Darwen Contest

Past Results

Date	Winner	Conductor	Test Piece
18 Feb 1962	Lindley	Peter Wadsworth
12 Mar 1961	Hepworth	Unknown	Recollections of Balfe
28 Feb 1960	Greenway Moor	Unknown	English Folk Song Suite
08 Feb 1959	Hade Edge	Harold Swallow	Recollections of Mendelssohn
02 Feb 1958	Hoggarths Tractor Works	James Eddowes	A Garland of Classics
16 May 1931	Nelson Old	Clarence Smith	Gems of Old England
11 May 1929	Penketh Tannery	J. A. Greenwood	A Souvenir of the Opera
19 May 1928	Barrow Shipyard	William Halliwell
28 May 1927	Nelson Old	William Halliwell	A Garland of Classics
23 May 1925	Farnworth Old	James Wright	Echoes of the Opera
24 May 1924	Nelson Old	William Halliwell	Gems of Italian Opera
19 May 1923	Lowerhouse Mills	Joseph Jennings	Sailor Songs [W. Rimmer]
20 May 1922	Nelson Old	Unknown	Recollections of Ireland
13 Jun 1914	Nelson Old	William Halliwell	Sons of the Sea
07 Jun 1913	Nelson Old	William Halliwell
08 Jun 1912	Horwich Old	J. A. Greenwood	Bouquet of Ballads
03 Jun 1911	Perfection Soap Works	Unknown
28 May 1910	Perfection Soap Works	Unknown	Weber's Works
15 May 1909	Crosfield's Works	William Halliwell	Verdi's Works [arr. W. Rimmer]
30 May 1908	Goodshaw	William Halliwell	Rossini's Works
18 May 1907	Goodshaw	William Halliwell	Il Trovatore [unknown arranger]
19 May 1906	Shaw	William Rimmer	Spohr's Works
20 May 1905	Irwell Springs	William Rimmer	La Cenerentola
27 Aug 1904	Guide Temperance	William Halliwell	Anna Bolena [arr. Round]
05 Sep 1903	Pickup Bank	Angus Holden	Casket of Gems
30 Aug 1902	Darwen Borough	William Halliwell	Maritana [arr. Round]
21 Sep 1901	Pickup Bank	Christopher Smith	Songs of Scotland
24 Aug 1895	Briercliffe	John Gladney	Torquato Tasso [unknown arranger]
25 Aug 1894	Irwell Bank	Edward Gittins
19 Aug 1893	Irwell Bank	Edward Gittins
14 Jun 1884	Besses o th Barn	Robert Jackson	Neptune
17 May 1873	Bury Borough	Unknown
12 Jun 1869	Burnley 17th L.R.V	Unknown
03 Oct 1868	Bacup Old	John Lord