1936 :

Prestige was maintained by a BBC broadcast in July and by contesting at London, Leicester, Morecambe, Leeds and Fairford (2nd prize). Concert work was mainly local expect for the big effort of the year, one week at Weymouth in August. (fee £135, and the men boarded at the Salvation Army).

Whit Friday provided a paid engagement for Royton Sunday School and in the evening contests the Band played "Palmer House" and gained a first prize and a fourth prize.

They did not attend Belle Vue and their visit to London was to be the last until after the war and of course Crystal Palace itself was destroyed by fire at the end of 1936.

The Bandsmen were running whist drives and other efforts to raise funds and donations were received from William Lunn MP and from the local colliery owners J&J Charlesworth. The coach to the Crystal Palace contest was not paid for until the following year, and then by a loan from the Temperance Society.