"Mr Billcliffe taught music, as well as working the City Hall organ, an

activity probably more satisfying than trying to instill a knowledge of sharps

and flats into unreceptive brains. To aid one's understanding, he would sing out

"No, no! Ta, ta, taffatetty ta!² when correcting a guessed interpretation of a

line of minims and crotchets. Each syllable was emphasised with a whack on the

head with a wooden backed blackboard rubber."



	"Biltcliffe - He used to walk up and down the aisles in class and hit boys

on the side of the head with the blackboard cleaner if they got it wrong."



	"Mr.Biltcliff was the music teacher, played for the Halle and could be

talked into using a whole double lesson playing the piano, so we didn`t have to

work." -1946



	Biltcliffe didn't play for the Halle as such - he was the Sheffield City

Organist, who accompanied orchestras when required.  - 1957