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2012: January
28-Jan-2012Lots and lots on borrowing, twitter, percussion and an old confession...
2011: December
23-Dec-2011ISB bashing, back to basics, the nature of contesting and more. It all makes for interesting reading for Christmas...
2011: October
27-Oct-2011From Pontins dosh to PLC - more from the 4BR postbag of banding opinion...
2011: September
15-Sep-2011From Rothwell to Newsome with some little bits of fun in between....
2011: August
26-Aug-2011Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! The Scots get in a lather about the Land O'Burns contest...
2011: July
20-Jul-2011Nepotism, democracy, conductors and the odd looney. An everyday postbag for 4BR then...
2011: June
17-Jun-2011An eclectic mid June post bag - from complaints and observations about Listen to the Band and West Lothian to Cardiff Festival of Brass and the great Alan Wycherley
2011: April
7-Apr-2011After the highs and lows of the Areas, the postbag starts to creak again under the weight of troubled opinions and testing queries....
2011: February
21-Feb-2011More from a spikey post bag - with everything from 4BR comments to adjudicator's forgetting percussion, archaic formats and the GUS 4...
2011: January
16-Jan-2011A breakfast response from C Brian Buckley makes things very clear...
2010: December
10-Dec-2010A new Christmas postbag has arrived on the 4BR doorstep - with plenty of opinions to enjoy and ponder...
2010: November
24-Nov-2010Cowboys and sopranos, cheating and tears and much more as we head for the first days of Christmas...
2010: October
23-Oct-2010More from London, the strange world of the Association meeting and even Google Earth maps. A varied postbag as ever on 4BR...
2010: September
24-Sep-2010Plenty more to enjoy - from the Cobb question and Open relegation to underwhelming reviews and the age old problem of errata.
2010: August
11-Aug-2010The 4BR post bag is starting fill up once again with views and opinions.
2010: July
11-Jul-2010A small but opinionated trickle of post has reached us. Perhsp it's been the distraction of the World Cup...
2010: June
9-Jun-2010More comments from the Masters and English National to North East bands and the mystery of a long dead composer...
2010: May
27-May-2010It's been a while, but we have the Brits against Brock, Tip top Ton and great useless facts - and even the identity of who cracked the enigma code first..
2010: April
27-Apr-2010Some people have been getting a bit hot under the collar...
2010: February
22-Feb-20104BR hypocrisy, great boobs, Butlins and much more as we head twards the Areas...
2010: January
29-Jan-2010More on review front, the first thoughts on Butlins and a thank you to an Aussie...
2009: December (21st December onwards)
21-Dec-2009Lots to argue with over you turkey and Christmas pudding as Santa brings a full bag of mail from around the banding world
2009: December
11-Dec-2009From a Spanish palaver to a Lawro defence - its been one of those mail bags...
2009: November (21st November onwards)
21-Nov-2009A postbag full of Brass in Concert, Meadgate and more - plus some irate punters too...
2009: November
13-Nov-2009Lots more comments - from PLC's to Bavarian Stompers, muted responses and snobbish attitudes...
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Vacancies
The Marple Band
Exciting News soon to be announced about the appointment of our new MD. (Here's a clue - he's from Faireys). In the meantime...
Contests
Action Medical Research Youth Entertainment
Date: 12-Feb-2012
Venue: Winter Gardens, Church Street, Blackpool. FY1 1HU
Concerts
Roberts Bakery Band In Concert
Date: 12-Feb-2012
Venue: Knutsford High School,. Bexton Road,. Knutsford,. Cheshire WA16 0EA
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