The Melingriffith Brass Band of the Melingriffith Tin Plate Works of Whitchurch, Cardiff, south Wales, is a brass band that was one of the best known music ensembles in South Wales in the late 19th and early 20th century.
[1] It is also arguably Wales's oldest, originally established in 1798 as a Drum and Fife Band to "assist the recruitment of a Company of Volunteers to fight against the French, who were threatening to invade Britain.
"[2] With the 13th Glamorgan Rifle Volunteers Corporation, in 1850 it became a full brass band and led by T.W.
Booker and would practice in the New Houses, a row of workers cottages at the works.
[2] In 1913, the Whitchurch Brass Band merged with the Melingriffith Cadet Corps.