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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n“It is 1910, and Llandudno, the most fashionable seaside resort in Wales, has a problem: the Town Band is not providing entertainment to the standard expected by its discerning visitors. The Bandmaster can\u2019t make ends meet, but the Council won\u2019t allow him any more money. No one else is volunteering for the job, except the local brass band…<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n THE BAND ON THE PROM<\/strong> Interested in learning more about the band’s history?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Explore our History<\/a><\/strong> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Browse historic newspaper articles and photographs in our Archive<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 View photographs from concerts, performances and events in our Gallery<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the story of how the St Tudno Silver Band came to an arrangement with the Llandudno Urban District Council; of its extraordinary bandmasters, who took on the challenge of providing music whenever the town required it; of the phenomenal success of the nightly shows on the promenade bandstand, that brought visitors flocking back to the resort year after year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is also the story of the working men \u2013 joiners, plumbers, engineers \u2013 who dedicated decades of their leisure time to playing the iconic \u2018tiddly-om-pom-pom\u2019 on the promenade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The history of the Llandudno Town Band\u2019s first 100 years is told through unprecedented access to the Band\u2019s archives and reveals the previously hidden story of the amateur musicians who became the very public face of Llandudno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Story of the Llandudno Town Band from 1900
by Susan M. Wolfendale
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