Wycliffe Goodger

BORN IN Leicester, England

INSTRUMENT: Trombone

BANDS PLAYED IN: Leicester Castle, Gloucester, Winnipeg, Dovercourt, Etobicoke, Mississauga, St. Catharines, Jubilee Brass

TUTOR(S): Leicester YP Band Leader

INSTRUMENTS PLAYED OVER THE YEARS: Flugel, Trombone

FAVORITE BAND(S): Leicester Castle, Winnipeg, Jubilee Brass

FAVORITE PIECE OF MUSIC
SALVATION ARMY: “Divine Communion”

FAVORITE SCRIPTURE: John 3:16

# OF YEARS AS A BANDSMAN: 72

CHURCH HOME: The Salvation Army St. Catharines

CAREER: Third generation Salvationist. 5 year Engineering apprenticeship, Power Jets Ltd., (Chief Engineer Squadron Leader Frank Whittle – Oxford thesis on the Jet engine and built world’s first Jet engine, maiden flight 1941 from RAF Cranwell) later joined the Bristol Aeroplane Co. transferring to Winnipeg in 1957. In 1962 joined Hawker Siddeley Orenda Division at Malton becoming Manufacturing Engineering Manager. Retired in 1984 (Orenda built engines for the Arrow, SnowBirds and Canadian Fighter Aircraft. Bristol built the SST Concorde.)