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 Angarrack Wesleyan Sunday school tea. (Methodist tea-treats in Cornwall by Cedric Appleby)
1897: Copperhouse Rifles, Deveral Band, and the Wesley Guild Drum and Fife Band supplied the music. (West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser 24th June 1897)
1898: Hayle Copperhouse Brass Band, marched through the village. (30 June 1898 – Royal Cornwall Gazette)
1898: Troon, Camborne independent Brass Band, and Copperhouse Brass Band proceeded to the chapel. (11 August 1898 – The Cornish Telegraph)
1912: Copperhouse Town Band played “See the conquering hero comes. (11 July 1912 – Cornishman)
1920: Copperhouse Brass Band at Angarrack Wesleyan Sunday school tea. (Methodist tea-treats in Cornwall by Cedric Appleby)
1927: Copperhouse Brass Band played at Angarrack Wesleyan Sunday school tea, seemingly for the last time. (Methodist tea-treats in Cornwall by Cedric Appleby)
Unknown closure date.
Compiled by Tony Mansell (Bardh Kernow)
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