Vintage Brass Band Pictures

United Kingdom

Individual band websites usually have a page or more about their specific history,
often with pictures of the earlier bands.
See also: History of individual bands
  • 12th TB Band, Codford, 1917
  • 21st Lancers Band,
  • AB Kettleby Brass Band, 1890s
  • Abertilley Salvation Army Band
  • Abertilley Salvation Army Band
  • Adamson Military Band, Dukinfield, 1907
  • Aldbourne Band, Wiltshire, 1885
  • Artillery Band, 1908
  • Ashbourne Salvation Army Band, 1884
  • Ashover Brass Band
  • Ashwell Foresters Band, Hertfordshire, 1890
  • Band Concert in Wimbledon, 1871
  • Band in clown costumes, Blackpool
  • Band in Sussex, 1870s
  • Barnstaple Salvation Army Band, Devon, 1920s
  • Barnton Brass Band, 1910
  • Barrington Church Band, Cambridgeshire, 1874
  • Barrow-in-Furness Salvation Army Band, 1900s
  • Barry Dock Salvation Army Band, c. 1910
  • Barry Silver Prize Band, 1925
  • Barry Silver Prize Band, 1939
  • Barry Town Band, 1911
  • Barry Town Military Band, c. 1913
  • Besses o' th' Barn Band, 1906
  • Besses o' th' Barn Band, at White City, Chicago, 1907
  • Besses o' th' Barn Band, 1907
  • Besses o' th' Barn Band, 1920s
  • Besses o' th' Barn Band
  • Besses o' th' Barn Band
  • Besses o' th' Barn Band
  • Beverley Salvation Army Band, 1914
  • Bilsdale Band, 1912
  • Birney Town Prize Band, 1908 (for the original, larger picture....)
  • Black Dyke Mills Band, 1920s
  • Black Dyke Mills Band, 1967
  • Black Dyke Mills Band, 1902
  • Black Hall Colliery Band, 1930
  • Blackwood Methodist Band
  • Blaenavon Town Band, 1913
  • Blaina Band, c. 1910
  • Blaina Band, c. 1930
  • Bluejackets Band, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport, 1920s
  • Bo'ness and Carriden Prize Band
  • Boots Plaisaunce Band, c.1906
  • Bradshaw Brass Band, Bolton, 1930
  • Bream Silver Band, 1917
  • Brentwood Tramps Band, Essex, c. 1910
  • Brighouse and Rastrick Band, 1902
  • Brighouse and Rastrick Band, 1959
  • British Bandsman title banner - 1887
  • British Bandsman title banner - 1900
  • British Bandsman title banner - 1902
  • British Bandsman title banner - 1911
  • British Bandsman title banner - 1950
  • British Bandsman title banner - 1973
  • British Bandsman title banner - 1984
  • British Cavalry Band
  • British Open Championship - massed bandsmen at Bellvue for the Jubilee Contest in 1935
  • Bromley Silver Prize Band, 1920s
  • Brynmawr Salvation Army Band, 1930s
  • Brynmawr Silver Band, 1934
  • Brynmawr Town and District Silver Band, 1920
  • Burntisland Band, 1906
  • Caerau Silver Band, 1921
  • Callender's Cable Works Band, 1920s
  • Callender's Cable Works Band Quartet, 1927
  • Cambridge Heath Band, 1920
  • Cambridge Town Silver Band, 1914
  • Catford Salvation Army Band
  • Chadwick Memorial School Band
  • Chalk Farm Salvation Army Band,
  • Chalk Farm Band, 1927
  • Chalk Farm Band, 1936
  • Chalk Farm Band
  • Chalk Farm Band, 1920s
  • Chalk Farm Band, 1920s
  • Chalk Farm Band, 1969
  • Cinderford Excelsior Band, 1927
  • Cinderford Town Band, 1912
  • Clydach Band, 1910
  • Coalbrookdale Band, 1900
  • Consett Salvation Army Band, County Durham, 1880s
  • Corris Silver Band
  • Cory Band, 1901 (Source: Sounding Brass and the Conductor)
  • Coventry City Salvation Army Band
  • Crediton Town Band, Devon, 1862
  • Croydon Citadel Band
  • CWS (Manchester) Band, 1959
  • CWS (Manchester) Band, 1960
  • Cyfarthfa Band, 1855
  • Cyfarthfa Band, 1905 (Source: Wallace Collection, Music from Cyfarthfa Castle. In 1838 Robert Thompson Crawshay of Cyfarthfa Castle, Methyr Tydfil, the last great iron baron, established the Cyfarthfa Band, which became the first and greatest Victorian private band. See also Cyfarthfa Reborn an article by Trevor Herbert)
