Barnsley Brass

Brass Bands Play an important part in Barnsley's rich cultural and musical heritage. The collieries and heavy industry, on which the town's prosperity was built, proved fertile ground in which talented musicians were to gather together and develop the skills of their neighbors and workmates. They formed bands to entertain themselves and others, to compete with the peers and to lend tone and rich color to community activities. Eric Jessop calls upon the history of his own family and of Dodworth,