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Oldham Rifles Band 1865-1934

Also/previously known as: 10th Battalion Manchester Regiment Oldham Rifles Prize Band, 10th Manchester Regiment, 22nd Lancashire Rifle Volunteers (Oldham), 23rd L.R.V. Oldham, 23rd Lancashire Rifle Volunteers (Oldham), 31st L.R.V. (Oldham), 31st L.R.V. Oldham, 31st L.R.V.B., 31st Lancashire Rifle Volunteers (Oldham), 7th L.R.V. (Oldham), Manchester Corporation (Water Street) Oldham Rifles, Oldham 31st L.R.V., Oldham Rifles Prize Band, Oldham Volunteer


This band no longer exists.
Region: North West

The famous Oldham Rifle Brigade band, after whom the march "O.R.B." was named (the composer, Charles Anderson, was the band's conductor), was founded in 1865 as a civilian band.

In 1871 it became affiliated to the local volunteer regiment, which underwent various name changes over the years, which are reflected (sometimes apparently inconsistently) in the names that the band contested under.

The history of the regiment name that the band was attached to is as follows:
February 1860 - founded as 31st (Oldham) Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
November 1860 - became part of 7th Admin. Bn.
1880 - consolidated as 23rd corps, but changed back to 7th shortly thereafter
1882 - new corps formed with same personnel - 22nd Lancs. RVC
1888 - became 6th VB Manchester Regiment
1908 - became 10th Manchesters

The band was reformed after the 1914-18 war by Francis Miller, and continued as a brass band until 1934, when the War Office decreed that all military bands must become mixed brass/woodwind. It is not currently known how long the band continued after that date, although it is interesting that we have them recorded at Belle Vue in 1935.

Anne Stewart feedbacks:
"Just to inform you that my Grandfather was the F. Miller described as conductor at some of the contests. Francis Miller. He fought and was injured at Gallipoli although came out of the band at that point to fight with his half brother who was not in the band. He ended up as Reg Sgt Major and bandmaster of the Manchester 10th and I believe that after the war he went to buy new silver for the regiment. I have photos of the band and Regiment and will try to find out if he conducted at any of the other contests. My father talked of going with my grandfather to the contest at Crystal Palace prior to the first World war. He says the band was mustered on the forecourt of Euston Fire Station in London and marched all the way to Crystal Palace. However my father did not remember them winning!"
"My Grandfather was Francis Miller mentioned above. I sent an earlier E mail. I think the H miller you have down as conducting the band in 1924 at Crystal Palace must in fact have been F Miller as my Father said they competed 3 times with him as bandmaster. My Uncle's Family account of his Father Francis Miller says After the 1918 war the band was reformed by my Grandfather and continued until 1934 when the war Office issued an order that all Army Bands had to be standerdised and turned into military bands. My Grandfather knew nothing of military bands with woodwind instruments and he struggled on for 2 years. He then left the army being too old and the 10th became a tank regiment."