  • Dale Abbey Brass Band, Derbyshire, 1908
  • Deptford Central Hall Brass Band,
  • Downton Band, 1907
  • Downton Band, 1933
  • Downton Band, 1937
  • Droylsden Military Band, 1910
  • Drybrook Band, 1896
  • Dunblane Town Band, 1909
  • Eagley Mills Prize Band, 1909
  • Easington Public Band, 1951
  • East Dean Band, Sussex
  • Eastbourne Salvation Army Band, 1910
  • Ellenbrook & Boothstown Brass Band, 1932
  • Elmstead Band, Essex, 1910
  • Eric Ball - Hollywood Star!, Appearing on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame" in 1973
  • Essex Regiment Band, 2nd Battalion Volunteers
  • Exeter Silver Band
  • Fairey's Band, 1959
  • Fodens Motor Works Band, Cheshire, 1913
  • Fodens Motor Works Band, Cheshire, 1920s
  • Folkestone YP Band, 1930s
  • Forfar Instrumental Band
  • Forfar Instrumental Band,
  • Fred Mortimer radiator cap - A radiator cap from the Bandmaster range of Fodens wagons, cast in the form of Fred Mortimer, the band's conductor - celebrating their run of 7 National Championships titles in the 1930s
  • Gala Band, 1905
  • Goodshaw Brass Band, 1903
  • Great Western Hall (Marylebone) Salvation Army Corps Band, 1888
  • Gretton Town Band, Northamptonshire, 1890s
  • GWR Paddington Borough Silver Prize Band, 1910
  • Hallelujah Crusaders Band, Kent, 1922
  • Hanwell Band, 1903
  • Hanwell Band, 1935
  • Harrogate Silver Prize Band, North Yorkshire, 1937
  • Harrogate Silver Prize Band, North Yorkshire, 1942
  • Harrogate Temperance Band, North Yorkshire, 1895
  • Harrogate Temperance Band, North Yorkshire, 1895
  • Harrogate Temperance Band, North Yorkshire, c.1920 For further information
  • Harrogate Volunteer Band
  • Harry Mortimer's "All-Star" Band, 1951?
  • Hebburn Colliery Prize Band, 1904
  • Hebburn Colliery Silver Prize Band, 1904
  • Hebburn Colliery Junior Band
  • Hebden Bridge Band, 1911 - with musical director Fred Mortimer
  • Hetton Silver Prize Band, 1947, with the National Championship 2nd Section trophy won that year
  • Hetton Silver Prize Band, 1948. Source: John Dawson
  • Hetton Silver Prize Band, Durham Miners' Gala, 1950. Source: John Dawson
  • Hetton Silver Prize Band, Durham Miners' Gala, 1951. Source: John Dawson
  • Heytesbury Band, Wiltshire, 1905
  • Higham's (1st Manchester Volunteers) Band, 1881
  • Highgate Salvation Army Band
  • Hindley Prize Band, 1976
  • H.M.S. Tenedos Band, 1885
  • Holmefirth Silver Prize Band, competing in the Holmefirth Contest, 1923
  • Holyhead Town Band
  • Horsham Recreational Band, 1901
  • Horsham Town Band, 1864
  • Horsham Town Band, 1902
  • Horwich Old Prize Band, Bolton, 1942
  • Hull Kingston Mills Prize Band
  • Hythe Corps YP Band, Kent, 1932
  • Indian Queens Band, Cornwall, 1886
  • International Staff Band of the Salvation Army, 1893, Berne, Switzerland
  • International Staff Band of the Salvation Army, 1911 - For a gallery of the ISB over the years, visit the ISB photos page
  • Ipswich Cornet Band
  • Irwell Springs Prize Band, Bacup
  • Irwell Springs Prize Band, Bacup
  • Irwell Springs Prize Band, Bacup
  • Jack Guy's Band, Skipton
  • Jack Mackintosh, Principal Cornet with Harton Colliery Band c. 1919-1930
  • Keighley Brass Band,
  • Keighley Salvation Army Silver Band
  • Kenilworth Town Band, 1902
  • Kettering Rifles Band, 1868
  • Kings Lynn Police Band, Norfolk, 1880s
  • Kings Lynn Town Band, Norfolk, 1896
  • Kings Lynn Town Band, Norfolk, 1900s
  • Kings Lynn Town Band, Norfolk, 1930
  • Kinneil Colliery Silver Band
  • Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band, on the south steps of Castle Howard, 1898
  • Kirkcaldy Salvation Army Band, 1900
  • Knaresborough Silver Band, North Yorkshire, England, 1950
  • Knaresborough Silver Band, North Yorkshire, England, 1930
  • Knaresborough Volunteers Band, Volunteers of the National Reserve setting off for active service in 1914
  • 4th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers Band, 1865
  • Lancaster Borough Band, 1905
  • Lancaster Borough Prize Band, Jubilee Day, 1935
  • Lancing Band, Sussex, 1919
  • Langholm Brass Band, 1880s
  • Life Guards Band
  • Litherland Prize Band, 1926
  • Llandudno Town Band
  • Long Buckley Town Band, Northamptonshire, 1900
  • Longbridge-Deverill Band, Wiltshire, 1940s
  • Luton Red Cross Silver Band, c. 1920
  • Lydbrook Morgan's Band, c.1910
  • Lydmet Lydney Band, 1901. (Source: for more details, see the Lydmet Lydney Band History)
  • Lydney Brass Band, 1901
  • Madeley Silver Band, Shropshire
  • Malton White Star Band
  • Manchester City Police Band, 1880s
  • Marching Band, Shrewsbury, 1890s
  • Market Harborough Volunteers Band, 1900s
  • Marsden Senior School Boy's Brass Band, 1931
  • Maybole Burgh Prize Band, 1908
  • Medstead Band, Hampshire, c. 1905
  • Meltham Mills Band, 1878
  • Midhurst Town Band, West Sussex, 1958
  • Military Band, 1919
  • Moggs Military Prize Band, 1912
  • Moggs Military Prize Band, 1912
  • Mortimer Family - Fred (seated) with Alec, Harry and Rex behind
  • National Youth Brass Band, Inaugural Course, Bradford, 1952
  • Nazebottom Temperance Prize Band
  • Nenthead Brass Band, 1905
  • New Buckenham Silver Band, Norfolk, 1880
  • New Buckenham Silver Band, Norfolk, 1927
  • Newhaven Silver Prize Band
  • Newmilns Band, 1904
  • Newnham Town Band, Gloucestershire, 1910
  • Norman Memorial Youth Silver Band, Blackpool, 1940s?
  • North Lancs (Chorley) Band
  • North London Excelsior Silver Prize Band,
  • Northfield Prize Band, 1912
  • Norwich Citadel Band, Norfolk, 1882
  • Norwich Citadel Band, Norfolk, 1971
  • Nuneaton Borough Band
  • Oakdale Band, Wales, 1951
  • Oakengates Band, 1929
  • Ogmore Valley Temperance Silver Prize Band, Wales, 1917
  • Ogmore Valley Temperance Silver Prize Band, Wales, 1930
  • Oldham Citadel Brass Band, 1904
  • Olympia Skating Rink Staff, Dunfermline, 1910
  • Oxford University Press Band, 1884
  • Parkend Brass Band, Gloucestershire, 1900
  • Partington Silver Prize Band, 1896
  • Partington Silver Prize Band, 1907
  • Penicuik Instrumental Band, 1899
  • Penzance Band
  • Pickering Town Silver Band, 1938
  • Pillowell Brass Band, 1890s
  • Pomfret Victoria Brass Band, Pontefract, Yorkshire, 1900
  • Poplar & Bromley Tabernacle Band
  • Princess Royal Brass Band, Gloucestershire, 1903
  • RAF Central Band, 1920
  • Red Cross Band, Convalescent Camp, France, WW1
  • Regent Hall Salvation Army Corps Band, 1889
  • Regent Hall Salvation Army Corps Band, 1930s
  • Regent Hall Salvation Army Corps Band, 1930s
  • Richmond Silver Prize Band, Yorkshire, c. 1920
  • Ripon Band?, St Wilfrid's Day Procession, c. 1910
  • Robin Hood Rifles Band, 1907
  • Romsey Town Band, 1860s
  • Ross-on-Wye Town Band
  • Ross-on-Wye Town Band
  • Rowntree Cocoa Works Band, 1906
  • Royal Artillery Band, 1918
  • Royal Engineers Band
  • Royal Flying Corps Band, 1917
  • Royal Marines Band, HMS Glorious, St Maxine, France
  • Royal Tunbridge Wells and District Federation Band, 1930
  • Ruardean Village Band, Gloucestershire
  • St Dennis Temperance Brass Band, 1910
  • St Francis Silver Band, Glasgow
  • St Hilda Colliery Band, 1920s
  • St Georges Old Band, 1905
  • St Hilda Colliery Band (Trophies won), 192?
