Whit Friday
Oldham & Saddleworth
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Sound Files

A few sound clips from the 2003 contest at Lydgate:

speaker icon Banks Brass march by, playing "Royal Duke" (1,362 Kb)
speaker icon Emley Brass march by, playing "March of the Cobblers" (1,546 Kb)
speaker icon Delph Band march by, playing "The Royal Trophy" (1,316 Kb)

The North West Sound Archive sell a superb "Whitsuntide" theme pack. This consists of a booklet and two cassettes. One contains oral history recordings (inevitably of poor quality) and the other contains high quality recordings made in Saddlworth on Whit Friday. The latter tape captures the Whit Friday atmosphere beautifully.

North West Sound Archive
Old Stewards Office
Castle Grounds
Clitheroe Castle
Lancashire BB7 1AZ

Tel: 01200 427897

There is a CD available of Whit Friday marches - "Highlights from the Delph Contest"- recorded live at this year's Delph contest on Whit Friday (available from the Delph Contest Site or Delph Band Club). This features your favourite contest marches, played by different bands competing in the contest.

They may also have copies of previous year's CDs.