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Re: Oldest Established UK Brass Band?

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Subject: Re: Oldest Established UK Brass Band?
From: "Ian W. Wright" <Ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 19:07:09 +0000
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Hi Tony,

Damn, you beat us by 3 years!

Ian.

> 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).
> 
> We are in the process of compiling a history of the Band, and would like to
> know if there are any other UK bands that can lay claim to be longer
> established, with continuity throughout its history?
> 
> We would be very interested to hear of any bands that have been going
> longer.......
Ian W. Wright
Bandmaster and Euphonium player of the Hathersage Silver Band, Derbyshire, England
see our web page at:- www.geocities.com/hollywood/6067/home.html


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