THE SUN shone (despite an ever-changing weather forecast that at one point predicted storms) and the sweet sound of brass…
Tameside soaks up brilliant brass music on a wonderous Whit Friday
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When and where Whit Friday brass band contests are taking place in Tameside
TAMESIDE will once again rejoice to the sound of music when the event dubbed ‘the greatest free show on earth’…
When and where Whit Friday brass band contests are taking place in Tameside
Mossley children capture meaning of Whit Friday for competition
THE meaning of Whit Friday for the next generation has been captured in colourful and creative pictures by Mossley children.…
Mossley children capture meaning of Whit Friday for competition
Tameside’s ‘Wet’ Friday sums up brass band spirit
IT MAY have started as more like Wet Friday but not even the good old British weather could dampen the…
Tameside’s ‘Wet’ Friday sums up brass band spirit
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…
Australian brass band soaks up Whit Friday atmosphere
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…
Mossley walks its way on a wet Whit Friday
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…
Whit Friday returns to Tameside with nine band contests
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…
Fundraising needed to save Whit Friday competition
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…
Brass band contests return to great crowds
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 –…
Queen title runs in the family
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 brass band contest cancelled
WITH no imminent return to normality, the Friends of Tameside Whit Friday Brass Band Committee has reluctantly been forced to…
Whit Friday brass band contest cancelled
Bands take to Roughtown streets for Whit Friday
THERE were not the usual sights and sounds of brass bands marching on Whit Friday this year – so residents…
Bands take to Roughtown streets for Whit Friday