The Origins of Hitchin Band
An Investigation of Archive Records by Mike Thorn (first published in 2016). Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Formation of the Hitchin Brass Band 1866 – 2016 I have been told many times over the years that the Hitchin Band was formed sometime in the 1860’s and that this makes it one of the oldest brass bands in the world still playing today. However, trying to establish this as a fact seemed almost impossible with very little available information readily…
