I can check further but from the shape of the badge, pin holes, I think more likely a Stratford Besson Shaftesbury kit------which were identical to the Edgware Beatmaster, anyway. The Edgware badge , I think had only 2 pins but because the word Besson was tacked down below the ford part of Stratford, there was a 3rd pin on those badges, on the right hand side.

The snare throwoff is a little different. I've seen one like that before, possibly on Ajax but it is an upgrade from the norm on those, with the nice long handle.

If you could have a look for me that would be amazing! Any information is most useful.

I excavated the one Edgware drum I have and also managed to find the spare badge I have. Both only have two pins . The cast white metal Ajax badge only has two pins as well. I think Stratford Besson Shaftesbury , is your kit. The Stratford Besson catalogue is identical to the Edgware catalogue. Boosey&Hawkes and Besson( London) were head to head competitors in the British brass and woodwind markets. They would have had well established rival dealerships as well, each one pushing either the Edgware or Stratford brand. When B&H acquired Besson on 1948 , it probably made sense to keep the brand loyalty and rather than bring Ajax or Edgware drums into Besson dealerships, they just badged Edgware drums as Stratford Besson but otherwise they were identical. The date in the drum seems correct to me because drums of this type were being produced then but it would take a serial # to know for sure.

Unfortunately I couldn't see a serial number in either the snare or tom-tom. It seems that only the floor tom and bass drum have them, which seems a bit odd to me. I expect they're probably in the same era.

I think I've got the original hardware kicking around somewhere too (or from memory it looks similar to the brochure image anyway) I might be looking to sell this kit as it hasn't been set up for years and is taking up quite a bit of space. I can't see anywhere online with values for it though.

value would depend on where you are and unfortunately without the badges, the value is depressed a lot. they are nice vintage drums but only might garner interest in the U.K.

----also , they would be considered an entry level kit , so it would be hard to realize the same value as if they were Ajax.-----having all of the parts around is a bonus but only if they are in real nice shape.

In Canada , where I am I would think that you might get 350.00 for them, tops , if the hardware was really good( are there Ajax cymbals too?).