Two men have arranged for musical instruments to be donated to children in Kenya and Cape Verde.

The instruments, used in a production of Brassed Off in Leeds, are set to go to young musicians abroad.

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The Grimethorpe Colliery Band's fight for survival when the coal mine closed in the early 1990s inspired the 1996 film Brassed Off. The band did survive - and now, enjoying a resurgence, are among the ...

Brassed Off, the classic British film about a pit village and its band which refused to die, is 20-years-old this year and still has fans shedding emotional tears of pride - not least of all star ...

Centenary Theatre Company's new production of the funny and heart-warming ''Brassed Off'' will run at The Brindley, Runcorn, from 29th January to 2nd February 2006. Set during the years of the Miners' ...

As the Grimethorpe Colliery Band start playing, Stephen Tompkinson ’s eyes well up with tears. It’s been two decades since he last heard them perform in their home village – during the filming of ...

No former mining area needs telling about the effect on its communities of pit closures over the past few decades. The impact has been deep and telling, with the decimation of an industry that used to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brassed Off tells the story of the Grimethorpe-inspired Grimley Colliery brass band in South Yorkshire [Kirsten McTernan] ...