Aldbourne is lucky enough to have an excellent band, who we enjoy listening to on occasions throughout the year. The Friends of Aldbourne Band recently ran a Heritage Project to record and present as much as possible of the history of the band.
These pages are a presentation of the results of that project and the material they gathered.
Aldbourne Band: Heritage Project
In 2013 the Friends of Aldbourne Band launched a project to record and present the heritage and history of Aldbourne band. The Friends applied for and received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund All Our Stories The Band wanted to make a public announcement to mark the beginning of the Project and...
Aldbourne Band: Resources
One of the outputs of the Heritage Project was an education pack, we are making this available here. To quote from the project final report: One of the original objectives of the Project was to involve local schools by offering an “Education Pack” which the schools could use as a curriculum resource. Enter Janet Roe....
Aldbourne Band – A History by Graham Palmer
We are very grateful to Graham Palmer for his permission to us to make public the text of his book about Aldbourne Band. The copyright for this book is his. The text of the book we received seems to have been a late draft so please excuse the odd part that seems unfinished. Below are...