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Re: Oldest Established UK Brass Band?

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Subject: Re: Oldest Established UK Brass Band?
From: Cameron Mabon <cmabon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:08:24 +0100 (BST)
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On Sun, 17 May 1998, SkemBand wrote:

> Our band, Skelmersdale Prize Band, was established in 1878, and has been
> actively contesting and entertaining ever since; it has never folded and had
> no breaks for wars etc., (being run by miners, farmers and dock-workers who
> were classed as having jobs vital for the war effort).

The fourth section band I play with up in Scotland, the famous(!) "Jedforest 
Instrumental Band", was founded pre-1860. The earliest written 
constitution dates back to 1862. (Incidentally, it was revised this year 
for the first time in 126 years!). I don't know if the band stopped 
playing during the war years. 

I'm sure many other bands date back to 
as early as the 1830s. However, whether or not those early bands could be 
called brass bands (given that they were composed of a hotch-potch of 
instruments of various families) is debatable.

Cameron

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