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Reading Spring Gardens Brass Band

Reading Spring Gardens Brass Band

Please donate today in support of the band and help keep music-making and our cultural heritage in Reading alive.

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Reading’s rich brass band heritage

Reading’s rich brass band heritage

Heritage Project12/06/2022

Reading as a town has a rich brass band heritage. It was once home to the now defunct Reading Borough, Reading Excelsior, Reading Temperance and…

Derek Watkins Trumpet Legend

Derek Watkins Trumpet Legend

Heritage Project09/01/2022

In a career spanning fifty years, Derek’s story, as a musician and trumpet player, began with his family in the Reading Spring Gardens Brass Band.

Horace John Hodges killed in action on 1st May 1918 aged 23

Horace John Hodges killed in action on 1st May 1918 aged 23

Heritage Project01/11/2019

Horace John Hodges was the son of John Henry and Alice Mary Hodges 95 De Beauvoir Road. John Henry was the Musical Director of the…

‘A Little Story’ by Ted Wakins

‘A Little Story’ by Ted Wakins

Heritage Project26/10/2017

A story about the ‘Watkins’ family and its association with the ‘Spring Gardens Band’ as told by Ted Watkins

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For further details, if you would like to book the band for a concert or any other type of performance please contact Rebecca Devaney on 01189 414920 or e-mail contact@readingband.com

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