Date Contest Position Test Piece Draw Conductor
13 Jul 1935 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest (Class A) An Epic Symphony 1926 Unknown
14 Jul 1934 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest (Class A) Honour and Glory [Bath] 1931 Unknown
28 Oct 1933 Click to filter Atherton Contest Happy Memories Unknown
09 Sep 1933 Click to filter Butlins Holiday Camp Contest (Championship Section) Coriolanus 1914 G. Lawson
22 Jul 1933 Click to filter Oldham Contest (Section A) Unknown
08 Jul 1933 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest (Class A) 5 The Mastersingers (Die Meistersinger) G. Lawson
08 Jul 1933 Click to filter Belle Vue March Contest 2 G. Lawson
23 Jul 1932 Click to filter Oldham Contest (Section A) Unknown
25 Jul 1931 Click to filter Oldham Contest 3 G. Lawson
20 Sep 1930 Click to filter Milnrow Contest 2 Recollections of Schubert [arr. Rimmer] Unknown
26 Jul 1930 Click to filter Oldham Contest 2 A Summer Day G. Lawson
21 Sep 1929 Click to filter Milnrow Contest A Souvenir of the Opera Unknown
20 Jul 1929 Click to filter Oldham Contest 1 A Souvenir of the Opera G. Lawson
29 Sep 1928 Click to filter Crystal Palace (Junior Cup - B) Hanover [D. Wright] 1926 Francis Miller
21 Jul 1928 Click to filter Oldham Contest 1 Recollections of Verdi [arr. Rimmer] Robert Cooper
14 Jul 1928 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest 3 Coriolanus 1914 5 Robert Cooper
12 May 1928 Click to filter Holme Valley Brass Band Contest (Section A) 14 L'Ebreo [arr. Godfrey] 1902 Unknown
09 Apr 1928 Click to filter Slaithwaite Contest 3 L'Ebreo [arr. Godfrey] 1902 Charles Anderson
17 Mar 1928 Click to filter Royton Contest Recollections of Verdi [arr. Rimmer] Charles Anderson
17 Sep 1927 Click to filter Milnrow Contest 1 A Garland of Classics Charles Anderson
13 Aug 1927 Click to filter Rochdale Contest 3 A Garland of Classics Charles Anderson
30 Jul 1927 Click to filter Glossop Contest A Garland of Classics Unknown
02 Jul 1927 Click to filter Mossley Contest 1 Unknown
28 May 1927 Click to filter Darwen Contest 4 A Garland of Classics Charles Anderson
23 Apr 1927 Click to filter Glazebury Contest 2 A Garland of Classics Charles Anderson
19 Mar 1927 Click to filter Royton Contest 2 A Garland of Classics Charles Anderson
05 Feb 1927 Click to filter Ashton-under-Lyne Contest 1 A Garland of Classics Charles Anderson
23 Oct 1926 Click to filter Warrington Contest Melodious Gems Unknown
02 Oct 1926 Click to filter Buxton Contest [1800s] 4 Oberon [unknown arranger] Charles Anderson
05 Jun 1926 Click to filter Douglas (Isle of Man) Contest 4 Oberon [unknown arranger] Charles Anderson
29 May 1926 Click to filter Leigh Contest Oberon [unknown arranger] Unknown
03 Apr 1926 Click to filter Abbey Lakes Contest 3 Oberon [unknown arranger] Charles Anderson
27 Mar 1926 Click to filter Royton Contest 2 Melodious Gems Charles Anderson
19 Dec 1925 Click to filter Ashton-under-Lyne Contest Melodious Gems Unknown
26 Sep 1925 Click to filter Crystal Palace (Junior Cup - B) Songs of Old Wales Francis Miller
19 Sep 1925 Click to filter Chapel-en-le-Frith Contest 1 Echoes of the Opera Charles Anderson
07 Sep 1925 Click to filter British Open Macbeth [Keighley] 1925 4 Charles Anderson
15 Aug 1925 Click to filter Cadishead Contest 4 Echoes of the Opera Charles Anderson
25 Jul 1925 Click to filter Oldham Contest Unknown
18 Jul 1925 Click to filter Bacup Contest 2 Echoes of the Opera Unknown
16 May 1925 Click to filter Holme Valley Brass Band Contest (Section A) 4 Der Wildschütz [arr. Godfrey Jr.] 1900 Charles Anderson
10 Apr 1925 Click to filter Eccles Contest Echoes of the Opera Charles Anderson
07 Mar 1925 Click to filter Royton Contest Echoes of the Opera Unknown
20 Dec 1924 Click to filter Ashton-under-Lyne Contest 1 Echoes of the Opera Charles Anderson
27 Sep 1924 Click to filter Crystal Palace (Junior Shield - A) Labour and Love 1913 20 Francis Miller
26 Jul 1924 Click to filter Oldham Contest 2 Der Freischütz [arr. Round] 1898 Charles Anderson
12 Jul 1924 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest The Merry Wives of Windsor [Nicolai] 1897 2 Charles Anderson
03 May 1924 Click to filter Belle Vue May Contest 5 Joseph und seine Brüder [arr. Godfrey] 1914 Charles Anderson
03 May 1924 Click to filter Belle Vue May Contest Joseph und seine Brüder [arr. Godfrey] 1914 Francis Miller
08 Mar 1924 Click to filter Royton Contest 2 Gems of Italian Opera 1916 Charles Anderson
15 Dec 1923 Click to filter Ashton-under-Lyne Contest 4 Gems of Italian Opera 1916 Charles Anderson
29 Sep 1923 Click to filter Crystal Palace (Junior Cup - B) La Clemenza di Tito Francis Miller
15 Sep 1923 Click to filter Castleton Contest 5 In Sunny Lands Charles Anderson
04 Aug 1923 Click to filter Honley Contest Mirella [arr. Godfrey] 1901 Unknown
21 Jul 1923 Click to filter Oldham Contest 3 La Traviata [arr. Godfrey] 1916 Unknown
14 Jul 1923 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest The Bohemian Girl [unknown arranger] 3 Charles Anderson
16 Jun 1923 Click to filter Marsden Contest Mirella [arr. Godfrey] 1901 Unknown
29 Jul 1922 Click to filter Chadderton Contest 6 Classic Gems No 2 6 Walter Eastwood
22 Jul 1922 Click to filter Honley Contest 3 Classic Gems No. 1 Unknown
08 May 1920 Click to filter Stalybridge Contest Labour and Love 1913 Unknown
01 Sep 1919 Click to filter British Open The Lily of Killarney [arr. Godfrey] 18 Wilfred Scholes
07 Sep 1918 Click to filter British Open Il Bravo [arr. Godfrey] 1889 13 Wilfred Scholes
11 Jul 1914 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest (First Division) Die Vestalinn 8 Wilfred Scholes
11 May 1912 Click to filter Oldham Quickstep Contest 1 3 Wilfred Scholes
01 Apr 1911 Click to filter Stalybridge Contest Unknown
13 Aug 1910 Click to filter Alderley Edge Contest 2 Wilfred Scholes
26 Mar 1910 Click to filter Hollinwood Contest 2 Unknown
03 Apr 1909 Click to filter Stalybridge Contest Old Memories Unknown
10 Aug 1908 Click to filter Alderley Edge Contest 3 Unknown
29 Sep 1906 Click to filter National Championship of Great Britain (Championship Section Final) Gems of Chopin [arr. Short] 1906 17 Alexander Owen
11 Nov 1905 Click to filter Ashton-under-Lyne Contest Gemma di Vergy [unknown arranger] 12 Alexander Owen
04 Apr 1904 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest 6 Lortzing 13 Alexander Owen
06 Jun 1903 Click to filter New Brighton Contest W Mercadante Unknown
23 May 1903 Click to filter Blackburn Contest 10 Don Sebastiano [arr. Godfrey] 1894 12 Unknown
13 Apr 1903 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest 4 Mercadante 4 Alexander Owen
12 Jul 1902 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest 16 Tutti in Maschera [arr. Godfrey] 1902 19 Alexander Owen
05 Jul 1902 Click to filter New Brighton Contest Maritana [arr. Round] 1888 6 Alexander Owen
31 Mar 1902 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest 4 Rose of Castille 12 Alexander Owen
03 Aug 1901 Click to filter Manchester Contest 5 Songs of Scotland 4 Alexander Owen
27 Jul 1901 Click to filter Trawden Contest W Alexander Owen
06 Jul 1901 Click to filter Thomas Denham Memorial Contest 3 G. Blackwell
27 Apr 1901 Click to filter Cliviger Contest Belisario [arr. Round]

