Landrake is a village in southeast Cornwall approximately three miles west of Saltash in the civil parish of Landrake with St Erney

 

Unknown formation date.

1876: Landrake Band active. (JB / Band website)

1907: Edgar Panter, Landrake Band MD. (John Brush)

1906: Mr William Edward Gregory, a bandmaster, of Tremeton, gave evidence as hirings. Mr Edward Panter, bandmaster the Landrake Band, who played at Tideford the week before the polling, said he received a postal order for 5s as gift from a Mr Govett… (21 May 1906 – Edinburgh Evening News / 21 May 1906 – Hull Daily Mail, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire)

1928: Lewis Goard, Landrake Band MD. (John Brush)

Landrake Band circa 1928 comprising the MD and 13 players including C, E and S Barrett, J Broad, R May, W Scholar, W and C Thomas. (Photo: Band website)

1937: Music was provided Landrake Brass Band, under the direction of Mr E Barrett. (26 July 1937 – Western Morning News)

1939: Landrake Band still, seemingly, active as there is a report of them performing at a local sports day. (John Brush)

1943: Landrake Band assembled a band for a local carnival. (John Brush)

1943: Numerous horse events, foot events and sideshows. Landrake Brass Band in attendance. (26 August 1943 – Western Morning News)

1944: Cups for Driving and Champion Jumper to be won outright. Landrake Brass Band will be in attendance. (26 July 1944 – Western Morning News)

1944: Landrake Brass Band undertaking engagements. (John Brush)

1945: Alf Davey, Landrake Brass Band MD. (John Brush)

Other possible Landrake Brass Band MDs include Enos Barrett and Bill Smale. (Band website)

1945: Name changes from Landrake Band to Landrake Working Men’s Band and Landrake Brass Band. (John Brush)

1947: Landrake Brass Band mentioned. (25 July 1947 – Western Morning News)

1948: Landrake Band Players included John, Gerald and Bert Ead, Brian Brown, Clarence and Wesley Thomas, Bill Hawken, Bill Smale, Enos Barrett, Will Rawlings, Arthur Chiswell and William Scholar. Other players have been named as Ern Sparks, Ken Eastment and Ern Bunney. (Band website)

1950 circa: Landrake Band disbanded. (JB / Band website)

1952: “The Landrake Band instruments were raided by a group of schoolboy ‘musicians’ for a local event. One of these ‘players’ commented that the only tune they knew was Jingle Bells so for the next two hours they pretended to play and hummed, loudly, this one song over and over again. For this they won the ‘Tableaux Humorous’ prize, so I suppose that it could be argued that the band did win a competition at least once.” (John Brush)

At some time in its history the Landrake Brass Band practised in the old Liberal Club. (John Brush)

2010: Landrake Band assembled to play carols. (Band website)

2011: Landrake Band re-formed under Ian Whittaker MD. (Band website)

 

 

 

 

 

Compiled by Tony Mansell (Bardh Kernow)

 

This collection is a part of the Cornish National Music Archive (CNMA) project to Collect, Preserve and Share our Cornish Heritage and Culture.

It is based on location as each may have had more than one band.

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