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History of Golborne Band
History of Golborne
Historically, Golborne was a market town whose main industries where those
of mining and cotton. The name 'Golborne' can be found to originate from ‘Goldeburnam’,
which was mentioned as long ago as 969AD. 'Gold', being suggestive of the
yellow flowers which grew along the village's 'burn' or boundary.
The early history of Golborne Band
The Golborne Brass Band is one of the oldest 'village' Bands in the
country, which was originally formed in 1867. We have a photograph in the
1880’s of the founder band.
In 1914 the Band ceased to exist because of the First World War and was
not in the position to reform until 1922 at which time the name changed to
'Golborne Public Subscription Band'.
James Mort reformed the band in 1950, which had been disbanded due to the
2nd World War. The Band won its first prize at Rhyl contest in 1955. Many
prizes followed under the guidance of James, so the band changed its name
in to ‘Golborne Prize Band’. After his death in 1965, Joe Houlton took
over the baton and success continued in the 3rd and 4th sections of the
movement. During this time most of the pubs in Golborne housed the band.
Recent history
In 1984, we bought our first Bandroom. The band then had a permanent and
this lead to even greater success. The band was promoted to the 2nd
section in 1986 and won prizes in this division under the baton of Geoff
Williams.
In 1990 the band toured Holland and in 1994 toured France.
Unfortunately the Bandroom was condemned in 2002 and the band moved into
the Church Lane Community Centre on Church Lane, Lowton.
The band lost some 8 players in 2003 but has come through this turmoil. We
have turned the corner and are looking forward to further success.
For more recent history please check our Archive
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31 May 2010
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