1860s probably: Carharrack Coronation Fife and Drum Band formed. (BBHD)

1869: Carharrack Brass Band in procession. (14 August 1869 – Royal Cornwall Gazette)

1871: Carharrack Brass Band in procession. (1 July 1871 – Royal Cornwall Gazette)

Carharrack Brass Band disbanded.

1898: “A Brass and Reed Band has been formed at Carharrack by the Rev. A H Ferris, and Mr. Harry Ball proposes to start a similar band at St Day.” (22 September 1898 – Royal Cornwall Gazette)

Carharrack Coronation Fife and Drum Band June 1911 (Photo: Paddy Bradley, Redruth)

One of the triangle players was probably Willie Hitchens

1911: Carharrack Coronation Fife and Drum Band disbanded.

1912: Carharrack Brass Band formed with 12 to 14 members. (65^th / 75^th anniversary books / 75^th anniversary programme)

Carharrack Coronation Clown Band (Photo: courtesy Paddy Bradley, Redruth)

Some of the early rehearsals were held in the outbuildings of Ting Tang Mine.

1913 to 1919: Robert C Stephens, first Carharrack Brass Band MD. (65^th / 75^th anniversary books / 75^th anniversary programme)

1913: Carharrack Temperance Band. Since its formation twelve months ago the band has made considerable progress under the conductorship of Mr R C Stephens, the practices being frequent. (24 April 1913 – Cornishman)

Carharrack Brass Band 1913

Back row: W Evans, T J Allen, W J Murton

Middle row: E J Williams, W T Allen, G Pelmear, H Hugo, G Cann

Front row: J Allen, J C Allen, R Stephens, Harry Allen, A G Pelmear, L Allen

 

1913: First Carharrack Brass Band uniforms acquired at bandsmen’s personal expense. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1915: “…Carharrack Band attended. (9 August 1915 – West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser)

Carharrack 1914/15

Back row: Tommy Allen, L Allen, W Whitford, W J Murton

Middle row: W Allen. W Evans, Harry Allen, H Hugo, G Pelmear, E J Williams

Front row: W Tonkin, J C Allen, Robert Stephens (MD), Joey Allen, G Pelmear

 

1915: Carharrack Temperance Brass Band in attendance. (9 August 1915 – West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser)

1915: Carharrack Band, under the direction Mr R Stephens. (13 September 1915 – West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser)

1915: Carharrack Brass Band took part in its first contest. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1916: Carharrack Brass Band led the procession. (3 August 1916 – West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser)

1919 June: Fred Bray, Carharrack Band MD. (65th / 75th anniversary books / 75th anniversary programme)

1919: Carharrack Brass Band contesting under J F Bray. (Contest archive)

1919: Carharrack Brass Band had a summer full of engagements. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

Carharrack Temperance Brass Band 1920 or slightly earlier

1920: “… Sunday School tea treat took place on Thursday afternoon in a field adjoining the chapel. Headed by the Carharrack Brass Band, the scholars paraded the town to St Day, and, returning to the field, partook … A public tea was also provided. …” (24 June 1920 – West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser)

1920: Carharrack Temperance Brass Band (under the conductorship of Bandmaster J F Bray, of Sunny Corner) at Twelveheads Wesleyan Church. (1 July 1920 – West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser)

Carharrack Temperance Band 1920 (Photo: unknown / Names from John Brush)

Back row: T J Allen; unknown; H Hugo; W Evans; unknown

Centre row:  unknown; unknown; W Murton; Harry Allen; Willie Tonkin; unknown

Front row: unknown; unknown; unknown; Fred Bray (MD); Bill Tonkin; unknown

Carharrack Band 1920 (Photo: courtesy Paddy Bradley, Redruth)

1920: Carharrack Temperance Band (under Mr. J. H. Bray) at Devoran Sports. (30 September 1920 – West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser)

1921: “Fatal Fall At Tresavean. … shaft, a distance of 1,500 feet. He was very well known in the immediate neighbourhood, and was a member of the Carharrack Temperance Band. He leaves a widow and one child to mourn their loss. At work, the man was greatly liked, and his comrades were deeply grieved …” (24 November 1921 – Cornubian and Redruth Times)

1921: Carharrack Bands rendered selections. (29 December 1921 – Cornubian and Redruth Times)

1923: Carharrack Temperance Band, under the bandmastership of Mr J F Bray, Sunny Corner. (8 February 1923 – West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser)

Circa 1925: T J Allen, Carharrack Brass Band MD. (65th / 75th anniversary books / 75th anniversary programme)

1925: Carharrack Temperance Legion Band (under T Allen) at Wrestling at St Day. (25 June 1925 – Cornubian and Redruth Times)