8 Alexander Owen
16 Apr 1900 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest 5 Works of Auber [arr. Round] 5 Alexander Owen
19 Aug 1899 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest 8 Songs of England [Round] 13 Alexander Owen
29 Jul 1899 Click to filter New Mills Contest 3 Lucia di Lammermoor - Selection [arr. Round] 1899 3 Alexander Owen
15 Jul 1899 Click to filter Rochdale Contest Lucia di Lammermoor - Selection [arr. Round] 1899 Unknown
03 Apr 1899 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest 5 Herold [arr. Round] 1898 14 Alexander Owen
01 Apr 1899 Click to filter Nelson Contest 9 Herold [arr. Round] 1898 1 Unknown
05 Sep 1898 Click to filter British Open 21 Grand Selection: Mendelssohn's Works [arr. Godfrey] 1898 5 Alexander Owen
20 Aug 1898 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest 2 The Valkyrie

6 Alexander Owen
23 Jul 1898 Click to filter New Mills Contest 1 La Favorita [arr. Round] 1898 4 Stephen Shaw
30 Jun 1898 Click to filter Doncaster Contest (Second Section) 3 La Favorita [arr. Round] 1898 Alexander Owen
30 Jun 1898 Click to filter Doncaster Contest 3 Die Walküre 1898

Alexander Owen
18 Jun 1898 Click to filter Matlock Contest 1 The Valkyrie

6 Stephen Shaw
30 May 1898 Click to filter West Stanley Contest (Open Section) W Alexander Owen
11 Apr 1898 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest 5 Meyerbeer [arr. Round] 1898 3 Alexander Owen
09 Apr 1898 Click to filter Nelson Contest Meyerbeer [arr. Round] 1898 13 Alexander Owen
06 Sep 1897 Click to filter British Open 11 Moses in Egypt [arr. Godfrey] 1897 4 Alexander Owen
21 Aug 1897 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest Great Britain

