A bit of the Grimethorpe stardust certainly found its way to delegates on the latest East Anglian BBA workshop day in Norwich ...

THE word famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band is back by popular demand at The Garden Rooms, at Tennants, in Leyburn. The concert, on Saturday, September 17, is one few opportunities to see the band in ...

"Subtle" isn't usually the first word that comes to mind when you're talking about brass bands, especially those formed in the 19th and early 20th centuries as a leisure activity for mill and pit ...

Grimethorpe was aptly named. A shabby village in the bleak South Yorkshire flatlands, its sole claim to fame is the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, a brass ensemble made up mostly of local mine workers. So ...

Brassed Off is celebrating its 21st birthday next year and there'll be no better way to celebrate than to watch it projected in the Royal Albert Hall with a live score by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band ...

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GRIMETHORPE, England — Grimethorpe is dying. Once it was a proud coal-mining village. Now its silent streets, vacant lots and bricked-up buildings -- “In Cod We Trust,” proclaims a flaking chip-shop ...

The real stars of the hit movie Brassed Off, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band are in constant demand throughout the world for concert appearances. Having been crowned as the National Brass Band Champions ...

Formed in 1917, during the First World War, Grimethorpe Colliery Band is a British institution. National and British Open Champions on numerous occasions, the band’s contest successes remain legendary ...