Leading up to the war years the band played many contests under A. Ashcroft with varying success. Contests include:
And winning the Uxbridge March Contest in July 1938. E. Huckridge took the baton in 1939 before the band loaned its instruments to the Home Guard during WWII.
E. Huckridge still in the middle but the band has a new moniker: Borough of Barnes. The band plays at a number…
The earliest records show the band using the catchall title of ‘West London Band’. Conducted by A. Ashcroft, the band placed 5th…
Winners of the Romford contest (Open section), the band stayed at the top of their game with E. Huckridge throughout the early-mid…
Winning the London & Southern Counties fourth section contest with John Carr’s ‘Four Little Maids’, this signals the rise of the band,…