1 Alexander Owen
14 Aug 1897 Click to filter Handsworth Woodhouse Contest 3 Beethoven's Works [arr. Owen] 1887

5 Alexander Owen
17 Jul 1897 Click to filter Bridlington Contest 4 Tannhäuser [unknown arranger] 6 Alexander Owen
26 Jun 1897 Click to filter Heywood Contest 1 Macbeth [Verdi, arr. Round] 1896 9 Alexander Owen
07 Jun 1897 Click to filter West Stanley Contest (Open Section) Unknown
05 Jun 1897 Click to filter Blackhill Contest 4 Alexander Owen
15 May 1897 Click to filter Rawtenstall Contest 5 Macbeth [Verdi, arr. Round] 1896 13 Stephen Shaw
19 Apr 1897 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest 5 Tannhäuser [unknown arranger] 10 Alexander Owen
17 Apr 1897 Click to filter Nelson Contest 3 Tannhäuser [unknown arranger] 1 Alexander Owen
02 Jan 1897 Click to filter Manchester Industrial Exhibition Contest 3 Tannhäuser [unknown arranger] 1 Alexander Owen
12 Sep 1896 Click to filter Blackpool Contest 6 Maritana [arr. Round] 1888 14 Alexander Owen
15 Aug 1896 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest 2 Tannhäuser [unknown arranger] 11 Alexander Owen
08 Aug 1896 Click to filter Atherton Contest D Eureka 1895 Alexander Owen
01 Aug 1896 Click to filter New Mills Contest 2 Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Round] 1895 Alexander Owen
25 Jul 1896 Click to filter Denton Contest 1 Lucrezia Borgia [unknown arranger] 8 Alexander Owen
11 Jul 1896 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest Der Waffenschmeid (The Armourer) 1896 10 Alexander Owen
20 Jun 1896 Click to filter Hardraw Scar W Unknown
20 Jun 1896 Click to filter Littleborough Contest 2 Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Round] 1895 8 Alexander Owen
13 Jun 1896 Click to filter Heywood Contest 1 Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Round] 1895 11 Alexander Owen
23 May 1896 Click to filter Kingston Mills Contest 4 Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Round] 1895 1 Alexander Owen
25 Apr 1896 Click to filter Rawtenstall Contest 1 Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Round] 1895 7 Alexander Owen
18 Apr 1896 Click to filter Wigan Contest 1 Titania 1896 Alexander Owen
06 Apr 1896 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest Halevy [arr. Round] 1895 2 Alexander Owen
04 Apr 1896 Click to filter Nelson Contest 10 Halevy [arr. Round] 1895 8 Alexander Owen
28 Mar 1896 Click to filter North Ashton Contest Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Round] 1895 Unknown
28 Oct 1895 Click to filter Blackpool Contest 2 Alexander Owen
14 Sep 1895 Click to filter Uppermill Contest 2 Torquato Tasso [arr. Round] 1895 James Holloway
27 Jul 1895 Click to filter Chadderton Contest 3 Torquato Tasso [unknown arranger] James Holloway
13 Jul 1895 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest Hymn of Praise 1895 James Holloway
06 Jul 1895 Click to filter Rawtenstall Contest Torquato Tasso [unknown arranger] Unknown
22 Jun 1895 Click to filter Mossley Contest 3 Torquato Tasso [unknown arranger] 1 James Holloway
18 May 1895 Click to filter Prestwich Contest Lohengrin [arr. Round] 1895 1 James Holloway
06 Apr 1895 Click to filter North Ashton Contest 3 Torquato Tasso [unknown arranger] 1 James Holloway
22 Dec 1894 Click to filter Stalybridge Contest Elixir of Love 1892 3 James Holloway
18 Aug 1894 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest Great Britain 3 James Holloway
21 Jul 1894 Click to filter Horbury Contest 3 Unknown
21 Jul 1894 Click to filter Brighouse Contest Unknown
14 Jul 1894 Click to filter Heywood Contest 2 William Tell [arr. Round] 1894 4 James Holloway
07 Jul 1894 Click to filter Glodwick Contest 1 Pomona 2 James Holloway
30 Jun 1894 Click to filter Thurlstone Contest 3 James Holloway
23 Jun 1894 Click to filter Wharncliffe Silkstone Contest 2 Bellini [arr. Round] 1893 5 James Holloway
16 Jun 1894 Click to filter Bradford Contest 3 Rossini [arr. Round] 1891

