Record

CodeDS/UK/6899
NameThe Fairey Band; 1937-; English brass band
AliasFairey Aviation Works | Fairey Engineering Works | Fairey FP (Music) Band | Fairey (Geneva) Band | Fairey (Stockport) | Williams Fairey Engineering Band
Dates1937-
BiographyThe Fairey Band is a brass band based in Heaton Chapel in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
Its name comes from Sir Richard Fairey and the Fairey Aviation Company, famous in later years for the Fairey Delta 2 aircraft - the first aircraft in level flight to exceed 1,000 mph, and had an important contribution to the shape of Concorde and its droop nose.

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