1928: Carharrack Brass Band practising regularly twice a week. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1928 circa: Tom Hubbard, Carharrack Brass Band MD in addition to T J Allen.(65th / 75th anniversary books / 75th anniversary programme)

1931: Carharrack Brass Band contesting under C H Baker. (Contest archive)

1931: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band (under the conductorship of Mr. T. J. Allen). (10 September 1931 – Cornishman)

1932: Carharrack and St. Day Silver Band at Hospital Sunday, Carharrack. (1 September 1932 – Cornishman)

1932: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band at Gala Day, Lanner. (1 September 1932 – Cornishman)

1932: The band received a gift of uniforms and instruments from W J Mills. Following this the band was known as Carharrack and St Day Temperance Silver Band. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1932 circa: T J Hubbard left Carharrack and St Day Temperance Silver Band to conduct St Stythians Band.

1932 to 1937: Edwin J Williams, Carharrack and St Day Temperance Silver Band MD.(65^th / 75^th anniversary books / 75^th anniversary programme)

1933: The instruments were formally presented to the trustees of the band by Joe Mills on behalf of W J Mills who was unable to be present due to ill health. The band was next assured of rooms for storage and practice at the village hall in Carharrack. The main hall was also made available for practices once a week. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

Carharrack and St Day 1933

Back row: Tom Beard, Harold Teague, ???? Tresidder, Stephen Francis (Frank) Harvey Rogers** (born 1904), Clifton Allen, unknown, Harry Teague

Middle row: Will Allen, unknown, Art Biddick, unknown, unknown, Tommy Martin, unknown, Luther Martin, Sid Bone

Front row: unknown, John Rowe, unknown, E J Williams (MD), Ernie Bray, unknown, ???? Tonkin, Sid Davey

Seated boys: Eddie Williams, Basil Bailey

** Frank Rogers’s father was Thomas Harvey Rogers, former conductor of the Blackwater Brass and Reed band. The family moved to Lanner around 1907/08 when Tresavean Mine reopened. (Marcus Rogers)

1934: St Day Carharrack Temperance Prize Band, under Mr. E. J. Williams. (21 June 1934 – Cornishman

1934: [Carharrack &] St Day Silver Band, under direction of Mr. E. J. Williams (bandmaster) at Carharrack Sports In New Playing Field. (20 September 1934 – Cornishman)

1935: St Day and Carharrack Silver Band. (14 March 1935 – Cornishman)

1936: Under the baton of Mr. E. J. Williams, Carharrack and St Day Silver Band gave an open-air concert in St. Day playing field. (30 July 1936 – Cornishman)

Cararrack Hospital Sunday parade led by Carharrack and St Day Band, with Redruth Ambulace Brigade, marching through the village (West Briton werd 23rd September 1937)

1937 to 1960: Clifton Allen, Carharrack and St Day Silver Band MD. (65th / 75th anniversary books / 75th anniversary programme)

Carharrack and St Day Silver Band with Clifton Allen MD (Photo: courtesy Paddy Bradley, Redruth)

Back row: Gerald Pellow, Treve Jory, Desmond Downing, Freddy Pope, Willie Allen

Middle row: Archie Richards, Denzil Jolly, Eric Richards, Ronald Bray, Ronald Allen, Tommy Martin

Front row: Luther Williams, Stanley Pope, Jack Buzza, Clifton Allen, Willie Whitford, Owen Richards, Hartley Hitchens, Sid Bone

 

1938: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band, under Bandmaster C. Allen at Lanner Carnival. (8 September 1938 – Cornishman)

1939: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band, under Mr. C. Allen at Carharrack Show. (27 July 1939 – West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser)

1941: St Day and Carharrack Silver Band at Bray’s Memorial Church Sunday Schools held a united tea treat. (24 July 1941 – Cornishman)

1943:Representatives of the Home Guard and other organisations paraded the district, headed by Carharrack and St Day and St Agnes Silver Bands, (17 August 1943 – Western Morning News)

1945: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band at Victory Week at St. Day. (17 May 1945 – Cornishman)

1945: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band, of which Mr C Allen is bandmaster. (19 July 1945 – Cornishman)

Carharrack and St Day Silver Band (Photo: courtesy Paddy Bradley, Redruth)

1945: Carharrack and St. Day Silver Band at V-J Celebrations. (30 August 1945 – Cornishman)

1946: St Day Silver Band under the conductorship of Mr. C. Allen.  (3 January 1946 – Cornishman)

1947: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band at St Day Feast. (19 June 1947 – Cornishman)