James Holloway
16 Jun 1894 Click to filter Mossley Contest Elixir of Love 1892 15 James Holloway
09 Jun 1894 Click to filter Denby Dale Contest 2 James Holloway
19 May 1894 Click to filter Southport Contest Elixir of Love 1892 10 James Holloway
05 May 1894 Click to filter Copley Contest 1 James Holloway
05 May 1894 Click to filter Wyke Contest Elixir of Love 1892 1 James Holloway
23 Sep 1893 Click to filter Blackpool Contest 13 Bellini [arr. Round] 1893 27 James Holloway
04 Sep 1893 Click to filter British Open Elaine 1893 16 James Holloway
19 Aug 1893 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest 6 Gems of Scotia 9 James Holloway
29 Jul 1893 Click to filter Oldham Quickstep Contest 2 Unknown
10 Jun 1893 Click to filter Stacksteads Contest Marino Faliero [arr. Round] 1892 4 Alexander Owen
27 May 1893 Click to filter Southport Contest 5 El Dorado 1892 8 James Holloway
20 May 1893 Click to filter Gorton Contest 3 Marino Faliero [arr. Round] 1892 16 Alexander Owen
29 Apr 1893 Click to filter Rawtenstall Contest 4 Marino Faliero [arr. Round] 1892 17 Alexander Owen
03 Apr 1893 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest El Dorado 1892 13 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 6 Nabucco 6 Alexander Owen
05 Sep 1892 Click to filter British Open 5 Zaar und Zimmermann 1892 7 Alexander Owen
20 Aug 1892 Click to filter Kirkcaldy Contest 3 Mozart [arr. Round] 1892 9 Unknown
06 Aug 1892 Click to filter Scarborough Contest 4 Il Giuramento [arr. Round] 1892 11 Alexander Owen
23 Jul 1892 Click to filter Bacup Contest 2 Maritana [unknown arranger] Alexander Owen
09 Jul 1892 Click to filter Bury Contest 3 Medusa 13 James Holloway
18 Jun 1892 Click to filter Hoyland Contest W Unknown
11 Jun 1892 Click to filter Morecambe Contest 3 Mozart [arr. Round] 1892 1 Alexander Owen
06 Jun 1892 Click to filter West Stanley Contest (Open Section) 4 Joan of Arc [Round] 1884 Unknown
04 Jun 1892 Click to filter Haydon Bridge Contest 2 Mozart [arr. Round] 1892 7 Alexander Owen
14 May 1892 Click to filter Chorley Contest Medusa Unknown
18 Apr 1892 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest 6 Mozart [arr. Round] 1892 19 Alexander Owen
16 Apr 1892 Click to filter Blackrod Contest 1 Merry Changes 9 Alexander Owen
19 Dec 1891 Click to filter Bolton Contest 1 Rossini [arr. Round] 1891

