One for the tram and brass band fans

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Sat 27 Mar, 2010 11:58 pm

You can find the oddest things at the far ends of the internet!I stumbled quite by accident while doing some personal geneological research a superb website dedicated to all things brass band:http://www.ibew.org.uk/index.htmI don't know much at Brass Band music, other than vague memories of school friends that played for Waddington's Band and being invariably moved by the sound (and normally to tears by a brass band playing Abide with Me) ......... but this website is wonderfulI had a poke around the historical section and particularly the archive of band photos [ http://www.ibew.org.uk/vbbp-uk.htm ] and came accross the following

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Sat 27 Mar, 2010 11:58 pm

Leeds City Tramway Band photographed in 1913 .......... perhaps for a royal visit by George V? [Ooops !!!!!]

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Sat 27 Mar, 2010 11:59 pm

Leeds City Tramway Band photographed in 1913 .......... perhaps for a royal visit by George V?

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Sun 28 Mar, 2010 12:04 am

Another of Leeds Forge Band in 1888

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Sun 28 Mar, 2010 12:07 am

Another this time the Leeds Royal Field Artillery Band taken in 1915 ......... it would be probably be quite sobering to discover how many of these souls survived to return to civilian brass bands?

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Sun 28 Mar, 2010 12:12 am

Finally the 3rd (P.W.O.) West Yorkshire Regiment, Leeds Rifles Band taken in 1907I am quite sure that there are quite a few more from the old townships, works and colliery bands hidden away here!Hats of to the Internet Bandsman Everything Within website!