Heritage Project

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…

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

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