[rtbarton]

Originally Posted by Greyman

I ...........I also found a raft of information about them in the National archive papers held at Manchester here's the link:
The National Archives | Access to Archives

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Let me know if I can help further.
Regards,
A.Bury

Thanks for that. I was aware of the Bury Archive and I've just followed your link, there's much more there than last time I looked!

If you come across any photos of the works orchestra I'd be interested to see them as I understand that my grandpa played the cello with them.