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Oct 18 2007

1066 Pipes and Drums head to Westminster

Posted by: Pipe Major in Pipeband

A band of drummers from Hastings took their tunes to the House of Commons this week.

The 1066 Pipes and Drums became the first non-military band to be allowed to play underneath Big Ben during the trip on Wednesday.

Pipe major Jon Bartholomew and councillor Phil Scott, the bands president, led the 20-strong delegation after Michael Foster MP had arranged for them to meet the speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin.

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