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Perfection Soap Works

Also/previously known as: Crosfield Soap Works, Crosfields Perfection Soap Works, Crosfield's Soap Works, Crosfield's Works, Perfection Soap Works Crosfield's

This band no longer exists.
Region:North West
Years active: - 1936

Contest Results



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Date Contest Position Test Piece Draw Conductor
5th Sep 1932 British Open The Crusaders 7 William Halliwell
2nd Sep 1929 British Open Pathetique 20 F. V. Lloyd
5th Sep 1927 British Open The Merry Wives of Windsor [Keighley] 16 F. V. Lloyd
6th Sep 1926 British Open A Midsummer Night's Dream [Keighley] 4 F. V. Lloyd
7th Sep 1925 British Open Macbeth [Keighley] 3 J. Blackburn
1st Sep 1924 British Open 6 Selection from Franz Liszt 14 Fred Rogan
28th Jun 1924 Halifax Contest (First Section) 6 Sonata on the 94th Psalm 9 Unknown, do you know?
14th Jun 1924 Blackpool Contest 5 The Flying Dutchman [unknown arranger] Unknown, do you know?
29th Sep 1923 National Championship of Great Britain (Crystal Palace) Oliver Cromwell 16 Fred Rogan
3rd Sep 1923 British Open 4 Dinorah [arr. Godfrey] 8 Fred Rogan
30th Jun 1923 Halifax Brass Band Festival 3 The Viking [Nichol] Fred Rogan
19th May 1923 Blaenau Ffestiniog (Open Section) 2 Semiramide [unknown arranger] Unknown, do you know?
14th Oct 1922 Southport Contest Tchaikovsky [arr. W. Rimmer] Unknown, do you know?
4th Sep 1922 British Open 5 Lohengrin [arr. Johnstone] 1 Fred Rogan
8th Jul 1922 Belle Vue July Contest 1 Magic Flute [unknown arranger] Unknown, do you know?
22nd Oct 1921 Bradley Fold Contest 3 Recollections of Wales Fred Rogan
7th Sep 1914 Belle Vue September Contest Joseph und seine Brüder [arr. Godfrey] 11 William Halliwell
27th Jun 1914 Newtown Contest 1 Nabucco William Halliwell
6th Jun 1914 New Brighton Contest 5 Maritana [arr. Round] 1 William Halliwell
2nd Jun 1914 Chepstow Contest 1 Nabucco 2 William Halliwell
27th Sep 1913 National Championship of Great Britain (Crystal Palace) 4 Labour and Love 13 William Halliwell
1st Sep 1913 Belle Vue September Contest 5 A Souvenir of Gounod [arr. Godfrey] 4 William Halliwell
21st Jun 1913 Newtown Contest 2 Grand Selection: Wagner's Works 1 William Halliwell
17th May 1913 New Brighton Contest 3 The Bohemian Girl [unknown arranger] 13 William Halliwell
24th Mar 1913 Mountain Ash Contest (First Section) 1 Lortzing 1 William Halliwell
24th Mar 1913 Abergavenny Contest 1 Lohengrin [arr. Round] 1 William Halliwell
7th Sep 1912 National Eisteddfod of Wales (Class A) 1 Lohengrin [arr. Round] 1 Unknown, do you know?
2nd Sep 1912 Belle Vue September Contest Les Diamants de la Couronne [arr. Godfrey] 8 William Halliwell
29th Jun 1912 Newtown Contest 3 Lohengrin [arr. Round] 3 William Halliwell
1st Jun 1912 New Brighton Contest 3 Lohengrin [arr. Round] 8 William Halliwell
30th Sep 1911 National Championship of Great Britain (Crystal Palace) 1 Les Huguenots [arr. W. Rimmer] 15 William Halliwell
4th Sep 1911 Belle Vue September Contest 3 Eugene Onegin [arr. Godfrey] 16 William Halliwell
12th Aug 1911 Vaynol Contest 1 A Cambrian Tour 3 William Halliwell
15th Jul 1911 Bradford Contest 4 Unknown, do you know?
8th Jul 1911 Lincoln Contest 1 Land of the Shamrock 1 William Halliwell
1st Jul 1911 Douglas (Isle of Man) Contest 2 L'Africaine [arr. Grosse] William Halliwell
