This caused me to look up Staines Brass Band, who I played with as a teenager. I see they're now in the second section, but I was playing with them in 1996 when they came second in the London & Southern Counties and qualified for the National finals in championship section.
I quit the band in September of 1996 (after getting yelled at for missing an 'optional' rehearsal on my 18th birthday), and took childish satisfaction in them coming second-from-last (I had remembered 'last', but that's not correct) in said final in October 1996.
I don't have any photos from back then, but I suspect my parents do...
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Brass band nostalgia
Date: 2025-01-14 02:39 pm (UTC)I quit the band in September of 1996 (after getting yelled at for missing an 'optional' rehearsal on my 18th birthday), and took childish satisfaction in them coming second-from-last (I had remembered 'last', but that's not correct) in said final in October 1996.
I don't have any photos from back then, but I suspect my parents do...