale and Max Catterwell.