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Irwell Bank 1875-1929

Also/previously known as: Irwell Bank (Kearsley), Irwell Bank (Manchester), Irwell Bank Kearsley


This band no longer exists.
Region: North West

Originally formed at Irwell Bank Congregational Church, Lower Kearsley.



Date Contest Position Test Piece Draw Conductor
27 Apr 1929 Click to filter Glazebury Contest A Souvenir of the Opera Unknown
30 Mar 1929 Click to filter Westhoughton Contest 1 A Souvenir of the Opera James Moss
20 Oct 1928 Click to filter Dawson (Warrington) Contest Recollections of Verdi [arr. Rimmer] Unknown
14 Jul 1928 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest W Coriolanus 1914 Unknown
12 May 1928 Click to filter Skelmersdale Contest 2 Recollections of Verdi [arr. Rimmer] James Moss
05 May 1928 Click to filter Belle Vue May Contest Mirella [arr. Godfrey] 1901 Unknown
28 Apr 1928 Click to filter Glazebury Contest 1 Recollections of Verdi [arr. Rimmer] James Moss
07 Apr 1928 Click to filter Westhoughton Contest 1 Recollections of Verdi [arr. Rimmer] James Moss
09 Jul 1927 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest W Carmen Unknown
23 Apr 1927 Click to filter Glazebury Contest 5 A Garland of Classics Willie Wood
16 Apr 1927 Click to filter Westhoughton Contest 1 A Garland of Classics Willie Wood
31 Jul 1926 Click to filter Tideswell Contest Oberon [unknown arranger] Unknown
24 Apr 1926 Click to filter Glazebury Contest 2 Melodious Gems W. Wood
02 Apr 1926 Click to filter Eccles Contest Melodious Gems Unknown
27 Mar 1926 Click to filter Royton Contest Melodious Gems Unknown
15 Aug 1925 Click to filter Cadishead Contest Echoes of the Opera Unknown
23 May 1925 Click to filter Darwen Contest Airs from Der Wildschutz Echoes of the Opera Unknown
06 Sep 1924 Click to filter Marple Contest Gems of Italian Opera 1916 Unknown
06 Sep 1924 Click to filter Reddish Contest D Gems of Italian Opera 1916 Unknown
09 Aug 1924 Click to filter Tideswell Contest 3 Gems of Italian Opera 1916 John W. Hughes
04 Aug 1924 Click to filter Knutsford Contest 3 Gems of Italian Opera 1916 John W. Hughes
26 Jul 1924 Click to filter Ashton-in-Makerfield Contest 5 Gems of Italian Opera 1916 John W. Hughes
08 Mar 1924 Click to filter Royton Contest Gems of Italian Opera 1916 Unknown
28 Apr 1923 Click to filter Glazebury Contest Sailor Songs [W. Rimmer] Unknown
17 Aug 1912 Click to filter Burnley Contest 6 Maritana [arr. Smith] 1 George Gittins
13 Jul 1912 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest (Second Division) Simon Boccanegra George Gittins
24 Sep 1910 Click to filter Brierfield Contest 1 Weber's Works 2 Alexander Owen
16 Sep 1910 Click to filter National Eisteddfod of Wales (Class A) W Weber's Works Unknown
20 Aug 1910 Click to filter Burnley Contest 4 Weber's Works 3 Alexander Owen
13 Aug 1910 Click to filter Nelson Contest 1 Weber's Works 2 Alexander Owen
26 Mar 1910 Click to filter Barnoldswick Contest Weber's Works 9 William Halliwell
27 Nov 1909 Click to filter Oldham Contest Old Favourites 1908 Unknown
11 Sep 1909 Click to filter Morecambe Contest 1 Old Favourites 1908 Alexander Owen
14 Aug 1909 Click to filter Alderley Edge Contest 1 Old Favourites 1908 Alexander Owen
31 Jul 1909 Click to filter Manchester Contest Verdi [arr. Round] 1892 9 Alexander Owen
22 May 1909 Click to filter Earby Contest 1 Old Favourites 1908 Alexander Owen
15 May 1909 Click to filter Darwen Contest Verdi's Works [arr. W. Rimmer] 1908 2 Alexander Owen
10 Apr 1909 Click to filter Brierfield Contest 1 Old Favourites 1908 Alexander Owen
12 Sep 1908 Click to filter Matlock Contest 5 Rossini [arr. Round] 1891 10 Alexander Owen
11 Jul 1908 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest The Taming of the Shrew 1908 1 Alexander Owen
27 Jun 1908 Click to filter Newtown Contest Rossini's Works (arranged Owen) Unknown
08 Jun 1908 Click to filter Shrewsbury Contest 3 Rossini's Works (arranged Owen) 2 George Gittins
30 May 1908 Click to filter Darwen Contest 4 Rossini's Works (arranged Owen) 9 George Gittins
29 Sep 1906 Click to filter National Championship of Great Britain (Championship Section Final) Gems of Chopin [arr. Short] 1906 13 William Rimmer
25 Aug 1906 Click to filter Workington Contest 4 Spohr's Works 3 William Rimmer
30 Sep 1905 Click to filter National Championship of Great Britain (Championship Section Final) Roland a Ronceveaux 7 Alexander Owen
26 Aug 1905 Click to filter Workington Contest Donizetti [arr. Round] 9 Alexander Owen
27 May 1905 Click to filter Blackburn Contest (Open Section) La Cenerentola Unknown
20 May 1905 Click to filter Darwen Contest La Cenerentola Unknown
10 Sep 1904 Click to filter Rhyl Contest 3 Le Domino Noir [arr. Swift] 3 Alexander Owen
27 Aug 1904 Click to filter Workington Contest 2 Lortzing 6 Alexander Owen
09 Jul 1904 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest The Creation [arr. C. Godfrey] 1904 14 Alexander Owen
18 Jun 1904 Click to filter New Brighton Contest Songs of Ireland 10 Alexander Owen
28 May 1904 Click to filter Blackburn Contest Poliuto [unknown arranger] Unknown
24 May 1904 Click to filter Nottingham Contest 2 Lortzing

