Movie stars

GRIMETHORPE COLLIERY Band, became world famous after the 1996 film Brassed Off.

Director Peter Haigh – who is stepping down after 42 years on December 31 – said: “They must enjoy it when you consider there’s a minimum two days a week rehearsing, travelling all over, sometimes to the other end of the country for concerts, and doing more rehearsing on top at home.

“They are not body builders – but they have to be fit to blow and blow as they do.”