In the early years 19th century a group of local musicians would gather together and for their own entertainment play and develop their musical interests. Later these people would begin to play for religious services, and it is from these humble beginnings that the Buckley Band was formed.Firstly, it was definitely a Brass and Reed Ensemble, and members would, because of their musical ability, be very respected in the neighbourhood. Of course, many could not read or write, and it is therefore not surprising that early records were not kept. The evidence points to the fact that the first signs of the emergence of a Band, as such, was in the early 1820s , and although in a local Historians Alderman Dennis Griffiths book Out of this Clay he states that the Buckley Band was formed in 1820 he later agreed that it was probably nearer 1822 before the group of musicians were regarded as a Band. This does in fact tie in with a Jubilee publication of 1902 where it states that the Buckley Royal Town Band was set on foot 80 years ago.

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