10th Jun 1911 New Brighton Contest 6 L'Africaine [arr. Grosse] 1 William Halliwell
3rd Jun 1911 Darwen Contest 1 Unknown, do you know?
17th Apr 1911 Mountain Ash Contest (First Section) 1 Mendelssohn [arr. Round] 2 William Halliwell
17th Apr 1911 Abergavenny Contest 2 L'Africaine 4 William Halliwell
16th Sep 1910 National Eisteddfod of Wales (Class A) 1 Weber's Works 2 William Halliwell
5th Sep 1910 Belle Vue September Contest 3 Acis and Galatea [arr. Godfrey] 15 William Halliwell
20th Aug 1910 Burnley Contest 1 Weber's Works 1 William Halliwell
13th Aug 1910 Kirkcaldy Contest 4 Weber [arr. Round] 2 William Halliwell
6th Aug 1910 New Brighton Contest 3 Weber's Works 9 William Halliwell
30th Jul 1910 Manchester (White City) Contest 1 Weber's Works 5 William Halliwell
16th Jul 1910 Bradford Contest 1 Weber's Works 2 William Halliwell
25th Jun 1910 Newtown Contest 4 Weber's Works 2 William Halliwell
28th May 1910 Darwen Contest 1 Weber's Works 3 Unknown, do you know?
21st May 1910 New Brighton Contest 2 Weber's Works 7 William Halliwell
25th Sep 1909 National Championship of Great Britain (Crystal Palace) 3 Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) [arr. Godfrey] 6 William Halliwell
6th Sep 1909 Belle Vue September Contest 3 Il Bravo [arr. Godfrey] 17 William Halliwell
27th Aug 1909 Knighton Contest 2 Verdi's Works [arr. W. Rimmer] William Halliwell
31st Jul 1909 Manchester Contest 2 Verdi's Works [arr. W. Rimmer] William Halliwell
17th Jul 1909 Bradford Contest 1 Verdi's Works [arr. W. Rimmer] William Halliwell
12th Jun 1909 Newtown Contest 2 Verdi's Works [arr. W. Rimmer] William Halliwell
5th Jun 1909 New Brighton Contest 6 Verdi's Works [arr. W. Rimmer] William Halliwell
31st May 1909 Shrewsbury Contest (Open Section) 1 Verdi's Works [arr. W. Rimmer] William Halliwell
15th May 1909 Darwen Contest 1 Verdi's Works [arr. W. Rimmer] William Halliwell
12th Apr 1909 Abergavenny Contest 1 Verdi's Works [arr. W. Rimmer] 2 William Halliwell
12th Apr 1909 Mountain Ash Contest (First Section) 1 Maritana [unknown arranger] 3 William Halliwell
26th Sep 1908 National Championship of Great Britain (Crystal Palace) 2 Rienzi [arr. Cope] 8 William Halliwell
12th Sep 1908 Matlock Contest 2 Rossini [arr. Round] 4 William Halliwell
7th Sep 1908 Belle Vue September Contest 3 A Souvenir of Grieg [arr. Godfrey] 1 William Halliwell
5th Sep 1908 Llangollen Contest 1 William Halliwell
28th Aug 1908 Knighton Contest 4 Rossini's Works 4 William Halliwell
22nd Aug 1908 Workington Contest 2 Rossini's Works 4 Unknown, do you know?
1st Aug 1908 Llanfair Contest 1 Rossini's Works 2 William Halliwell
25th Jul 1908 York Contest 4 Rossini's Works 7 William Halliwell
11th Jul 1908 Belle Vue July Contest 1 The Taming of the Shrew 17 William Halliwell
4th Jul 1908 Newcastle Contest 2 Rossini's Works 11 William Halliwell
27th Jun 1908 Newtown Contest 1 Rossini's Works 8 William Halliwell
13th Jun 1908 New Brighton Contest 3 Rossini's Works 9 William Halliwell
8th Jun 1908 Caernarvon Contest 3 Songs of the Sea 5 Unknown, do you know?
30th May 1908 Darwen Contest 2 Rossini's Works 2 William Halliwell
28th Sep 1907 National Championship of Great Britain (Crystal Palace) 5 Gems of Schumann 13 William Halliwell
2nd Sep 1907 Belle Vue September Contest Robin Hood [MacFarren arr. Godfrey] 8 William Halliwell