1 Alexander Owen
04 Apr 1904 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest 3 Lortzing 8 Alexander Owen
22 Aug 1903 Click to filter Workington Contest 1 Mercadante 7 Alexander Owen
08 Aug 1903 Click to filter Nelson Contest 4 Gems of British Song [arr. Round]

5 Alexander Owen
03 Aug 1903 Click to filter Barrow Contest 1 Heroic 1884

2 Alexander Owen
25 Jul 1903 Click to filter Rhos Contest 2 Mercadante 4 Edward Gittins
11 Jul 1903 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest 14 Idomeneo 1903 5 Alexander Owen
27 Jun 1903 Click to filter Morecambe Contest (Open Section) 4 Heroic 1884

8 Alexander Owen
27 Jun 1903 Click to filter Morecambe Contest (Section 2) 3 Mercadante 2 Alexander Owen
23 May 1903 Click to filter Blackburn Contest 7 Don Sebastiano [arr. Godfrey] 1894 8 Alexander Owen
13 Apr 1903 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest 5 Mercadante 14 Alexander Owen
01 Sep 1902 Click to filter British Open 10 L'Ebreo [arr. Godfrey] 1902 16 Alexander Owen
16 Aug 1902 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest 6 Gems of British Song [arr. Round] 4 Alexander Owen
12 Jul 1902 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest 5 Tutti in Maschera [arr. Godfrey] 1902 3 Alexander Owen
14 Jun 1902 Click to filter Millgate Contest 2 Songs of Shakespeare 5 Alexander Owen
28 Sep 1901 Click to filter National Championship of Great Britain (Championship Section Final) Gems from Sullivan's Operas No. 3 1 Alexander Owen
10 Aug 1901 Click to filter Rochdale Contest 3 Songs of Scotland

4 Alexander Owen
27 Jul 1901 Click to filter Trawden Contest 3 Songs of Scotland

4 Edward Gittins
06 Jul 1901 Click to filter Ashton-under-Lyne Contest 1 Songs of Scotland 7 Edward Gittins
22 Jun 1901 Click to filter Dundee Contest 5 Tam O'Shanter [Round] 3 Alexander Owen
01 Jun 1901 Click to filter Southport Contest Belisario [arr. Round] 8 Alexander Owen
29 Sep 1900 Click to filter Newcastleton Contest 5 Songs of Scotland 2 Alexander Owen
08 Sep 1900 Click to filter Dundee Contest 6 Songs of Scotland 10 Alexander Owen
30 Sep 1899 Click to filter Newcastleton Contest 1 Songs of England [Round] 1 Alexander Owen
26 Aug 1899 Click to filter Buxton Contest [1800s] W Unknown
19 Aug 1899 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest Songs of England [Round] 14 Alexander Owen
01 Apr 1899 Click to filter Nelson Contest 2 Herold [arr. Round] 1898 9 Alexander Owen
20 Aug 1898 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest Heroic 1884

