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By the mid 1990s times looked very bleak for the band, as it did for a great many other bands and working personnel in the mining industry, with the eventual closure of the pits in the UK and
Frickley Colliery in particular. Band membership dropped to six members but the band was rebuilt. By 1999,
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Elmsall Brass Band was formed in 1969 as the learner band to Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band. Under the guidance of Robert Oughton, the aim was to train and supply players for the Championship band. Having obtained an old set of instruments through the CISWO organisation for
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miners, the first competition was entered in 1970 and 3rd prize obtained. Soon the band had registered in the 4th section of The
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