Back in the early part of the 20th century New Brancepeth Brass Band entertained far and wide and in the process picked up several plaudits. It was a very competitive band; take a look at a few of its successes, by means of googling:
Brass Bands New Brancepeth [and similar searches]
They won a competition at Mickley, County Durham on 07/09/1912. Its conductor was a F Smith. Throckley Working Men's [club I assume] was second, Willington Silver Band was third and Mickley fourth.
New Brancepeth also won at Tow Law on 06/07/1912 with South Derwent and Willington Silver in its wake. In the same year it won very close to home - at Waterhouses.
There were several near misses, for example the band came second at Stanley, County Durham, on 17/07/1909.
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