2 Alexander Owen
06 Aug 1898 Click to filter Buxton Contest [1800s] W Unknown
18 Jun 1898 Click to filter Matlock Contest 2 Heroic 1884

1 Edward Gittins
14 May 1898 Click to filter Bolton Contest Meyerbeer [unknown arranger] 9 Alexander Owen
28 Aug 1897 Click to filter Honley Contest 1 Edward Gittins
01 May 1897 Click to filter Harpurhey Contest 1 Selection from Weber [arr. Round] 1890

6 Alexander Owen
17 Apr 1897 Click to filter Nelson Contest W Tannhäuser [unknown arranger] Unknown
01 Sep 1896 Click to filter Hawarden Contest Halevy [arr. Round] 1895 Unknown
15 Aug 1896 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest 8 Tannhäuser [unknown arranger] 12 Alexander Owen
11 Jul 1896 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest Der Waffenschmeid (The Armourer) 1896 19 Alexander Owen
20 Jun 1896 Click to filter Hardraw Scar W Unknown
13 Jun 1896 Click to filter Heywood Contest Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Round] 1895 5 Alexander Owen
16 May 1896 Click to filter Tyldesley Contest 2 Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Round] 1895 13 Alexander Owen
16 May 1896 Click to filter Tyldesley Waltz Contest 13 Alexander Owen
02 May 1896 Click to filter Keighley Contest W Halevy [arr. Round] 1895 Unknown
25 Apr 1896 Click to filter Rawtenstall Contest Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Round] 1895 14 Alexander Owen
04 Apr 1896 Click to filter Nelson Contest 9 Halevy [arr. Round] 1895 7 Alexander Owen
28 Sep 1895 Click to filter Southport Contest 2 Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Gladney] 1869 11 Alexander Owen
17 Aug 1895 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest 3 Tam O'Shanter [Round] 9 Alexander Owen
05 Aug 1895 Click to filter Blackpool Contest Halevy [arr. Round] 1895 Unknown
02 Aug 1895 Click to filter Llanelly Contest W Schubert [arr. Round] 1894 Unknown
22 Jun 1895 Click to filter Lea Mills Contest 2 Weber's Works

2 Edward Gittins
08 Jun 1895 Click to filter Southport Contest Lohengrin [arr. Round] 1895 10 Edward Gittins
03 Jun 1895 Click to filter Llangollen Contest 2 Lohengrin [arr. Round] 1895 Edward Gittins
18 May 1895 Click to filter Prestwich Contest 5 Lohengrin [arr. Round] 1895 12 Alexander Owen
27 Apr 1895 Click to filter Batley Contest 7 Unknown
13 Apr 1895 Click to filter Colne Contest 1 Halevy [arr. Round] 1895 6 Edward Gittins
15 Sep 1894 Click to filter Keighley Contest 3 Heroic 1884

5 Edward Gittins
25 Aug 1894 Click to filter Darwen Contest 1 Edward Gittins
06 Aug 1894 Click to filter Matlock Contest 1 3 Edward Gittins
21 Jul 1894 Click to filter Brighouse Contest 3 Edward Gittins
21 Jul 1894 Click to filter Horbury Contest 1 Edward Gittins
07 Jul 1894 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest Don Sebastiano [arr. Godfrey] 1894 4 Alexander Owen
30 Jun 1894 Click to filter Lea Mills Contest 3 Bellini [arr. Round] 1893 Alexander Owen
16 Jun 1894 Click to filter Bradford Contest 4 Edward Gittins
05 May 1894 Click to filter Copley Contest 2 Alexander Owen
05 May 1894 Click to filter Wyke Contest W Elixir of Love 1892 Unknown
24 Mar 1894 Click to filter Colne Contest Bellini [arr. Round] 1893 8 Alexander Owen
23 Sep 1893 Click to filter Blackpool Contest 11 Bellini [arr. Round] 1893 26 Alexander Owen
02 Sep 1893 Click to filter Keighley Contest 3 Selection from Weber [arr. Round] 1890

