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the Rushbearing and Christmas concerts at St Chad’s church in Farndon and even a couple of weddings. Not to mention Christmas carols around local villages, as well as entertaining stressed shoppers in Chester and Wrexham.
If you would like to become involved with the Farndon & District Brass Band in any way from volunteer, to player of any age or experience, please contact us or come along to any of our events or rehearsals and have a cup of tea and a chat. Or perhaps you could join our 100 Club and support us from a distance. Alternatively if you have any stories or old photographs to contribute to our website, or indeed questions about our history, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Farndon & District Brass Band history in pictures
| Photograph of the band taken outside the Raven, now known as the Farndon Arms, High Street Farndon in 1993. |
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Back row; Julian Coupland, Catherine Payne, Mark Reeves, Robert Payne, Mark Jarvis.
Centre Row, standing; Phil Mason, Mark Grant, John Jones, Cecil Pugh, Anthony Spinnetti, John Reeves, Doug Swire, Roger Siddorn, Jenny Bellis, Richard Bowling, Ivor Morris, Bryan Williams, Rita Lay, Shane Coupland, Vince O’Toole, Charles Rayment.
Front Row, kneeling; Steve Roberts.
Front Row, seated; Annabel Siddorn, Gemma Tapp, Julia Bellis. |
| Below is the earliest known picture of the Farndon Jubilee Band. |
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The uniformed figure on the left, thought to be Roland Ince, wears a uniform of a kind used in the Boer War 1899-1902. In 1914 the tunic was replaced by a jacket with an open collar which showed the shirt and tie.
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| The picture below shows the band playing at The Groves, Chester about 1960, conducted by Chris Yearsley. |
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| Farndon & District Silver Prize Band in the Memorial Hall, November 26th 1971, pictured below. |
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Back row; Robert Swire, Jack Williams, Ken Paynter, Bill McCaffrey, John Hallas, Tom Dye, Dennis Burnett, Chris Chance, Kevin Swire, Robert Clubbe, Peter Duxbury.
Middle row; Brian Appleby, Colin Stewart, Charlie Harper, A. Roberts, Frank Clubbe, Doug Swire, Bill Bowering, Tony Paynter, Fred Perry, Cliffe Maddocks.
Front row; Keith Appleby, Bob Jones, Joe Roberts, Chris Yearsley (retired conductor), Les Williams (musical director), Ewart Appleby (Chairman), Tom Brown (secretary), Phil Mason, Dennis Williams. |
| Farndon Brass Band 1943/44. |
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Back row; Bill Whittingham, Herbert Jones, Sammy Rowlands, Chris Yearsley (Bandmaster), Brian Ackerley, Frank Bromley.
Middle row; Tom Millington, Frank Evans, Eric Enion, Bill Hughes (guest player from Gresford Colliery Band), Jim Walker, John Ackerley, Jonathan Youde.
Front row; Bob Jones, Glyn Hanmer (guest player from Denbighshire Technical College Band), Eb Chaloner, Tom Brown, Jack Ackerley. |
| Below is the band outside the Raven, thought to date from 1912. |
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Standing, from left; Charlie Bate, Jim Carr, Arthur Tapp, Jim Walker, Herbert Lewis, Edwin Phillips, Jack Smith, Tom Bate, Jim Chaloner, Bill Smith (junior), Bill Jones, Tom Wooley, Roland Ince, Sam Rowlands, Jooe Walker.
Sitting, from left; Bert Ince, Tom Millington, Jim Green, a Boys Brigade drummer from Liverpool, Joe Walker. |
| Farndon Band at the Pontin’s Entertainment Contest in Rhyl, June 1996. |
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Back row; Trevor Sutherland, Catherine Payne, Steve Roberts, Alun Griffiths, Alison Beak, Julian Coupland, Charles Rayment, Mark Hughes, Gemma Tapp, Beth Pinnington, Jason Morley.
Middle row; Ann Rayment, Mark Reeves, Doug Swire, Vince O’Toole, Geoff Williams, Mark Grant.
Front row; Joanna dennis, John Reeves, Phil Mason, Tim Dennis, Toby Downing, Peter Faragher, John Jones, Trevor Williams, Steve Quale.
Centre front; John Kinley (musical director). |
| Farndon Band in the Memorial Hal in 1967 under the musical direction of Les Williams. |
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Back row; Ken Paynter, Bill McCaffrey, Doug Swire, Miss Sandra Williams, Colin Stewart, Robin Grass, Cecil Pugh, Davis Hayns.
Middle row; Bill Hughes, Frank Clubbe, Owen Rowlands Bill Bowering, Harold Williams (Ellis), Peter Duxbury, Brian Appleby.
Front row; Dick Williams, Bob Jones, Keith Appleby, Les Williams (Musical Director), Tom Brown, Phil Mason, Dennis Williams. |
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