We continue our look at the early days of the pipe band movement…. One of the first pipe band competitions was held at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow in the 1890s under the auspices of the Govan Police sports committee. The winners were the Govan Police pipe band themselves, and among the bands taking part were volunteer battalion bands under Pipe Majors John MacDougall Gillies and Farquhar MacRae. The next competition…

The following is taken from a special supplement produced to mark the 75th Anniversary of the RSPBA in 2005. It was written by piping historian Jeannie Campbell and edited by Robert Wallace…. Though the bagpipe had been in use in the Army for a long time the pipe band as we know it did not come into existence until the mid 19th century. Marching in step was introduced, at first…