Early Years 1890s - 1930s

The Band in its Third Century

Post War
Some recollections of this period by John Baker can be found at this link:John Baker

     The Band reformed soon after the war, but in the 1960s it often had to struggle to keep going and in 1968 it went into a short period of hibernation.

In 1969, under the direction of Ted Allison, an ex-army bandsman working at the Royal School of Artillery at Larkhill the band restarted. Two bands were formed, the Amesbury Town Silver Band, and the training band, the Amesbury Youth Silver Band. Quite a few parents started learning and playing alongside their children in the youth band. The Band met at the scout hut in Kitchener Road until it was pulled down in 1991 to make way for an extra classroom for Amesbury Infants' School.

     Late in 1989 Ted was suddenly taken seriously ill and Phil Marston stepped in at the last moment to take temporary charge. Phil, a serving squadron leader in the RAF, was our MD for nearly 8 years until pressure of work forced him to relinquish the reins to Ken Palmer in 1997.