Grimethorpe Colliery Band win championship
- Title
- Grimethorpe Colliery Band win championship
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Music
- TX Date
- 18 Oct 1992
- Year of production
- 1992
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- Duration
- 00:01:54
- Description
- David Addis reports on the victory of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band at the National Brass Band Championship, held at the Royal Albert Hall. Backstage, he talks to members of the band, who dedicate the win to all the miners due to lose their jobs. He also mentions the News of the World’s role in fundraising for the band.
- Contributors
- David Addis
- Keywords
- Newspapers; Yorkshire; Unemployment; Charity; Fundraising; Coal miners; Grimethorpe Colliery Band; Contests; Coal mines; Mine closures; News of the World; Redundancies; Grimethorpe; Brass bands; National Brass Band Championship
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LBC/IRN, "Grimethorpe Colliery Band win championship". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0005600274014 (Accessed 25 Jul 2025)