Vintage Brass Band Pictures

United Kingdom

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 Various Unknown Bands
  • Band and Order of Ancient Shepherd's March, Ashton-under-Lyne, 1906
  • Band and procession, NE England
  • Band concert, Manor Gardens, Burnham
  • Band contest, Reepham, Norfolk
  • Band contest, Rugby, 1900s
  • Band in front of rock face
  • Band marching, Great Dunmow, 1923
  • Band members, Broadway
  • Band of servicemen, 1942
  • Band on march - through town
  • Band on march - village procession
  • Band on march - village procession
  • Band on Walking Day - St Stephen's Church
  • Band on Walking Day - St Stephen's Church
  • Band playing at Lochgoilhead
  • Band playing at Shrewsbury Show
  • Band playing to crowd, Hollingworth
  • Band procession, Crawshaw Booth
  • Band (clowns)
  • Band - Sale?
  • Band, 1880s
  • Band, 1880s
  • Band, 1899
  • Band, 1910
  • Band, 1951
  • Band, Aldborough Manor, near Boroughbridge, 1906
  • Band, arrayed on steps
  • Band, Askam, Cumbria, 1911
  • Band, Askham, 1911
  • Band, at racecourse
  • Band, at the Inauguration of the Great Eastern steamship, 1858
  • Band, Audenshaw, 1930s
  • Band, Aylesbury, 1900s
  • Band, Balby, 1932
  • Band, Banbury
  • Band, Bandstand, Southend-on-Sea
  • Band, Bardsley, near Oldham
  • Band, Barrow-in-Furness, 1913
  • Band, Bickerton
  • Band, Bishops Waltham
  • Band, Blackburn bandstand
  • Band, Blackpool, 1920s
  • Band, Bog Valley Gardens, Harrogate
  • Band, Bogs Field, Harrogate, 1908
  • Band, Bolsover
  • Band, Bordon Camp
  • Band, Brandon, Suffolk
  • Band, Brierley Hill, Wolverhampton
  • Band, Brighton seafront
  • Band, Bristol
  • Band, British Open Champions (1920s?)
  • Band, Burnley, 1904
  • Band, Bury St Edmunds
  • Band, Caerphilly Castle
  • Band, Cardiff, 1909
  • Band, Carsluith, 10th August 1911
  • Band, Castle Park, Colchester
  • Band, Chapeltown, Sheffield
  • Band, Cheadle
  • Band, Church Parade
  • Band, Clitheroe area
  • Band, clown costumes, Blackpool
  • Band, Co-op works outing, Kettering, 1896
  • Band, Cornwall
  • Band, Coronation parade, Nottinghamshire, 1911
  • Band, Corporation Park, Blackburn
  • Band, Cranham Feast Parade, 1930s
  • Band, Crystal Palace
  • Band, Cudworth, 1905
  • Band, Deal, 1950
  • Band, Delph, Whit Procession, 1910
  • Band, Denby Dale, Pie Procession
  • Band, Denshaw, 1929
  • Band, Denshaw, 1929
  • Band, Dewsbury, 1910
  • Band, Dewsbury, 1928
  • Band, Durham
  • Band, Durham Miners' Gala, 1930s
  • Band, Ebbw Vale, 1952
  • Band, Eccles, 1907
  • Band, Edinburgh
  • Band, Elmstead, Essex, 1910
  • Band, Empire Rink, Bramhall Lane, Sheffield
  • Band, Enfield (Percy Chisnall a member)
  • Band, Enfield (Percy Chisnall a member)
  • Band, Essex
  • Band, Essex?
  • Band, Foxt, Staffordshire, 1910
  • Band, Frampton Cotterell, 1911
  • Band, from a glass plate negative
  • Band, Galashiels
  • Band, Godley Hill, Hyde, Manchester
  • Band, Great Waltham, Essex, 1912
  • Band, Great Yarmouth
  • Band, Green Park, Ossett
  • Band, Greenwich (1), c.1920s?
  • Band, Greenwich (2), c.1930s?
  • Band, H.M.S. Comus, 1899
  • Band, Halifax
  • Band, Hallaton, 1905
  • Band, Hallaton, 1905
  • Band, Hatfield
  • Band, Heathfield, Sussex, 1915
  • Band, Helmshore, Lancs, 1904
  • Band, Higher Barracks, Exeter
