Royal Buckley Town Band Concert for Glyn Smith"

Elfed High School, Mill Lane, Buckley

26 March 1993

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GRAND CONCERT BY THE

ROYAL BUCKLEY TOWN BAND

To commemorate the retirement of

Bandmaster - Glyn Smith

Elfed High School Theatre Buckley

at 7.30 p.m.

on Friday 26th March 1993

Proceeds of Concert to Buckley Cancer Research Campaign

Ticket Price £2.40 (Adults) (£1.25 for Senior Citizens/Children)

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Glyn Smith retired as conductor of the band. He had been a member for 46 years and the band performed about 50 engagements a year. He was to return to the back row cornets. He joined the cornet section in 1947, and moved on to principal cornet. He served as deputy conductor for 12 years before being appointed musical director.

Barry Jones wrote the following to mark the occasion:

BIDDING A FOND FAREWELL TO A GREAT AMBASSADOR.

Buckley Band Master, Glyn Smith, is to retire. When I met three special trains at Euston Station in 1973, Glyn and his band were present. We marched at the head of the Shotton Steelworks column. At Lambeth Bridge, Glyn's base drum was arrested. It was taken to Cannon Row Police Station. The band made the day most memorable. Nearly 3,000 Shotton men and women formed up outside the Commons. When the traffic stopped, steelworkers climbed the front of the red London buses to place posters on the top deck windows. The Daily Mirror put the parade on its front page. Glyn has seen his band serve many communities on Deeside. At the head of every civic parade, it seems, and at every remembrance parade, he has been an ambassador for Buckley. Thank you, Glyn.

Author: Royal Buckley Town Band

Royal Buckley Town Band Concert for Glyn Smith"

Elfed High School, Mill Lane, Buckley

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