  • St Michael & All Angels' Brass Band, Poplar
  • St Michael's Church Band, Manchester
  • Salvation Army Band, 1895
  • Salvation Army Band, London?, 1922
  • Salvation Army Band, Wimborne, Dorset
  • Salvation Army Headquarters Band, Australia, 1896
  • Salvation Army Motor Ambulance Band, WW1
  • Scott and Denman's Head Bands, Sutton, Nottinghamshire, 1864
  • Seaforth Highlanders Band
  • Seaton Hirst Brass Band, 1913
  • Shaw Prize Band
  • Shiney Row and District Silver Prize Band, Co. Durham, 1929
  • Shoeburyness Boys Band, 1922
  • Skaife's Band, Middleton, 1897
  • Skipton Mission Band, 1900s
  • Skipton Salvation Army Band, 1908
  • Smiths Famous Military Band, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1908
  • Snitterfield Band, Warwickshire, England, c. 1885 (Source: Barbara Turner, Geelong, Australia. See also the Brass Band Photographic History Page for many other historical band photographs)
  • Solihull Brass Band, 1887
  • South East London Mission Band, 1907
  • South Molton Silver Band, 1910
  • South Moor Colliery Silver Prize Band, Co. Durham, 1907
  • Southern Railway Works Brass Band, Lancing
  • Springfield Brass Band, Bexhill, Sussex, 1911
  • Stalybridge Band, 1904
  • Sun Life Stanshawe Band, Bristol, 1969
  • Sunderland Monkwearmouth Salvation Army Band, 1885
  • Swainby Village Band, Yorkshire, 1905
  • Swindon Citadel Band, c. 1920
  • Tavistock Salvation Army Band, Devon
  • Temperance Band, Rally at Basingstoke, 1890s
  • Thousand Guineas trophy - Awarded to the winners of the National Brass Band Championships during the first half of the century
  • Tilbury Railwaymen's Band
  • Trafalgar Colliery Brass Band, Gloucestershire
  • Tuxford Temperance Band, Nottinghamshire
  • Two Bridges Brass Band, Gloucestershire, 1905
  • Uffculme Town Band
  • Wait Band, stereoview
  • Walthamstow Citadel Band, 1912
  • Walton Brass Band, Warrington, Cheshire, 1887
  • West Bergholt Brass Band, 1920s
  • West Ham Military Band, c1906
  • West Yorkshire Regiment Leeds Rifles Band, 1907
  • Wetherby Band, 1900s, 1930
  • Whit Friday March, Farnworth, Bolton, 1896
  • Whit Friday March, Oldham, 1907
  • Whit Monday March, Padiham, Burnley, 1914
  • Whitington Brass Band, Norfolk, 1899
  • Whitney Band, 1912
  • Whorlton Brass Band, Yorkshire, 1905
  • Wigston Temperance Silver Band, 1951
  • Wingates Temperance Band, 1906
  • Woodfalls Temperance Band, 1885
  • Woodford Halse Band, 1920s
  • Wroxall Prize Band, 1910
  • Wylye Band, Wiltshire, 1920s
  • Yorkley Excelsior Band, 1880s
  • Yorkley Onward Band, 1903
  • Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band - competing at the British Open Championship in the King's Hall at Belle Vue, Manchester, 1963. Conductor, Andrew Owenson
  • Yorkshire Transport Band, Dewsbury, 1938
  • 3rd (P.W.O.) West Yorkshire Regiment, Leeds Rifles Band, 1907
  • 4th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers Band, 1865
  • 7th Battalion Military Band, West Lulworth, Kent, 1915
  • 7th Battalion Military Band, West Lulworth, Kent, 1915
     
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