  • Band, Hollingworth, Rochdale, 1905
  • Band, Hornchurch, Essex
  • Band, Hove, 1911
  • Band, Huddersfield railway station, 1910
  • Band, Hull
  • Band, India, 1930s
  • Band, Jacksdale Picture Palace, 1912
  • Band, James Robertson & Sons Golden Shred Works, Droylsden, 1920
  • Band, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
  • Band, Kings Head Hotel
  • Band, Kings Somborne, 1912
  • Band, Kirkby Stephen, 1906
  • Band, Knaresborough station
  • Band, Lancaster lakeside
  • Band, Leeds
  • Band, Lincolnshire
  • Band, Litton Cheyney Fete, 1914
  • Band, London (with Charles Pheasant)
  • Band, Lowestoft beach
  • Band, Ludgershall, 1907
  • Band, Lymington
  • Band, Lytham St Annes
  • Band, Lytham St Annes, c1910
  • Band, Manchester
  • Band, marching in Ravenstone, 1930s
  • Band, marching on wet street, 1930s
  • Band, marching, 1930s
  • Band, Melksham, Wiltshire
  • Band, Melton Hall, near Mexboro'
  • Band, Melton Hall, Mexboro'
  • Band, Mesnes Park, Wigan, 25/5/1952
  • Band, Messingham
  • Band, Messingham
  • Band, Middleton, Teesdale area
  • Band, Municipal Gardens, Southport
  • Band, Murton Bandstand
  • Band, near Blackpool
  • Band, Newburn, Northumberland, 1914
  • Band, Northlew, Devon
  • Band, Oddfellows procession, Manchester
  • Band, on the links, Aberdeen
  • Band, outside "The Acton"
  • Band, outside tent
  • Band, parade in street
  • Band, Peasholme Park, Scarborough, 1940s
  • Band, Pinxton, 1914
  • Band, playing in crowd
  • Band, playing on ship
  • Band, playing on the Great Eastern, 1858
  • Band, Queen Mary's Military Hospital, Whalley
  • Band, Ravenstonedale
  • Band, Reading
  • Band, Redruth Sunday School Tea Treat, 1904
  • Band, Robin Hood's Bay
  • Band, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire
  • Band, Rochdale area
  • Band, Rotherham
  • Band, Rushbearing parade, Grasmere
  • Band, Rushden
  • Band, Ryde, Isle of Wight
  • Band, Scorton Hospital, Yorkshire
  • Band, Scotland
  • Band, Scotland
  • Band, Scotland
  • Band, Seaham, 1929
  • Band, Sheffield
  • Band, Sheffield
  • Band, Sheffield
  • Band, Sheffield
  • Band, Sheffield
  • Band, Shepton Mallet
  • Band, Shepton Mallet
  • Band, Shepton Mallet?
  • Band, Shrewton, Wiltshire, 1911
  • Band, Shropshire, 18th May 1876
  • Band, Sibbertoft
  • Band, South Brent, Devon, 1926
  • Band, Southport bandstand
  • Band, Southport Municipal Gardens
  • Band, St Albans Sunday School
  • Band, St Edmund's Church procession
  • Band, St Wilfrid's Procession, Ripon, 1907
  • Band, Stokenham, 1905
  • Band, street procession
  • Band, Studley, 1914
  • Band, Sunnybank Cottages, Helmshore, Rossendale
  • Band, Sussex, 1870s
  • Band, Swindon
  • Band, Swindon
  • Band, The Severals Bandstand, Newmarket
  • Band, Temple Sowerby, 1909
  • Band, theatre or hotel foyer
  • Band, Tingewick, Bucks
  • Band, Tradesmen's procession, Knaresborough
  • Band, Treorchy
  • Band, Ulverston
  • Band, Valley Gardens, Harrogate
  • Band, Villa Marina, Douglas IoM
  • Band, Walton Beach, Essex
  • Band, Warminster area?
  • Band, Warrington
  • Band, Well Dressing parade, Endon
  • Band, West Yorkshire, 1880s
  • Band, Weymouth, 1908
  • Band, Whaley Bridge, 1910
  • Band, Whichford
  • Band, Whichford

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