Photography by Peter Liggins A FAMILIAR sound returned to the streets of Tameside this year after a Covid-19 enforced absence…
Brass band contests return to great crowds
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Spirit of Whit Friday stays alive
WHIT Friday celebrations – the Whit walks and band contests – were cancelled for the second successive year because of…
Spirit of Whit Friday stays alive
Whit Friday video celebrates brass tradition
IT might not quite be a remake of Ewan McGregor’s ‘Brassed Off’ but Tameside Council’s cultural services have produced their…
Whit Friday video celebrates brass tradition
Whit Friday moves online for 2020
THE streets will be quiet, the venues will be empty, and there will be no coaches criss-crossing the borough –…
Whit Friday moves online for 2020
Whit Friday Brass Band contests cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak
TAMESIDE’S Whit Friday Brass Band Contests have been cancelled for only the second occasion in more than 100 years. The…
Whit Friday Brass Band contests cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak