History of the Band
The Band was first formed in 1952 as The Stockport Police band. In 1967 Police boundaries changed and the Band became the Band of the Cheshire Constabulary.
 
Mr Charles Holt, the Band's first Musical Director led the band for over 30 years leading it to many successes in the contest field. Sadly he passed away in 2006. A great loss to the band movement and to the Constabulary he is sadly missed by all who knew him.
 
More recently the baton was taken up by Dave Woollam. The Band has represented the Force at numerous force and civic occasions including many Royal events. It has gained many successes in the world of contesting and is always very well received when marching at the renown Whit March contests. It performs concerts throughout the UK and for many years attended the annual Isle of Man Music Festival.
 

The band is truly representative of Cheshire with members from all areas, and all walks of life. In common with most other Bands, the musicians (including Musical Director) attend entirely in their free time.

Why not visit our all our yesterdays page for some old pictures of the band.

If you are a former member of the band please visit the Cheshire Police Band Guestbook and let us know how you are doing.

We are currently compiling a list of all the musicians who have ever played in the Cheshire Constabulary Brass Band. Sadly, we cannot find all of the records, and so we would like you to help us by contacting David Woollam MD so that we can add any information that you have onto the website.

Musical Directors:

Charles Holt
Jim Davies
Nick Hudson
Granville Henshall


Principal Cornets:

Nigel Birch
Steven Higman
Graham Slinger
Stuart Wright
Steve Pritchard-Jones


Cornets:

Ken Brown
Garry Butterworth
Dennis Cooke
Howard Coppenhall
Dave Firth
Mike Gaffney
Jim Genders
Mike Greaves
Cyril Grocott
Trevor Halliwell
Graham Hodgkinson
Joyce Holt
Ian Murray
Terry Newton
Dick Rogers
Eleanor Smith
Simon Taylor
Stuart Thompson
Steve Twemlow
Matthew White
Richard Hutton
Gillian Shaw
Francis Lawrence
Vicky Roe
Ken Turner


Horns/Flugel:

Albert Birchenough
Nichola Burnham
Rhiannon Griffiths
Heather Kilshaw
Helen Morgan
Don Pennell
George Pragnall
Colin Stewart
Andrew Wood
Emma Woodward
Dave Woollam
Vicki Gardener
Alison Lund


Euphoniums/Baritones:

Sarah Bowker
Robin Bowles
Denise De Witt
Roy Duke
Brian Jones
Stuart Gorse
Geoffrey Hall
Kenneth Hanks
Granville Henshall
Kenneth Hutton
Dave Lornie
John Pickering
David Wood
Rebecca Ogden
Anna Thompson
David Graham
Helen Morgan


Trombones:

Gerriant Davies
Brian Harding
John Hughes
Andrew Silman
Syd Smith
Simon Woberts
John Hughes
David Jameson
Kathy Genders
Janice Lloyd


Basses:

Tim Ashbrook
Ronald Dean
Geoff Dooley
Colin Lloyd
Pete Mounsey
Peter Sharp
Ron Shawcross
Keith Wenlock
Gavin Wright
Kim Turner
Malcolm Glanister
Phil Tyler
Terry Newton
Dr. Andy Lund


Percussion:

Chris Haighton
Brian Heywood
John Woollam
Bob Heath
John Findlow


Drum Majors:

Adrian Lindop
Joe Kerr