6 Alexander Owen
26 Aug 1893 Click to filter Garswood Hall Contest 4 Marino Faliero [arr. Round] 1892 Edward Gittins
19 Aug 1893 Click to filter Darwen Contest 1 Edward Gittins
07 Aug 1893 Click to filter Barrow Contest 4 1 Alexander Owen
17 Jun 1893 Click to filter Hardraw Scar W Unknown
10 Jun 1893 Click to filter Stacksteads Contest Marino Faliero [arr. Round] 1892 8 Alexander Owen
03 Jun 1893 Click to filter Boothfold Contest Marino Faliero [arr. Round] 1892 4 Alexander Owen
29 Apr 1893 Click to filter Rawtenstall Contest Marino Faliero [arr. Round] 1892 2 Alexander Owen
01 Apr 1893 Click to filter Colne Contest Das Nachtlager in Granada 1891 Unknown
01 Oct 1892 Click to filter Old America Contest 9 Nabucco 11 Alexander Owen
09 Sep 1892 Click to filter National Eisteddfod of Wales (Class A) W 'Worthy is the Lamb' and 'Amen' from The Messiah Unknown
20 Aug 1892 Click to filter Ramsbottom Contest 4 Il Giuramento [arr. Godfrey] 1883 Unknown
13 Aug 1892 Click to filter Galashiels Contest 3 Joan of Arc [Round] 1884 1 Alexander Owen
01 Aug 1892 Click to filter Barrow Contest 3 Heroic Fantasia

5 Alexander Owen
28 May 1892 Click to filter Goodshaw Contest Il Giuramento [arr. Godfrey] 1883 3 Alexander Owen
16 Apr 1892 Click to filter Colne Contest W Il Giuramento [unknown arranger] Unknown
19 Dec 1891 Click to filter Bolton Contest 3 Heroic 1884

5 Alexander Owen
07 Sep 1891 Click to filter British Open 10 Das Nachtlager in Granada 1891 12 Alexander Owen
15 Aug 1891 Click to filter Brinscall Contest 1 Selection from Weber [arr. Round] 1890

5 Edward Gittins
20 Jun 1891 Click to filter Southport Contest 5 Don Pedro 1891 8 Unknown
13 Jun 1891 Click to filter Hyde Contest 4 The Bohemian Girl [arr. Round] 1886 7 Alexander Owen
02 May 1891 Click to filter Heap Bridge Contest 5 The Bohemian Girl [arr. Round] 1886 9 Alexander Owen
28 Mar 1891 Click to filter Colne Contest 5 The Bohemian Girl [unknown arranger] 15 Alexander Owen
01 Sep 1890 Click to filter British Open Euryanthe [arr. Godfrey] 1890 2 Alexander Owen
09 Aug 1890 Click to filter Brinscall Contest 2 Unknown
06 Aug 1890 Click to filter Aberystwyth Contest W Tannhäuser [unknown arranger] Unknown
14 Jun 1890 Click to filter Sale Contest 2 Nil Desperandum 1890 Unknown
17 May 1890 Click to filter Oldham Contest (1800s) 5 Nil Desperandum 1890 6 Alexander Owen
10 May 1890 Click to filter Elland Contest W Nil Desperandum 1890 Unknown
10 May 1890 Click to filter Heap Bridge Contest 3 Nil Desperandum 1890 1 Alexander Owen
03 May 1890 Click to filter Wyke Contest Nil Desperandum 1890 Unknown
26 Apr 1890 Click to filter Brighouse Contest Nil Desperandum 1890 14 Unknown
19 Apr 1890 Click to filter Midgley Contest 3 Nil Desperandum 1890 14 Unknown
02 Sep 1889 Click to filter British Open La Reine de Saba [arr. Godfrey] 1889 16 Alexander Owen
10 Aug 1889 Click to filter Hyde Contest 1 Romeo et Juliette [Gounod arr. Godfrey] 1878 6 Edward Gittins
15 Jun 1889 Click to filter Conway Contest Great Britain 6 Edward Gittins
04 Sep 1888 Click to filter Wrexham Contest 1 Cinq Mars [arr. Godfrey] 1881 4 Alexander Owen
25 Aug 1888 Click to filter Nelson Contest 2 Herculaneum 1868 Alexander Owen
17 Sep 1887 Click to filter Newcastle Contest Stiffelio [unknown arranger]

