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Research finds brass bands were not all linked to industry - veterans of the Napoleonic Wars played an important role.

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A rare photo unseen for years offers a glimpse into life at a lost Liverpool pub once known as "The Little House." Located on ...

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British Newspaper Archive James Sanderson, from Thrapston, was one of many veterans who used the musical skills acquired in military bands to help him "survive and thrive" after he left "William ...

Research reveals that Britain’s earliest brass bands were established by military musicians returning from the Napoleonic Wars in the 1810s, debunking the idea that they were solely civilian and ...

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Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain’s first brass bands earlier than previously thought ...

“In trade, geography still matters,” said Douglas Alexander, minister of state at the department for business and trade in London, following a speech to the British Irish Chamber of Commerce ...

He achieved his personal best throw of 21.68m in 1980, which stood as a British record until 2003. The British Olympic medal-winning athlete Katharine Merry posted on X that she was “so sad to ...

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