1947: “The funeral of Mr. Hart Biddick (67), of Blowinghouse, near Redruth, took place last week at Illogan parish church. Rev. W. E. W. Wycliffe- Jones officiating. Mr. Biddick was a well-known euphonium player and played for many years with the former well known Illogan Military Band, and since then had assisted the Redruth Town, Home Guard and the Carharrack and St. Day Silver Bands and various orchestras, and he had also spent some time in the U.S.A. …” (17 July 1947 – Cornishman)

1948: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band, under Mr. C. Allen. (18 March 1948 – Cornishman)

1950: “Mr W G Pelmear, a lover of music, he was formerly a member of Illogan Military Band, Redruth Military Band and Carharrack and St Day Silver Band. (1 June 1950 – Cornishman)

1960 to 1965: Tommy Martin, Carharrack and St Day Silver Band MD.(65^th / 75^th anniversary books / 75^th anniversary programme)

Tony Richards, with legs crossed, Leonard Adams, Robert Cook and Lew Piper in the 1960s

1960s: Carharrack and St Day Junior Band contesting. (Contest archive)

1963: Carharrack and St Day Silver unplaced in the Third Section of the SWBBA Contest under T Martin playing Salzburg Suite and Austria hymn.

1963: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band unplaced in the Fourth Section of the SWBBA Contest under T Martin playing The Golden Age by J A Greenwood and Austria hymn.

1965 to 1966: S Morris of Falmouth, Carharrack and St Day Silver Band MD.(65^th / 75^th anniversary books / 75^th anniversary programme)

1966 to 1976: Clifford Bolitho, Carharrack and St Day Silver Band MD.(65^th / 75^th anniversary books / 75^th anniversary programme)

Carharrack and St Day Silver 1968 (Photo courtesy Leonard Adams)

1969: Carharrack & District unplaced in the Second section (Othello by Drake Rimmer) at the W D & H O Wills Regional Contest under C Allen.

1969: Carharrack & St Day Silver unplaced in the Second section (Othello by Drake Rimmer) at the W D & H O Wills Regional Contest under C Bolitho.

1970: Carharrack and St Day Silver placed 1^st or 2^nd in the Second section of the Regional Championships under Clifford Bolitho.

1970: Carharrack and St Day Silver placed 8^th in the Second section of the National Brass Band Championship of GB under Clifford Bolitho.

1970: Carharrack and St Day Silver unplaced in the Second Section of the W D & H O Wills Regional Championships under C T Bolitho playing Promenade by Frank Bryce.

Carharrack & St Day Band at Bugle Contest 1970

1971: Carharrack and St Day Silver placed 1^st (Galantia) and 1st (own choice march) in the Second Section of the SWBBA contest under Clifford Bolitho.

1971 Clifford Bolitho MD (Photo from Band Anniversary books)

Back row: D Penaluna, C Negus, J Adams, D Lloyd, M Martin, T Thomas

Middle row:  A Richards, G Joslyn, V Wherry, Y Green, E Youlton, A Lloyd, P Roberts, H Richards, R Wherry

Front row: K Rowe, S Taylor, R Braddon, S Piper, C Reynolds, S Pope, S Carter, N Wingford, C T Bolitho, D Williams, J Goldsworthy, K Tucker, S Woodley, I Tucker,

A Penrose, A Dingle

Foreground: M Gay, I Bennetts

Carharrack & St Day Band at St Day on Feast Day – probably 1974

Believed to be Carharrack and St Day Silver Band players receiving new instruments circa 1975 (Photo: Colin Higgs/courtesy Brian Leigh)

1973: Carharrack and St Day placed 1st (own choice test piece) and unknown result (own choice hymn) in the Second Section at the SWBBA Spring Festival under C T Bolitho.

1075: Carharrack & St Day unplaced in the Championshoip Section at the SWBBA Championships under Clifford Bolitho playing Force of Destiny by Verdi.

1976 to 1984: Philip James Carharrack and St Day Silver Band MD. (65^th / 75^th anniversary books / 75^th anniversary programme)

1977: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band invited to play for the visit of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.(Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1977 Philip James MD (Photo from Band Anniversary books)

Back row: D Osborne, R Braddon, F Mills, T Osborne, N Crinks, R Harding, M Middleton, S Watters, A Dingle

Middle row: J Dyer, E Matthews, A Matthews, N Tammo, P Matthews, Y Kirkbride, T Dyer, S Gribben, E Wearne, D Lloyd

Front row: R Wearne, F Matthews, G Dower, M Gay, P James, N Wearne, S Wearne, S Woodley, L Williams

Foreground: K Dyer, D Herbert

 

1979: Carharrack and St Day Silver gained a first prize at Paignton Contest. (Brief history 1912 – 1996) Probably the next result.

