+ Saltash Town Band

Successful contesting Band, now with accompanying Junior Band, ‘originally formed in 1919 after the First World War, at the Working Men's Club in Saltash. The band was active until the outbreak of the Second World War. Unfortunately, all the band's instruments and equipment were placed on a barge moored in the River Tamar and were lost during a bombing raid! It was not until 1974 that moves were made to reform the band ...’