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Pressed Steel Works (Cowley) 1944-1974

Also/previously known as: Pressed Steel Co Ltd, Pressed Steel Co Works, Pressed Steel Co. Works, Pressed Steel Company Works, Pressed Steel Fisher (Cowley), Pressed Steel Fisher Works (Cowley), Pressed Steel Silver, Pressed Steel Works Oxford


This band no longer exists.
Region: London and Southern Counties

Was originally formed in January 1941 as a military band for the Pressed Steel Company Home Guard, changed to brass in December 1944. Based at the Pressed Steel Works in Cowley, the present-day location of the Mini factory, this band ran into difficulties during the period of the three-day week in early 1974. The remaining players joined the [bands/city-of-oxford-silver-band/|City of Oxford Band], who were themselves at that time somewhat depleted following the successive splittings-off of [bands/oxford-concert-brass/|Oxford Concert Brass] in 1972 and [bands/kennington-oxford/|Kennington (Oxford)] in 1973. The band's library came into the possession of the [bands/wantage-silver/|Wantage] band.

Care should be taken not to confuse this band with the band from the Pressed Steel Works at Castle Bromwich, which is now known as the [bands/city-of-birmingham-band/|City of Birmingham Band], or with the [bands/llanelli-band/|band supported by the Pressed Steel Works at Llanelli]. For a period in the early 1970s, all three bands competed simultaneously under the Pressed Steel Fisher name.



Date Contest Position Test Piece Draw Conductor
02 Dec 1973 Click to filter Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire & District BBA) Contest (Open Section) 2 7 Unknown
09 Sep 1973 Click to filter Leamington Spa (Warwick District Council) Contest (Open Section) 4 Main Street 1961

1 Don Lewis
03 Jun 1973 Click to filter BBC Radio Oxford 'Brass Bound' (Preliminary Round) 6 Unknown
20 May 1973 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest (Section A) 1 Unknown
08 Oct 1972 Click to filter BBC Radio Oxford 'Brass Bound' (Final) 1 Don Lewis
20 May 1972 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest (Section A) 2 Unknown
07 Nov 1971 Click to filter BBC Radio Oxford 'Brass Bound' (Final) 1 Don Lewis
16 May 1971 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest (Section A) 1 Don Lewis
21 Mar 1971 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Championship Section) A Joyful Noise 1970 Unknown
03 May 1970 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest (Section A) 1 2 Don Lewis
15 Nov 1969 Click to filter Reading Contest (Second Section) 2 Othello 11 Don Lewis
04 Oct 1969 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section A) W Coriolanus 1914 Don Lewis
18 May 1969 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest (Section A) 2 4 Don Lewis
16 Nov 1968 Click to filter Reading Contest (Second Section) 2 Rococo Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky [Street] 1967 6 Don Lewis
12 May 1968 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest (Section A) 2 5 Don Lewis
10 Mar 1968 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Second Section) Vizcaya 1967 Don Lewis
30 Apr 1967 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest (Section A) 2 1 Don Lewis
12 Nov 1966 Click to filter Reading Contest (Second Section) 11 Galleons Reach 1959 6 Don Lewis
01 Oct 1966 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section A) 9 Rufford Abbey From the New World [arr. D. Rimmer] 8 Don Lewis
20 Nov 1965 Click to filter Reading Contest (Second Section) 6 Four Preludes 1947 5 Squire Hallas
20 Nov 1965 Click to filter Reading Contest (Championship Section) W Themes from the First Symphony [Beethoven] 1964 Unknown
02 Oct 1965 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section A) 1 Glastonbury 1953 4 Squire Hallas
21 Nov 1964 Click to filter Reading Contest (Second Section) 2 Sirius [Wright] 1948 Squire Hallas
16 Nov 1963 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section) 4 Quo Vadis? 1961 6 Squire Hallas
05 Oct 1963 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section A) Labour and Love 1913 Squire Hallas
06 Apr 1963 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Second Section) Spring Song Squire Hallas
17 Nov 1962 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section) 7 Peter Schmoll 1961 3 Squire Hallas
17 Nov 1962 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Championship Section) 12 Themes from Symphony no. 5 [Tchaikovsky, arr. Ball] 1948 3 Squire Hallas
06 Oct 1962 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section A) 6 Peter Schmoll 1961

17 Squire Hallas
14 Apr 1962 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Second Section) Peter Schmoll 1961 Squire Hallas
25 Nov 1961 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section) 6 A Welsh Fantasy 1945 5 Squire Hallas
07 Oct 1961 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section A) 3 Cinq Mars [arr. Godfrey] 1881 10 Squire Hallas
15 Oct 1960 Click to filter National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final) Second Organ Sonata 1947 24 Squire Hallas
28 May 1960 Click to filter British Open Spring Festival (Grand Shield) The Tempest 1944 3 Squire Hallas
02 Apr 1960 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Second Section) 2 Galleons Reach 1959 Squire Hallas
03 Oct 1959 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section A) Ballet Music from William Tell [arr. D. Wright] 7 Squire Hallas
11 Apr 1959 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Second Section) Yorkshire Ridings Suite 1958 Unknown
22 Nov 1958 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section) 1 Venus and Adonis Coriolanus 1914 19 Squire Hallas
25 Oct 1958 Click to filter National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final) Macbeth [D. Rimmer] 13 Squire Hallas
04 Oct 1958 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section A) 3 Recollections of Mendelssohn 10 Squire Hallas
05 Jul 1958 Click to filter Weymouth Contest (Section 2) 1 Squire Hallas
05 Jul 1958 Click to filter Weymouth Contest (Section 1) 2 Sunset Rhapsody 1958 Squire Hallas
26 Apr 1958 Click to filter Gloucestershire vs. Oxfordshire Contest (First Section) 3 Venus and Adonis

