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A piece of Brass band history here - The last engagement of the St. Hilda band
was at Stanhope Show, Co. Durham, England on September 12 1937. (So says
Geoffrey Brand's book, Brass Bands in the 20th Century.)
St Hilda's are the only British brass band to date to have turned professional,
they had no choice when the colliery closed in 1925. I remember my Grandad
telling stories about them - sometimes sleeping on their bus and in bandstands!
(Times were hard). Does anyone have any such stories of them? I wonder......
They won at Crystal Palace in 1912, 1920, 1921 and 1924
Anyone with anything else to add?...........
Nigel Wears
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