Ulster piper and RSPBA adjudicator Harry Stevenson continues his look at pipe tunes associated with World War II… With the German and Italian forces defeated in North Africa, the Allies moved on to Sicily and after success there, the next objective was to invade mainland Italy. Italy was regarded as the ‘soft underbelly of Europe’ but proved to be anything but. The town of Cassino lies 80 miles south of…

We continue with our look back through piping history. We know readers appreciate these ‘blasts from the past’ and thank you to all those who have forwarded old photographs and newspaper clippings. Please keep them coming. The following is from the Press & Journal newspaper, Aberdeen, September 30, 1967. The report reads: Mr William MacDonald, a native of Benbecula, carried off the piping world’s major trophy at the Northern Meeting…

RSPBA adjudicator Harry Stevenson presented this project at the Blackthorn Pipers’ Society in Belfast last month. The object of the event is self-evident from the title and we are grateful firstly to Harry for making it available to readers of Piping Press but also for highlighting some very good and almost forgotten tunes associated with this conflict. Harry says,’The main reason why I did this presentation was that five of…

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Today we feature the celebrated performance of Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band at the World Pipe Band Championships held in Corby, England, in 1975. The recording is courtesy former Muirheads member Donald McBride. Corby proved to be the band’s last serious tilt at the World title. The band was placed second to Edinburgh/Lothian & Borders Police under P/M Iain McLeod that day. Muirheads folded three years later. Readers will be…