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Irwell Springs
1921
Today in 2007 if you were to ask
someone in Bacup what Labour and Love was no doubt they would refer to
childbirth and marriage. Had you asked a Bacupian the same question back
in 1913 they would invariably have said it was the musical test piece
that won Irwell Springs Band the National Championships at the
Crystal Palace in 1913. There is no doubt that being a member of Irwell
Springs was indeed a Labour of Love. Not only for the band member but
for their families and employers also. Bandsmen did receive some
payments for their services.
For instance in 1916 the band
played engagements in Bacup, Rochdale, Haslingden, Rawtenstall,
Todmorden, Burnley, Heaton park, Nelson, Waterfoot, Blackpool, Stockport
and Belle Vue. The Heaton Park engagement costing a total of
£19.6s in wages paid to the bandsmen. A trip to Crystal Palace in
September of 1920 cost a total of £23.00 in wages to bandsmen. Other
engagements played in 1920 where, Nelson, Bingley, Heaton Park,
Trentham, Littleborough, Stalybridge, Runcorn, Rochdale, Burnley,
Todmorden and the Free Trade Hall.
March 24th 1927 was
the date Irwell Springs Played their Third Royal Command
Performance at Knowsley Hall home of Lord Derby. For which each
bandsman playing received a sum of 12s 6d.
1927 seemed to be
a very busy year for the band who played engagements throughout the year
Starting March with the Royal command performance at Knowsley on the 6th
April they played at Broughton followed on the 7th and 11th May by
engagements at Wigan and Trentham. 7 days later they played at
Manchester and on the 22 May Huddersfield, finishing in May with a
concert at Haslingden. June saw them playing at the following locations,
Edenfield, Bradford, Colne, Leicester, Warrington, Widnes and Southport.
Throughout July they travelled back to Stalybridge, Warrington,
Blackburn, Barnsley and Blackpool.
August saw the
band embark on their Tour Of The South Coast beginning with a show in
Ryde, the BBC in London, Higglecoate, Bournemouth, Margate and
Eastbourne.
Below are band
members shown in the wages book for Irwell Springs.
Band Members for 1916.
W Nuttall, W
Seddon, C Jones, W Ormerod, E Kershaw, J Rudge, J Richards,
J H Crabtree,
W T Hayhurst, A Hinchcliffe, J Furness, J Brennan, J Mallett, RH
Priestley, R Aspin, A Smith, T Brennan, A Goddard, W Ives, J W
Waddington,
J Heap, G
Barnes, L Worswick, J Rothwell, L Nuttall, J Pritchard, G Howarth,
Jno Nuttall,
Jas Nuttall, B Lord, A Hopkinson, G Howarth, T Johnson, S Kershaw. R
Waddilove, W Lawton, A Hollows.
Band Members for 1917.
W Nuttall, W
Seddon, E Kershaw, J W Richards, W Harrison, W T Hayhurst,
H Seddon, J H
Crabtree, C Evans, A Whittaker, F Haworth, T Pickles, A Haworth, J
Brennan, J Malleth, J Taylor, A Law, J Blinkhorn, W Sellars, R
Waddilove,
T Seddon, G
Barnes, B Kay, J Rothwell, L Nuttall, J Pritchard, A Hopkinson, Jno
Nuttall, B Lord, S Kershaw, F Hindle, G Howarth, Jas Nuttall, T Brennan,
C Jones, W Pollard.
Band Members for 1918 - 1919
W Nuttall, C
Jones, W Seddon, E Kershaw, W Pollard, W Harrison, C Evans,
H Seddon, A
Whitaker, F Heyworth, A Hollows, T Pickles, T Brennon, J H Crabtree, J H
Stebbings, J Taylor, W Sellars, A Law, R Waddilove, R Aspin, H S
Beswick, G Crooke, J W Waddington, S Seddon, G Barnes, B Kay, W H
Boardman, J Rothwell, L Nuttall, J Pritchard, A Hopkinson, Jno
Nuttall, B Lord, S Kershaw, T Hindle, G Haworth, Jas Nuttall, W T
Hayhurst, H Mills, U Baldwin, A Hinchcliffe, Jno Brennan, W Lord, S
Holgate, B Lord, S Kershaw, F Hindle,E Calverley, R H Priestley, L
Worswick, J Fitton, J R Hartwood, W Chaul, J Ashworth, S Bartle, E
Farrington, G Howarth, J Richards, H Lovick, E A Ashworth, W Baldwin.
Band Members for 1920 – 1921 –
1922 - 1923
Walter Nuttall,
Richard Hopkin, Wilson Seddon, C Jones, W Pollard, J Hoyle,
J Richards, H
Lovick, A Hinchcliffe, H Seddon, S Bartle, J H Crabtree, S Holgate, A
Whitaker, J Brennan, J W Mallett, R H Priestley, W Sellars, A Law,
E Calverley, J
Brennan, J H Waddilove, J Fitton, W Ives, J W Waddington,
J Aspin, L
Worswick, B Kay, L Nuttall, R Fitton, W Baldwin, J Pritchard, G
Barnes, A Hopkinson, S Kershaw, B Lord, J R Eastwood, A Casson, E
Tregilgas,
J Rothwell, G
Greenwood, Joe Heap, W Harper, J Blackburn, A Highley, R Lomas,
J Lord, H
Seddon, A Goddard, H Bentley, F Clarke, W Hayhurst, H Butterworth,
F Rimmer, C
Waddington, J Hocking, W J Harper, W Collier, H Pollard.
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