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St Buryan is a civil parish and village approximately five miles west of Penzance along the B3283 towards Land’s End   Unknown formation date. 10th Battalion (St Buryan) 3rd Brigade Royal Artillery Volunteers. “Very little happened with this band”. (John Brush) 1870: Having formed a procession, with numerous flags and
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Ponsanooth is a village about four miles southeast of Redruth and two and a half miles northwest of Penryn on the A393 Redruth to Falmouth road   Unknown formation date. 1861: Ponsanooth Brass Band active. (John Brush) 1862: Mr Eddy, the well-known advocator of the temperance cause. Also in the
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Copperhouse is an eastern suburb of Hayle, it grew up around the Copperhouse Foundry     Unknown formation date. 1880: Copperhouse Brass Band active. (John Brush) 1886: Copperhouse Brass Band played at Angarrack Wesleyan Sunday school tea. (Methodist tea-treats in Cornwall by Cedric Appleby) 1897: Copperhouse Brass Band played at
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St Neot is a civil parish and village between Bodmin and Liskeard   Unknown formation date. 1860: St Neot Band enlivened the proceedings by playing some appropriate pieces. (14 July 1860 – Cornish Times) 1888: St Neot. An entertainment was given in aid of the funds of the St Neot
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Cornish Brass Band Contest results are recorded separately and can be found using this link   Falmouth has a long and somewhat confusing list of brass bands including: Falmouth Blue Bibbon Brass Band, Falmouth Foundry Brass Band, Falmouth Gospel Temperance Brass Band, Falmouth Independent Brass Band, Falmouth Oddfellows Brass Band,
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