4 Harry L. Holding
30 Jul 1887 Click to filter Radcliffe Contest Bouquet of Beauties Unknown
17 Sep 1886 Click to filter Caernarfon Contest Rigoletto [arr. Round] 1881 John Gladney
14 Aug 1886 Click to filter Queensbury Contest W Unknown
02 Aug 1886 Click to filter Merthyr Contest The Bohemian Girl [arr. Round] 1886 8 John Gladney
19 Jul 1886 Click to filter Northampton Contest 5 The Bohemian Girl [arr. Round] 1886 3 John Gladney
05 Jul 1886 Click to filter Kettering Contest W Wagner [arr. Round] 1886 Unknown
19 Jun 1886 Click to filter Southport Contest 3 9 Unknown
29 May 1886 Click to filter Keighley Contest 2 Stiffelio [arr. Gladney] 1874

6 John Gladney
07 Sep 1885 Click to filter British Open Nabucodonosor [arr. Godfrey] 1885 23 John Gladney
08 Aug 1885 Click to filter Chorley Contest 3 5 John Gladney
06 Jul 1885 Click to filter Kettering Contest 5 Lyric Garland 1885 5 John Gladney
25 May 1885 Click to filter Merthyr Contest 1 Lucia di Lammermoor - Fantasia [arr. Round] 1880 5 John Gladney
04 Apr 1885 Click to filter Colne Contest Semiramide [unknown arranger] 3 Harry L. Holding
15 Sep 1884 Click to filter Northwich Contest 1 Joan of Arc [Round] 1884

1 John Gladney
04 Aug 1884 Click to filter Manchester Contest 7 Crispino [arr. Round] 1878 3 Harry L. Holding
07 Jul 1884 Click to filter Kettering Contest 4 Gems of Mozart [arr. T. Wright] 1875

2 Harry L. Holding
07 Jun 1884 Click to filter Southport Contest W Joan of Arc [Round] 1884 Unknown
02 Jun 1884 Click to filter Merthyr Contest 1 Moses in Egypt [arr. Hecker] 2 Harry L. Holding
17 May 1884 Click to filter Newchurch Contest W The Heavens are Telling [unknown arranger] Harry L. Holding
10 May 1884 Click to filter Bolton Contest 5 Hohenlinden 1880

4 Harry L. Holding
26 Apr 1884 Click to filter Kearsley Contest Hours of Beauty 1883 10 Harry L. Holding
12 Apr 1884 Click to filter Trawden Contest Gems of Mozart [arr. T. Wright] 1875 7 Harry L. Holding
15 Sep 1883 Click to filter Bolton Contest The Heavens are Telling [unknown arranger] 21 Harry L. Holding
07 Aug 1883 Click to filter Caernarfon Contest The Forest Queen 1882 1 Harry L. Holding
06 Aug 1883 Click to filter Cardiff Contest W Rigoletto [arr. Round] 1881 Unknown
06 Aug 1883 Click to filter Llanidloes Contest W Unknown
02 Jul 1883 Click to filter Kettering Contest 1 Hohenlinden 1880

6 Harry L. Holding
26 May 1883 Click to filter Southport Contest 3 Rosalind 1 Harry L. Holding
21 Apr 1883 Click to filter Kearsley Contest Hallelujah Chorus [unknown arranger] 3 Harry L. Holding
24 Mar 1883 Click to filter Blackrod Contest 5 4 Harry L. Holding
23 Aug 1882 Click to filter Denbigh Contest 1 Tannhäuser [unknown arranger] James Rider
05 Aug 1882 Click to filter Glossop Contest W Unknown
15 Jul 1882 Click to filter Pendleton Contest Kyrie and Gloria from Mozart's 12th Mass [arr. Frost] Unknown
01 Jul 1882 Click to filter Pendlebury Contest 2 Hohenlinden 1880

4 Harry L. Holding
22 Apr 1882 Click to filter Kearsley Moor Contest Marion

6 Harry L. Holding
08 Aug 1881 Click to filter Pendlebury Contest 3 Unknown
09 Jul 1881 Click to filter Swinton Contest 3 Leisure Hour

1 Benjamin Howarth
01 Sep 1879 Click to filter British Open The Last Judgement [arr. Godfrey] 1879 Benjamin Howarth




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