Yearly archives: 2011

22 posts

Middleton Band sponsor cricket match!

Middleton Band were delighted to take  the opportunity to sponsor the Middleton v Crompton match today at Middleton Cricket Club. What a glorious day too, with excellent weather and a superb turn out to watch Middleton victoriously romp home!

Angela Houghton playing 'Misty'

East Lancashire Railway 1940’s Wartime Weekend

Middleton Band have been very busy this weekend supporting the East Lancashire Railway’s 1940’s ‘Wartime’ weekend. We began our weekend of 40’s fun with a Saturday concert by the youth band on East Lancashire Railway’s  Bolton St Station platform in Bury. The youth band played a variety of 1940’s repertoire […]

Rochdale Mayor Making Ceremony May 2011

The band were invited to play as Councillor Alan Godson was sworn in as the new Mayor of Rochdale at the Mayor Making Ceremony at Rochdale Town Hall this evening. Former Mayor and Mayoresses, MPs, Councillors and invited guests watched as last year’s Mayor Zulfiqar Ali handed over the chains of office […]

John Retires

At our recent AGM, former chairman John Cooney announced his wish to retire from the committee and from active duty in the percussion section. John who has been a mainstay of  the band for many years, has decided to take a back seat from main band but is still going […]

Tameside Open

The Results for the Second Section are in….. Tyldesley (Robert Taylor) – 192 Mossley (Duncan Byers) – 191 Uppermill (Alan Widdop) – 189 Dobcross Silver (Grenville Moore) – 188 Middleton (Alan Lawton) – 186 Old Hall (John North) – 185 Greenalls (Karl Stott) – 184 Hoover (Bolton) (Trevor Halliwell) – […]

New Website!

Welcome to MiddletonBand.com we hope you like our brand new site.   Let us know if you find this website easier to navigate than our previous one. Here you can find all the information about the from the latest news to historical information and all our results since the band was formed. […]