4 Alexander Owen
11 Jul 1891 Click to filter Belle Vue July Contest Linda di Chamounix [arr. Godfrey] 1891 Alexander Owen
04 Jul 1891 Click to filter Leeds Forge Contest W Rossini [arr. Round] 1891 Unknown
13 Jun 1891 Click to filter Hyde Contest The Bohemian Girl [arr. Round] 1886 3 Alexander Owen
23 May 1891 Click to filter Morecambe Contest W Linda di Chamounix [arr. Godfrey] 1891 Unknown
09 May 1891 Click to filter Wyke Contest 2 The Bohemian Girl [arr. Round] 1886 9 Unknown
02 May 1891 Click to filter Heap Bridge Contest 2 The Bohemian Girl [arr. Round] 1886 6 Alexander Owen
28 Mar 1891 Click to filter Colne Contest 3 The Bohemian Girl [unknown arranger] 13 Alexander Owen
26 Jul 1890 Click to filter Hollinwood Contest 3 The Forest Queen 1882 7 James Robinson
05 Jul 1890 Click to filter Leeds Forge Contest 7 Weber's Works Unknown
14 Jun 1890 Click to filter Glossop Contest 4 Nil Desperandum 1890 Unknown
31 May 1890 Click to filter Southport Contest 3 Nil Desperandum 1890 Alexander Owen
10 May 1890 Click to filter Heap Bridge Contest 2 Nil Desperandum 1890 9 Alexander Owen
19 Apr 1890 Click to filter Midgley Contest 4 Nil Desperandum 1890 3 Unknown
05 Apr 1890 Click to filter Colne Contest 3 Nil Desperandum 1890 5 Alexander Owen
15 Feb 1890 Click to filter Leicester Contest W Nil Desperandum 1890 Alexander Owen
02 Sep 1889 Click to filter British Open La Reine de Saba [arr. Godfrey] 1889 1 Alexander Owen
10 Aug 1889 Click to filter Hyde Contest 2 Romeo et Juliette [Gounod arr. Godfrey] 1878 7 James Robinson
08 Aug 1889 Click to filter Market Drayton Contest 2 Excelsior [Round] 1888 3 Alexander Owen
23 Jul 1889 Click to filter Kidsgrove Contest 3 Romeo and Juliet [Tchaikovsky, unknown arranger] 2 Alexander Owen
20 Jul 1889 Click to filter Hollinwood Contest 1 Excelsior [Round] 1888 Alexander Owen
15 Jun 1889 Click to filter Conway Contest 3 Great Britain 3 James Robinson
01 Jun 1889 Click to filter Sale Contest 2 Excelsior [Round] 1888 Alexander Owen
22 Apr 1889 Click to filter Hanley Contest 2 Lyric Garland 1885 8 Alexander Owen
27 Oct 1888 Click to filter Glasgow International Exhibition Contest 6 Wagner [arr. Round] 1886 20 Alexander Owen
03 Sep 1888 Click to filter British Open 5 Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) [arr. Godfrey] 1888 4 Alexander Owen
18 Aug 1888 Click to filter Rochdale Contest (1800s) 1 Rigoletto [unknown arranger] Alexander Owen
02 Jun 1888 Click to filter Barnoldswick Contest W Unknown
08 Oct 1887 Click to filter Saltaire Contest 2 Unknown
24 Sep 1887 Click to filter Birkenhead Contest (Liverpool Contest) 6 Cinq Mars [arr. Round] 1887 4 Alexander Owen
17 Sep 1887 Click to filter Newcastle Contest 3 Beethoven's Works [arr. Owen] 1887

2 Alexander Owen
20 Aug 1887 Click to filter Leeds Forge Contest 1 Beethoven's Works [arr. Swift]

Alexander Owen
16 Aug 1887 Click to filter Elland Contest 4 5 Alexander Owen
13 Aug 1887 Click to filter Lincoln Contest 4 Alexander Owen
06 Aug 1887 Click to filter Crewe Contest W Fantasia on Irish Airs Unknown
01 Aug 1887 Click to filter Barrow Contest 2 Beethoven's Works [arr. Owen] 1887

2 Alexander Owen
30 Jul 1887 Click to filter Radcliffe Contest 1 Bouquet of Beauties Unknown
09 Jul 1887 Click to filter Blackpool Contest Victory Overture 5 Unknown
11 Jun 1887 Click to filter Blackpool Contest 1 Cinq Mars [arr. Godfrey] 1881 6 Alexander Owen
04 Jun 1887 Click to filter Barnoldswick Contest 1 Beethoven's Works [arr. Swift]

5 Unknown
08 Apr 1887 Click to filter Totley Contest Rossini [arr. Round] 1891

1 Unknown
23 Oct 1886 Click to filter Edinburgh International Exhibition Contest (Open Section) 4 Heroic 1884

12 Alexander Owen
14 Aug 1886 Click to filter Lincoln Contest W Unknown
14 Aug 1886 Click to filter Queensbury Contest W Unknown
02 Aug 1886 Click to filter Merthyr Contest 2 The Bohemian Girl [arr. Round] 1886 1 Alexander Owen
19 Jul 1886 Click to filter Northampton Contest 1 The Bohemian Girl [arr. Round] 1886 4 Alexander Owen
05 Jul 1886 Click to filter Kettering Contest W Wagner [arr. Round] 1886 Unknown
03 Jul 1886 Click to filter Skipton Contest W Unknown
26 Jun 1886 Click to filter Hardraw Scar Operatic Selection [unknown arranger]

4 Alexander Owen
19 Jun 1886 Click to filter Eastham Contest 2 The Bohemian Girl [arr. Round] 1886 8 Alexander Owen
29 May 1886 Click to filter Alloa Contest 2 1 Unknown
24 Apr 1886 Click to filter Colne Contest 3 Wagner [arr. Round] 1886 1 Alexander Owen
28 Sep 1885 Click to filter Blackpool Contest 2 Rossini's Works
Memories of Weber

5 Alexander Owen
07 Sep 1885 Click to filter British Open 4 Nabucodonosor [arr. Godfrey] 1885 10 Alexander Owen
24 Aug 1885 Click to filter Northampton Contest 2 Rossini's Works

