That brass band music continues to thrive at all is thanks to wonderful ensembles such as the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. The stars of the 1996 Bafta-winning film Brassed Off have done much to inspire ...

The 1996 film Brassed Off – featuring the late Pete Postlethwaite – told the moving true story of this northern brass band. In 1992, just days before their appearance at the prestigious national brass ...

The actor, who died in Shropshire in 2011, appeared with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band in the film Brassed Off. Sandy Smith, associate conductor of the band, said Postlethwaite maintained a "strong ...

Grimethorpe Colliery band won the top prize for the second year running at the national brass band championships. The Saturday night event at the Royal Albert Hall in London was a triumph for ...

A brass band in South Yorkshire which was the inspiration for the film Brassed Off is in danger of closing, according to its manager. Grimethorpe Colliery Band is surviving on income from playing ...

One of the world’s most popular brass bands whose music was used in hit movie Brassed Off are coming to Doncaster. The ...

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