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1946 British Open Championships

Date:

Venue:
Belle Vue, Manchester

Test piece:
Salute to Freedom, Eric Ball

Adjudicator(s):
Henry Geehl, Harold Hind & Frank Wright

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1Bickershaw CollieryH. Mortimer-193
2Fairey AviationH. Mortimer-190
3Munn & FeltonsS. Boddington-188
4Creswell CollieryH. Moss-187
5Carlton Main Frickley CollieryA. E. Bodrick-184
6Grimethorpe CollieryG. Thompson-184
-Amington---
-Barrow Shipyard---
-Brighouse & Rastrick---
-Brodsworth Colliery---
-Canal Ironworks---
-City of Coventry---
-Cory Workmen---
-Crookhall Colliery---
-Edge Hill---
-Enfield---
-Firbeck Colliery---
-Fisher & Ludlow---
-Hanwell---
-Hickleton Main---
-Horwich---
-Nelson---
-Nutgrove---
-Parc & Dare---
-Sankey's Castle Works---
-Slaithwaite---
-St Hilda's---
-Watford---
-Wingates Temperance---
-Yorkshire Copperworks---

 



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Martyn Evans

BEd (Hons) NABBC member
Conductor, Band Trainer, Teacher, Adjudicator


               

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