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CodeDS/UK/2484
NameThe Cory Band; 1884-; Welsh brass band
Variations of NameBuy As You View Band, Buy As You View Cory, Christie Tyler Cory, Christie-Tyler Cory, Cory Brothers Workmen, Cory Collieries, Cory Silver, Cory's Silver, Cory's Temperance, Cory Temperance, Cory Workmen's Band, Cory Workmen's Club, Cory Workmen's Silver, Just Rentals Cory Band, Ton Temperance
AliasTon Temperance (-1895)
Dates1884-
BiographyCory Band hails from the Rhondda Valley in South Wales, Formed in 1884 they were originally called Ton Temperance. In 1895 Sir Clifford Cory, chairman of the Vory Brothers, heard the band and offered financial assistance, resulting in the change of name to 'Cory'. For a period between the late ninties and 2007, the name changed to 'Just Rentals Cory Band' and then 'Buy as You View Cory Band'.

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