5 Squire Hallas
08 Mar 1958 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Second Section) 2 Venus and Adonis Squire Hallas
23 Nov 1957 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Second Section) 2 Snowdon Fantasy 1955 12 Squire Hallas
05 Oct 1957 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section A) 2 Moments with Mozart 6 Squire Hallas
13 Apr 1957 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Second Section) Land of the Ever Young 1946 Squire Hallas
16 Mar 1957 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Contest (Section 1) 1 Normandy (Symphonic Ode) 2 Squire Hallas
16 Mar 1957 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Contest (March) March: The Cossack 1904

5 Squire Hallas
01 Dec 1956 Click to filter Bletchley Brass Band Contest (Championship Section) Normandy (Symphonic Ode) 4 Squire Hallas
24 Nov 1956 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1) 4 Normandy (Symphonic Ode) 4 Squire Hallas
06 Oct 1956 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section A) 2 Echoes of the Opera 11 Squire Hallas
07 Jul 1956 Click to filter Cirencester Brass Band Festival (Class 1 March) 1 1 Squire Hallas
07 Jul 1956 Click to filter Cirencester Brass Band Festival (Class 1) Echoes of the Opera 6 Squire Hallas
07 Apr 1956 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Second Section) Snowdon Fantasy 1955 Squire Hallas
16 Apr 1955 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Contest (Section 1) W The Severn Suite 1930 Squire Hallas
02 Apr 1955 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Championship Section) The Severn Suite 1930 Squire Hallas
08 Nov 1952 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Championship Section) 4 Festival Overture [Geehl] H. W. V. Roberts
19 Jul 1952 Click to filter Daily Herald Brighton Open Brass Band Festival (Championship Section) Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 1945 H. W. V. Roberts
03 Nov 1951 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Championship Section) 2 Comedy Overture 1934 H. W. V. Roberts
06 Oct 1951 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section 1) Gounod [arr. W. Rimmer] Othello Atlantic [Wright] 1950 3 H. W. V. Roberts
21 Apr 1951 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Championship Section) Atlantic [Wright] 1950 H. W. V. Roberts
17 Mar 1951 Click to filter Hammersmith Contest (Championship) 4 Comedy Overture 1934 H. W. V. Roberts
02 Dec 1950 Click to filter Bletchley Brass Band Contest (Championship Section) 2 Eugene Onegin [arr. Godfrey] 1911 H. W. V. Roberts
04 Nov 1950 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Championship Section) 1 Schubert's Symphony in C [arr. J. A. Greenwood] H. W. V. Roberts
14 Oct 1950 Click to filter Oxford Annual Contest (Section 1) Akhnaton 1946 Labour and Love 1913 Schubert's Symphony in C [arr. J. A. Greenwood] H. W. V. Roberts
01 Jul 1950 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Contest (Section 1) 2 H. W. V. Roberts
18 Mar 1950 Click to filter Hammersmith Contest (Championship) 1 H. W. V. Roberts
16 Jul 1949 Click to filter Daily Herald Brighton Open Brass Band Festival (Championship Section) H. W. V. Roberts
09 Apr 1949 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Championship Section) Morning Rhapsody 1948 Unknown
19 Mar 1949 Click to filter Hammersmith Contest (Championship) 1 Egmont [arr. Ball] 1949 H. W. V. Roberts
04 Dec 1948 Click to filter Bletchley Brass Band Contest (Championship Section) 1 Beethoven's Works [arr. W. Rimmer] H. W. V. Roberts
30 Oct 1948 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1) Sinfonietta Pastorale 1946 H. W. V. Roberts
15 Nov 1947 Click to filter Berkshire & Neighbouring Counties Band Festival Guild (Section 1) Recollections of Mendelssohn H. W. V. Roberts
02 Nov 1946 Click to filter City of Leicester Brass Band Festival (Championship Section) Coriolanus 1914 2 Unknown
17 Aug 1946 Click to filter National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final) 1 2nd Movement Symphony No 6 Tchaikovsky [arr. Wright] 1944 George Cave
22 Jun 1946 Click to filter Oxfordshire & District Contest (Section 1) 3 Labour and Love 1913 George Cave
16 Feb 1946 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Second Section) 2 Grand Selection: Works of Liszt E. Barton
29 Sep 1945 Click to filter National Championship of Great Britain (Second Section Final) Kenilworth 1936 13 E. Barton
11 Aug 1945 Click to filter London and Southern Counties (Second Section) 2 La Traviata [arr. Godfrey] 1916 3 E. Barton




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