Lymington Town Band has been in existence since 1883 when twelve musicians met at the Anglesey Temperance Hotel, now the Thomas Tripp, to consider forming a Band. They practised first in a room at Pardey’s Dairy, Buckland, later in a room at the Sea Water Baths, then in a small hall at Woodside, before settling at the Literary Institute where the band practised until recently. After half a dozen title changes over the years, Lymington Military Concert Band performed a centenary gala night concert at the Masonic Hall. Nowadays, under conductor Clive Burroughs, Lymington Town Band maintains its fine tradition.
![TOWN AND VOLUNTEER BAND 1898](https://lymingtontownband.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Town-and-Volunteer-Band-1898.jpg)
With grateful thanks to the Klitz Family for the use of the 1883 photograph