1979: Carharrack and St Day Silver placed 1^st in the Third Section at the SWBBA contest under P James playing Swedish Rhapsody by Gordon Jacob.

1980: New band store at the rear of the village hall – later known as the Mills Hall. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1981: Carharrack and St Day Silver placed 3rd in the Fourth Section at Pontin’s REgional Contest at Brean Sands under Philip James playing Doon Valley by Allan Street.

1981: Carharrack and St Day Silver placed 10^th (Three Inventions) in the Fourth Section at Pontin’s Championship Finals at Prestatyn under Philip James.

1982: Clifford Bolitho conducting Carharrack and St Day Silver Band at contest. (Contest archive)

1982: New uniforms. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1983: Clifton Allen was the guest conductor at the Massed Band Gala, 66 years after he first joined the band.(Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1983: Carharrack and St Day Silver – unknown result (Suite Gothique)  in the Fourth Section of the Pontin’s Regional Contest under P James.

1983: Thomas Janes conducting Carharrack and St Day Silver at contest. (Contest archive)

1984: Colin Pellowe Carharrack and St Day Silver temporary MD.(65^th / 75^th anniversary books / 75^th anniversary programme)

1984 to 1986: David Pascoe, Carharrack and St Day Silver  MD. (65^th / 75^th anniversary books / 75^th anniversary programme)

1985: Carharrack and St Day Silver – unknown result (Three Inventions) in the Third Section at the SWBBA Contest under D R Pascoe.

1986 to 1989: Jim Richards Carharrack and St Day Silver Band MD. (65^th / 75^th anniversary books / 75^th anniversary programme)

1986: Carharrack and St Day Youth Band formed. (65^th / 75^th anniversary books / 75^th anniversary programme)

1986: Roy Trelease Carharrack and St Day Youth Band temporary MD.

1987: Colin Johns presented a complete set of music cases to the band.

1987: 75-year celebrations. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

(Courtesy British Bandsman 7^th March 1987)

(Courtesy British Bandsman 19^th December 1987)

1988: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band placed 6^th in the Third section of the Pontins Regional Championships at Brean Sands under N Richards. (British Bandsman 9^th April 1988)

1988: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band placed 3^rd in the Third Section of the Pontin’s National Brass Band Championships under N J Richards playing Cassation by Darrol Barry.

Jim Richards (Photo: Colin Higgs/courtesy Brian Leigh)

(Courtesy British Bandsman 3^rd September 1988)

1990: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band placed 1^st or 2^nd in the Second section of the Regional Championships.

1989: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band participated in the Third section of the National Brass Band Championships of GB under Noel Harris. (Band website)

1990 to 1994: Reuben Long Carharrack and St Day Silver Band MD. (Band website)

1990:  Described as a poor year for Carharrack and St Day Silver Band with many players leaving and only two engagements taken. One of those was St Day Feast for which players had to be borrowed from other bands. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1991: Carharrack and St Day Silver Band going through difficult times both musically and financially. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1992: The year was difficult and when it was decided that new uniforms were required the band members kitted themselves out with jumpers. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1993: By the end of the year Carharrack and St Day Silver Band had 25 players and eighteen beginners. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1994 to 1994: Jim Wyatt Carharrack and St Day Silver Band MD. (Band website)

1995: Roy Trelease Carharrack and St Day Silver Band MD / Philip Matthews Carharrack and St Day Silver Band Bandmaster. (Band website)

1995: Carharrack and St Day Silver unplaced (Mexican Fiesta) in the Fourth Section of the SWBA Contest under R S Trelease.

1996: Following a lottery grant, Carharrack and St Day Silver Band were kitted out with new uniforms. (Brief history 1912 – 1996)

1998: Carharrack and St Day Silver – unknown result (Solemn Melody and Scenes from a Comedy) in the Fourth Section of the National Brass Band Regional Championships under R Trelease.

1998: Carharrack and St Day Silver – unknown result (First Suite in Eb) in the Fourth Section of the SWBBA Contestt under R Trelease.

2000: Carharrack and St Day Silver placed 25^th in the Fourth Section of the National Brass Band Regional Championships under R S Trelease playing The Haslemere Suite.

2001: Carharrack and St Day Silver placed 23^rd in the Fourth Section of the National Brass Band Regional Championships under R S Trelease playing Sinfonietta Pastorale by Henry Geehl.

2008: Carharrack & St Day Training Band re-formed under Roy Trelease.

Samuel Constable, MD of Carharrack & St Day Training Band.

Carharrack and St Day Silver Band 2017 (Photo: from Facebook page)

Carharrack and St Day Silver Band 2017 (Photo: from Facebook page)

 

 

 

Compiled by Tony Mansell (Bardh Kernow)

 

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