24th Aug 1907 Workington Contest 3 Il Trovatore - Fantasia [arr. Round] 1 William Halliwell
15th Aug 1907 Llanfair Contest 1 Il Trovatore [unknown arranger] 1 William Halliwell
20th Jul 1907 York Contest 1 Il Trovatore [unknown arranger] 14 William Halliwell
13th Jul 1907 Belle Vue July Contest 3 Il Pirata [arr. C. Godfrey] 17 William Halliwell
6th Jul 1907 Batley Contest Saffo 9 William Halliwell
29th Jun 1907 Newtown Contest 3 Il Trovatore [unknown arranger] 10 William Halliwell
19th Jun 1907 Hereford Contest 1 Saffo William Halliwell
25th May 1907 New Brighton Contest 1 Il Trovatore [unknown arranger] 12 William Halliwell
20th May 1907 Shrewsbury Contest (Open Section) 1 Il Trovatore [unknown arranger] 4 William Halliwell
18th May 1907 Darwen Contest 2 Il Trovatore [unknown arranger] 5 William Halliwell
3rd Sep 1906 Belle Vue September Contest Les Huguenots [arr. Godfrey] 17 William Halliwell
14th Jul 1906 Belle Vue July Contest Fernando Cortez 19 William Halliwell
30th Jun 1906 Newtown Contest 4 Spohr's Works 3 William Halliwell
29th Jun 1906 Warrington Contest 1 Unknown, do you know?
9th Jun 1906 New Brighton Contest 2 Spohr's Works 8 William Halliwell
6th Jun 1906 Nottingham Contest Cluster of Classics Unknown, do you know?
5th Jun 1906 Bowness Contest 1 Dinorah 2 G. Bedforth
5th Jun 1906 Nottingham Contest 2 Spohr's Works 10 William Halliwell
4th Jun 1906 Shrewsbury Contest 2 Spohr's Works 1 G. Bedforth
19th May 1906 Darwen Contest 3 Spohr's Works 9 William Halliwell
16th Apr 1906 Rhyl Contest 1 Llewellyn 5 J. Partington
14th Apr 1906 Brierfield Contest Carmelite William Halliwell
1st Jan 1906 Warrington Contest 1 Dinorah [arr. Godfrey] 1 William Halliwell
30th Sep 1905 Crystal Palace (Grand Shield) 2 La Cenerentola William Halliwell
8th Jul 1905 Belle Vue July Contest L'Elisir d'Amore [arr. Godfrey] 4 William Halliwell
17th Jun 1905 New Brighton Contest Donizetti [arr. Round] 17 William Halliwell
16th Jun 1905 Whit Friday Shaw 2 Unknown, do you know?
2nd Jan 1905 Warrington Contest 1 Stradella - overture [unknown arranger] 3 William Halliwell
1st Oct 1904 Crystal Palace (Junior Cup) 1 Gems of Tschaikowsky [arr. Swift] William Halliwell
4th Apr 1904 Rhyl Contest Unknown, do you know?
17th Oct 1903 Runcorn Contest 4 Songs of Ireland 5 William Halliwell
12th Sep 1903 Eastham Contest 3 Casket of Gems 4 William Halliwell
5th Sep 1903 Miles Platting Contest 5 Casket of Gems 15 E. Smith
22nd Aug 1903 Ellesmere Port Contest 4 Casket of Gems 1 William Halliwell
5th Jun 1903 Whit Friday Shaw 2 Unknown, do you know?
30th May 1903 Southport Contest Casket of Gems 1 William Halliwell
25th Apr 1903 Stalybridge Contest Casket of Gems 6 William Halliwell
11th Apr 1903 Compstall Contest 2 Casket of Gems 13 William Halliwell
15th Nov 1902 Runcorn Contest 1 Casket of Gems 3 R. Smith
29th Mar 1902 Bootle Contest Songs of Other Days 12 E. Smith

Whit Friday

Whit Friday results are not included in the statistics and charts above.

Date Contest Position Conductor March
20th May 1910 Uppermill (Whit Friday) 1 Unknown, do you know?
4th Jun 1909 Greenfield (Whit Friday) 1 G. F. Bedford
4th Jun 1909 Uppermill (Whit Friday) 1 Unknown, do you know?
4th Jun 1909 Bottom Mossley (Whit Friday) 1 G. F. Bedford
Years Contest
1909 1910 1911 Darwen Contest

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