Cornish Brass Band Contest results are recorded separately and can be found using this link We have not discovered when Stenalees Brass Band first began playing but we do know that it was taking part in contests by August 1888 when it competed in the 8th Annual County Volunteer and Independent Brass
Tony Mansell
- 3 May 2020
St Stephen-in-Brannel is to the west of St Austell It is thought that St Stephen Brass Band was formed during the 1850s and one of its earliest engagements was in 1857 when it played at a St Austell Cottage Gardening Society event. 1857: The band of the Royal Cornwall
- 3 May 2020
Cornish Brass Band Contest results are recorded separately and can be found using this link Barbara Seed of Par Old Cornwall Society recorded that St Blazey Amateur Brass Band was formed in 1838 and this was confirmed by the West Briton newspaper report of the 20th April of that
- 3 May 2020
Two photographs of Padstow Band in front of the Cornish Arms – date unknown (Photo: courtesy Malc McCarthy) 1859: No. 1 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery. “Another unit formed in 1859, the band made its debut appearance on 18 July 1860, and it consisted of “ten Sax instruments and a
- 3 May 2020
Trewellard is a small village on the north coast road between St Just and St Ives Unknown formation date. 1876: The anniversary of Drift Bible Christian Sunday School was celebrated on Good Friday. Trewellard Brass Band was in attendance, and played admirably. Upwards of 70 children and 130 adults
- 2 May 2020