3 Alexander Owen
15 Aug 1885 Click to filter Rotherham Contest 3 Rossini's Works

3 Alexander Owen
08 Aug 1885 Click to filter Queensbury Contest 3 Rossini [arr. Round] 1891

3 Alexander Owen
03 Aug 1885 Click to filter Llanidloes Contest 1 Lyric Garland 1885 Unknown
06 Jul 1885 Click to filter Kettering Contest 2 Rossini's Works

4 Alexander Owen
29 Jun 1885 Click to filter Aston Contest 1 Rossini's Works / Rossini Fantasia / Reminiscences of Rossini [arr. Owen] 1882

4 Alexander Owen
30 May 1885 Click to filter Alloa Contest 2 Rossini's Works

1 Alexander Owen
23 May 1885 Click to filter Littleborough Contest 1 Unknown
04 Apr 1885 Click to filter Colne Contest W Semiramide [unknown arranger] Unknown
04 Apr 1885 Click to filter Trawden Contest 5 The Last Judgement [arr. Round] 1879 15 Alexander Owen
20 Sep 1884 Click to filter Royal National Eisteddfod 3 Rienzi [arr. Round] 1882 6 Alexander Owen
01 Sep 1884 Click to filter British Open 2 La Gazza Ladra [arr. Godfrey] 1884 8 Alexander Owen
16 Aug 1884 Click to filter Rochdale Band Contest W Unknown
09 Aug 1884 Click to filter Queensbury Contest W Unknown
04 Aug 1884 Click to filter Manchester Contest 2 Crispino [arr. Round] 1878 4 Alexander Owen
19 Jul 1884 Click to filter Radcliffe Contest W Unknown
21 Jun 1884 Click to filter Stalybridge Contest Heroic 1884

8 Alexander Owen
14 Jun 1884 Click to filter Clapham Cave 2 Heroic 1884 2 Alexander Owen
07 Jun 1884 Click to filter Southport Contest 3 Joan of Arc [Round] 1884 6 Alexander Owen
17 May 1884 Click to filter Rochdale Contest (1800s) 2 The Heavens are Telling [unknown arranger]

1 Alexander Owen
14 Apr 1884 Click to filter Aston Contest 2 Heroic 1884

11 Alexander Owen
08 Dec 1883 Click to filter Blackburn Contest 1 Rossini's Works

7 Alexander Owen
22 Sep 1883 Click to filter Blackpool Contest 1 Moses in Egypt [arr. Hecker] Unknown
15 Sep 1883 Click to filter Bolton Contest 3 The Heavens are Telling [unknown arranger] 19 Alexander Owen
03 Sep 1883 Click to filter British Open 4 Il Giuramento [arr. Godfrey] 1883 14 Alexander Owen
18 Aug 1883 Click to filter Middleton Contest 1 Hohenlinden 1880 4 Unknown
11 Aug 1883 Click to filter Rochdale Band Contest 5 Oberon [arr. Round]

2 Unknown
06 Aug 1883 Click to filter Barrow Contest 4 Selection from Weber [arr. Round] 1890

3 Alexander Owen
21 Jul 1883 Click to filter Littleborough Contest 1 Alexander Owen
23 Jun 1883 Click to filter Stalybridge Contest Bouquet of Beauties 3 Alexander Owen
26 May 1883 Click to filter Southport Contest 1 Rosalind 5 Alexander Owen
12 May 1883 Click to filter Mytholm Contest 5 Iolanthe (selection) 11 Alexander Owen
21 Apr 1883 Click to filter Kearsley Contest 1 Hallelujah Chorus [unknown arranger] 14 Alexander Owen
24 Mar 1883 Click to filter Todmorden Contest 1 The Forest Queen 1882 13 Alexander Owen
09 Sep 1882 Click to filter Preston Contest 7 Operatic Selection [unknown arranger]

3 Alexander Owen
09 Sep 1882 Click to filter Middleton Contest W Unknown
04 Sep 1882 Click to filter British Open 6 Il Seraglio [arr. Godfrey Jnr] 1882 2 Alexander Owen
14 Aug 1882 Click to filter Dudley Castle Contest 1 Unknown
12 Aug 1882 Click to filter Rochdale Band Contest 4 4 Unknown
07 Aug 1882 Click to filter Birkenhead Contest (Liverpool Contest) 2 Rienzi [arr. Round] 1882 3 Alexander Owen
05 Aug 1882 Click to filter Bakewell Contest 3 Operatic Selection [unknown arranger]

