Included are Edgar Staple, Eric Gilbert, Tom Trevaskis, Tom Bennetts, Sydney Johns, Jack Laity, Donald Treloar, Owen Adams, Garfield Laity, Bert Bennetts, Dick Oates Garfield Tippet. Perhaps someone will be able match the names to the photo and add the missing names.
Camborne Centenary Chapel Organ We are indebted to Jeffrey Williams for this article and look forward to including more of his contributions in due course. As you pass under the imposing portico to Camborne Centenary Chapel and enter the main body of the church, your eyes are immediately
It was while he was in South Africa, however, that Aldovrand Maynard began to study the production of his voice, and there he studied under Mr. Bassett Nicholls. He was a member of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Musical Society, and the Kimberley Diamond-fields Musical Society. His fame as a tenor gained
I have known Reg Bennett for many years but it was not until recently however, that his wide-ranging involvement in the Cornish music scene became apparent to me. We were both members of the Cornwall Youth Brass Band during the early 1960s but our paths diverged and Reg set
Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) Richard Trevithick pioneered the use of high-pressure steam for use in the mines and in 1801 he built a full-size, steam, road locomotive on a site near present-day Fore Street in Camborne. He named it “Puffing Devil” and on Christmas Eve it began its first epic journey
By Tony Mansell It may well be that many folk are unaware of the historical connection between Camborne Town Band and the great manufacturing company of Holman Brothers Ltd. Nicholas Holman founded Holman Brothers Ltd in 1801, in Camborne, and although its name is forever linked with mining and mining
Coombe is a hamlet two miles north of Camborne in the valley of the Red River 1896: “A wag, who very much prizes Camborne’s popular Volunteer band, wishes us to state that the little fife-and-drum band of Coombe, Pengegon, when at practice the other night, so frightened a cat
Cornish Brass Band Contest results are recorded separately and can be found using this link 1841: Newspaper reports of Camborne Band formation. (Camborne Town Band by Tony Mansell) 1846: Camborne Band at an event. (14 August 1846 – Royal Cornwall Gazette) 1848 – 7th August: Camborne Band played at
Contesting Not all bands enter competitions and there are some which shun the contest stage, preferring to concentrate their efforts in providing music for local events. For most players, though, contesting has always been an important part of brass banding, the reason that they spend so many hours trying to
Contesting Not all bands enter competitions and there are some which shun the contest stage, preferring to concentrate their efforts in providing music for local events. For most players, though, contesting has always been an important part of brass banding, the reason that they spend so many hours trying to