The origin of Mount Charles Band can be traced to their military ancestors, the Charlestown Regiment Volunteers Band which existed back in 1779. See Charlestown Volunteer Brass Band 1908: The Mount Charles Independent Brass Band under the conductorship of Mr W Trethewey. (2 July 1908 – Royal Cornwall Gazette)
Tony Mansell
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Lostwithiel is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey Our thanks for the material from the paper Lostwithiel Town Band – A Brief History by Hugh Whitehead Unknown formation date. 1843: Built for Capt. Cornish launched on
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Hayle is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in west Cornwall situated at the mouth of the Hayle River approximately seven miles northeast of Penzance We have made the assumption that John Brush’s reference to Foundry Brass Band relates to the Foundry Band in Hayle. Unknown
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Click to open downloadable pdf of score Warleggan Ox Driver – Racca Project 155 Notes Tune provided in Ralph Dunstan’s Lyver Canow Kernewek / Cornish Song Book (London, Reid & Co, 1929) but no source given. See The Ploughboy for related tunes and songs See Racca no 155: Racca Cornish
Merv Davey- 7 May 2020
Warleggan or Warleggon is a civil parish on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor Unknown formation date. 1902: Warleggan Brass Band active. (John Brush) 1903: Warleggan Brass Band added to the enjoyment of all. (Cornish & Devon Post 18th July 1903) 1905: Warleggan Brass Band was in attendance, and
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