Westerham’s Town Band’s ‘Serpent’ dates from the earliest days of the Town Band in 1892 when the ‘First March of the Volunteer Brass Band’ was witnessed under the conductorship of Mr Thomas Hardes. The design of the instrument is much older than that and the Serpent may have been nothing more than a ‘mascot’ for the ...
Reference: WH0862
King Edward VII had died of a heart attack on May 6th 1910. In Sevenoaks the decision was made to “…erect a Hospital worthy of the late King’s memory” capitalised by grants, fund-raising events and public subscription, and to that effect on April 15th 1911, the Westerham Town Band were approached to deliver an open-air ...
Reference: WH0876
