Stuart,
Thanks for your swift reply - I will certainly contact Jim as you suggest.
Best wishes,
Gavin
>
> From: Stuart Adams <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2005/07/14 Thu PM 01:01:36 GMT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Extinct Brass Bands
>
> Dear Gavin
>
> A member of a club I belong to was some years ago involved with the
> British Legion Boys band and now his son is helping out. The band still
> exists and therefore not fit your catergory but he is willing to supply
> a history. The band travelled extensively and became world famous. So
> if this helps please write to:
> Mr. Jim Spendley, 150 Cranham Gardens, Cranham, Upminster, Essex, RM14
> 1JT.
> Mention my name.
>
> Hope this is of help
>
> Regards
>
> Stuart
> On 14 Jul 2005, at 12:21, Gavin Holman wrote:
>
> > Did your village, town or community once have its own brass band?
> >
> > I am carrying out research in the history of brass bands in local
> > communities, and would like to ask if you know of any information
> > about any
> > such extinct bands in your area.
> >
> > The late 18th and early 19th centuries were the "golden age" for these
> > bands
> > numbering, it is said, up to 40,000 distinct bands at their peak. Many
> > of
> > these bands were associated with local industries, often being a
> > "works"
> > band. Others provided a musical focus for many small towns and
> > villages in
> > the days before the gramophone and the wireless. Today, in contrast,
> > only
> > some 1,500 or so are left active in the UK.
> >
> > Sadly many of the bands left little in the way of information about
> > their
> > existence, and what does exist is widely scattered with individuals,
> > local
> > archives and national collections.
> >
> > Part of my research is to identify these lost bands, to collect
> > together
> > material to provide a central database of information ? containing a
> > mixture
> > of primary information as well as references to material held elsewhere
> > (e.g. in local archives).
> >
> > Any information you can provide would be gratefully received. Whether
> > actual
> > information or pictures of any bands, or pointers to resources, or
> > sources
> > for further investigation. Even knowing that a particular band existed
> > is
> > significant!
> >
> > Currently much of the information I have collected is available
> > online, as a
> > freely available resource, at http://www.ibew.co.uk - in various
> > locations,
> > for example, in the Reference section under "Extinct Bands" or "Vintage
> > Pictures".
> >
> > With best wishes for your continuing researches in local history,
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Gavin Holman
> > http://www.ibew.co.uk
> > The Internet Bandsman's Everything Within
>
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