Alexander Owen
29 Jul 1882 Click to filter Littleborough Contest 1 8 Alexander Owen
22 Jul 1882 Click to filter Heywood Contest W Unknown
15 Jul 1882 Click to filter Glossop Contest W Unknown
15 Jul 1882 Click to filter Farnworth Contest Rossini's Works / Rossini Fantasia / Reminiscences of Rossini [arr. Owen] 1882

5 Alexander Owen
01 Jul 1882 Click to filter Rochdale Band Contest 1 The Forest Queen 1882 9 James Robinson
28 Jun 1882 Click to filter Newcastle Temperance Festival Class 1 (Open) 1 Alexander Owen
24 Jun 1882 Click to filter Mossley Contest 5 Rossini's Works

1 Alexander Owen
17 Jun 1882 Click to filter Farnworth Contest W Alexander Owen
22 Apr 1882 Click to filter Kearsley Moor Contest D 12 Alexander Owen
08 Apr 1882 Click to filter Heptonstall Contest W Unknown
08 Apr 1882 Click to filter Blackrod Contest 1 11 Unknown
05 Sep 1881 Click to filter British Open Cinq Mars [arr. Godfrey] 1881 Unknown
03 Sep 1881 Click to filter Middleton Contest 1 Hohenlinden 1880 Unknown
16 Jul 1881 Click to filter Greenfield Contest 3 Alexander Owen
16 Apr 1881 Click to filter Heptonstall Contest 2 Marion

4 Alexander Owen
11 Sep 1880 Click to filter Rochdale Contest (1800s) 3 Hohenlinden 1880 Unknown
06 Sep 1880 Click to filter British Open Vespri Siciliani [arr. Godfrey] 1880 Unknown
28 Aug 1880 Click to filter Bury Contest 4 Unknown
25 Aug 1880 Click to filter Radcliffe Contest 4 9 Alexander Owen
03 Jul 1880 Click to filter Royton Contest 2 Unknown
01 Sep 1879 Click to filter British Open The Last Judgement [arr. Godfrey] 1879 J. Sidney Jones
04 Aug 1879 Click to filter Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Contest Round the World Unknown
26 Jul 1879 Click to filter Rochdale Contest Unknown
21 Jun 1879 Click to filter Heywood Contest 4 Unknown
12 Apr 1879 Click to filter Trawden Contest W Il Giuramento [unknown arranger] Unknown
02 Sep 1878 Click to filter British Open Romeo et Juliette [Gounod arr. Godfrey] 1878 Unknown
24 Aug 1878 Click to filter Royton Contest 1 Unknown
17 Aug 1878 Click to filter Leeds Horticultural Gardens 2 Souvenir de Meyerbeer [arr. Godfrey]

Unknown
20 Jul 1878 Click to filter Northenden Contest 4 Operatic Selection [unknown arranger]

16 J. Sidney Jones
29 Jun 1878 Click to filter Huddersfield North Ward Conservative Association Contest Honoria Unknown
03 Sep 1877 Click to filter British Open Jessonda 1877 Edwin Swift
25 Aug 1877 Click to filter New Mills Contest 5 Unknown
11 Aug 1877 Click to filter Stalybridge Contest W Unknown
14 Jul 1877 Click to filter Kingstone Mills Own Choice Contest 3 Tannhäuser [arr. Swift]

3 Edwin Swift
30 Jun 1877 Click to filter Huddersfield North Ward Conservative Association Contest Semiramide [unknown arranger] 4 Edwin Swift
09 Jun 1877 Click to filter Ashton-under-Lyne Contest Tannhäuser [arr. Gladney]

11 Edwin Swift
12 May 1877 Click to filter Holme Mills Contest 5 Tannhäuser [arr. Swift]

10 Edwin Swift
14 Apr 1877 Click to filter Waverley Market (Edinburgh) Contest Unknown
01 Jul 1876 Click to filter Greenfield Contest W Unknown
24 Jun 1876 Click to filter Stalybridge Contest 4 Unknown
20 May 1876 Click to filter Holme Mills Contest 4 Unknown
21 Aug 1875 Click to filter New Mills Contest 3 Attila [unknown arranger]

Unknown
01 Sep 1874 Click to filter Middleton Contest Don Giovanni [arr. Winterbottom] Unknown
22 Aug 1874 Click to filter New Mills Contest Unknown
23 Aug 1873 Click to filter New Mills Contest Unknown




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