Torrington Silver Band: Band History.

History

In 1952 members from the Fred Karno's Band and former members of the Town Band met to form a regular band.

Following this meeting which took place in a cafe in the town the Torrington Voluntary Silver Band was born.

Permission was granted to use the instruments that were put into trust since the start of World War 2.

They continued to play under the direction of Len Short who trained so many young people to play an instrument.

During the many years since formation we have had much success culminationg in playing at the Royal Albert Hall in the National finals.

As well as a Senior Band we also have a youth band and our own Corps of Drums.

In 2002 the band came together to celebrate our 50 years and we recorded our own CD, ' In the Mood ' .

Old Photos!

We would be interested to hear from you if you have any old photographs of the band, we would like to copy them with your permission and return them along with a new copy if you wish!.