Grimethorpe was aptly named. A shabby village in the bleak South Yorkshire flatlands, its sole claim to fame is the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, a brass ensemble made up mostly of local mine workers. So ...

GRIMETHORPE, England — Grimethorpe is dying. Once it was a proud coal-mining village. Now its silent streets, vacant lots and bricked-up buildings -- “In Cod We Trust,” proclaims a flaking chip-shop ...

Though it's been more than 30 years since the closure of Grimethorpe Colliery in Barnsley, the spirit among the former miners remains as strong as ever. On a rain-sodden December afternoon, hundreds ...

The Grimethorpe Colliery Band was founded more than a century ago in a Yorkshire mining village and gained worldwide recognition from the hit film Brassed Off. The band which is considered one of ...

Formed in 1917, during the First World War, Grimethorpe Colliery Band is a British institution. National and British Open Champions on numerous occasions, the band’s contest successes remain legendary ...

GRIMETHORPE, England (Reuters Life!) - They sound as loud and confident as the day their mine shut, but 15 years on, the changes are plain - only two members of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band have ever ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, nearly every coal mine in the U.K. had a brass band. They were intended to keep workers out of trouble, and were a... Britain's Brass Bands: A Working-Class Tradition ...

Brassed Off is celebrating its 21st birthday next year and there'll be no better way to celebrate than to watch it projected in the Royal Albert Hall with a live score by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band ...

World famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band - which featured in the hit film, Brassed Off - is to play a rare intimate concert at the region’s National Coal Mining Museum for England. Did you know with a ...

It’s been 18 years since the film Brassed Off put the former mining village of Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, on the map. Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor and Pete Postlethwaite starred in the film based ...

THE word famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band is back by popular demand at The Garden Rooms, at Tennants, in Leyburn. The concert, on Saturday, September 17, is one few opportunities to see the band in ...