THE word famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band is back by popular demand at The Garden Rooms, at Tennants, in Leyburn. The concert, on Saturday, September 17, is one few opportunities to see the band in ...

It’s been 18 years since the film Brassed Off put the former mining village of Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, on the map. Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor and Pete Postlethwaite starred in the film based ...

Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Llewellyn Hall, August 8, 2015. Rapid percussion announced the arrival on stage of each member of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, culminating in tides of joyous brass sound ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, nearly every coal mine in the U.K. had a brass band. They were intended to keep workers out of trouble, and were a... Britain's Brass Bands: A Working-Class Tradition ...

GRIMETHORPE, England (Reuters Life!) - They sound as loud and confident as the day their mine shut, but 15 years on, the changes are plain - only two members of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band have ever ...

Grimethorpe was aptly named. A shabby village in the bleak South Yorkshire flatlands, its sole claim to fame is the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, a brass ensemble made up mostly of local mine workers. So ...

The real stars of the hit movie Brassed Off, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band are in constant demand throughout the world for concert appearances. Having been crowned as the National Brass Band Champions ...