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In the early nineties Yorkshire Building Society started sponsoring the band and the name changed into Yorkshire Building Society Band. In 2004, however, the sponsorship ended and the band changed its name to YBS Band. There was a growing mood to change the name, and therefore the name was changed in January 2009 into "Hammonds Saltaire Band".
On 10 March 1957, Chris Barber's Jazz Band played at the venue, with Ottilie Patterson, and on 19 May 1961, Acker Bilk performed. [2] In 2004, British rock band Status Quo first performed at the theatre, and have made frequent visits to the venue. [3] They returned on 12 October 2008 as part of their Pictures: 40 Years of Hits Tour 2008. [4]
Number of employees. 3,117 (2022) 3,249 (2021) Website. Official website. Yorkshire Building Society is the third largest building society in the UK, [ 3] with its headquarters in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is a member of the Building Societies Association. At December 2023, the Society had total assets of more than £60 billion.
Saltaire. / 53.83722°N 1.79028°W / 53.83722; -1.79028. Saltaire is a Victorian model village near Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, situated between the River Aire, the railway, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Salt's Mill and the houses were built by Titus Salt between 1851 and 1871 to allow his workers to live in better conditions ...
Concerts with other well-known choirs and bands have proved to be very popular and guest performers have included the British Steel Band, The Best of British Jazz, Yorkshire Building Society Band, London Welsh Male Voice Choir, Morriston Male Voice Choir, The Leo Solomon Trio and Male Voice Choirs from the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden.
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway ( KWVR) is a 5-mile-long (8 km) heritage railway in the Worth Valley, West Yorkshire, England, which runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. It connects to the National Rail network at Keighley railway station .
Kenneth Downie is a composer of brass band music. He was born in Glasgow in 1946 and educated at Greenock High School, the Royal Manchester College of Music and Durham University. He then became a specialist music teacher in schools before leaving his position as Head of Music at Poole Grammar School to go into the jewellery business in 1976.
Ruth Copeland, soul and blues singer. Susan Maughan [ 18] Darlington. Vic Reeves (as in Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer - see Middlesbrough) [ 19] We Start Fires [ 20] Dewsbury. Bob Hardy (bassist from Franz Ferdinand) [ 21] Joel Graham (bassist from Evile) Doncaster.