IT MAY have started as more like Wet Friday but not even the good old British weather could dampen the spirits. A market ground full…
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Australian brass band soaks up Whit Friday atmosphere
THE CLAIM ‘they come from everywhere for Whit Friday’ really can apply after one band travelled from Australia to take part. Lazy stereotypes from the…
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Mossley walks its way on a wet Whit Friday
RESIDENTS schools and churches of Mossley gathered as the town marked Whit Friday with its annual walk. And people were joined by political power as…
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Whit Friday returns to Tameside with nine band contests
A FAMILIAR sound will return to the streets of Tameside this year – the sound of brass band music. The annual Whit Friday brass band…
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Fundraising needed to save Whit Friday competition
A FUND to save Mossley’s Whit Friday brass band competition is still more than £6,000 short of its target. Those running the event, which takes…
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Brass band contests return to great crowds
Photography by Peter Liggins A FAMILIAR sound returned to the streets of Tameside this year after a Covid-19 enforced absence – the sound of brass…
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Queen title runs in the family
A MOSSLEY church’s new rose queen will have no shortage of places to go for advice in the role – she will be the sixth…
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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 the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. But…
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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 own movie tribute to brass…
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Whit Friday brass band contest cancelled
WITH no imminent return to normality, the Friends of Tameside Whit Friday Brass Band Committee has reluctantly been forced to cancel the annual contests for…
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