CBBB – Other Events

CBBB – Everything Else So……. you’ve got to this point and want to know Surley,  There’s Not that much free time left in a year for us to squeeze any more events into?    Bandstands  Christmas Carols  Armed Forces Day  Beacon Lightings  (Even More) Jubilee Celebrations  Krazy Kart Racing  Ironbridge Brass Band Festival  You name …

Regional Brass Band Championships

CBBB – National Brass Band Championships The ‘National’, as it is often referred to, is brass banding’s equivalent of the football league – a first-past-the-post Championship involving some 600 bands in eight ‘Regional’ qualifying heats staged up and down the UK, plus two ‘Finals’ events. The National Brass Band Championships, which has existed since 1945 …

History of the Band

The Band started life as the Fisher & Ludlow Works Band, having been set up during the Second World War by and for the car body manufacturing company’s workers. During the war, the factory’s manufacturing activities were diverted to making aeroplane wings, shell cases and bombs, notably for Lancaster’s. Towards the end of the war, …