Carrbrook
Carrbrook is an area in the east of Stalybridge, in Greater Manchester[1] England. The area still has many seventeenth and eighteenth century buildings. Much of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century village was built during the industrial boom brought by the printworks. Modern Housing estates were built next to the old village on the lower flank of Harridge Pike from the 1970s. The view to the east of Carrbrook is dominated by the steep-sided Buckton Hill, on the summit of which is located Buckton Castle.
Music
Carrbrook Brass Band rehearse in Carrbrook twice a week, and perform in National and Regional Brass Band Contests throughout the year, including the Tameside Regional Contest and the North West Regional Contest in Blackpool. Carrbrook Brass Band represent Stalybridge every September at Armentieres in France, where a carnival is held.
Every year on Whit Friday, Carrbrook is host to a very lively and popular Brass Band Contest outside the Buckton Vale Institute in Carrbrook Village.
References
External links
- A walk through Carrbrook provided by the Tameside Borough Council website.
- Carrbrook Village - Community website.
- Carrbrook Heritage Trail - A local history project commissioned on behalf of the British National Lottery heritage fund by the Carrbrook Heritage Group.
- Tameside Local History Forum
- Carrbrook Whit Friday Brass Band Contest