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West of England Bandsmen’s Festival (Bugle) Part 5 – 2021 onwards
See also: Part 1 – 1912 to 1950 Part 2 – 1951 to 1980 Part 3 – 1981 to 2000 Part 4 – 2001 to 2020   The information in this potted history has been collected from many sources including the WEBF Website and its commemorative programmes.   It is
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Hellesveor Band Carol composed by E J Williams
  Hellesveor Wesleyan Choir and Supporting Band with R J Noall (1871-1944) second right in the next to back row, holding a clarinet (Photo: courtesy Paul Phillips, Helston) Hellesveor Band Carol composed by Edwin J Williams for and played by the Hellesveor Band on the occasion of their first public
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Iain McKnight and his Music
I was born in 1985 in Reading, so I’m not officially Cornish at all! That said, I have no memory of my life prior to Cornwall – we moved to St Austell when I was four-years-old – so I do consider myself Cornish by nurture if not by birth! Neither
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St Austell Church Tower Piper
The piper on the top of St Austell church tower serenades the streets of St Austell. . We know little about the carving of the piper except that it presumably dates to the building of the church in 1500 making it one of the oldest depictions of bagpipes in Cornwall.
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