The recent inclement weather has claimed its first banding victim, the Dwindly Moor Silver Band.
The Band were performing their annual Its Still Only November But They've Been Playing Christmas Carols In Shops For Ages Now So Let's Do Some On The Roundabout Concert on the roundabout at the end of the road near the bandroom.
They were just on their 14th verse of O Come All Ye Faithfull when a deluge of flood water arrived from up the valley and washed the roundabout clean away. The Band were left stranded on the last remaining section of the roundabout.
Band Manager Fryer Hammond said, "Thankfully, I couldn't be there in time due to work commitments or I would of been there stranded with them. We are watching them all from the new riverbank near where the Co-op used to be giving whatever support we can. Last night we managed to throw a line across and very carefully get a bottle of valve oil over to them. They are still playing Christmas Carols but at some point it is inevitable that feminine hygiene issues will crop up".
Hammond asked the Bandstand for help but we can't be bothered. We are more interested in them staying there and slowly starting to eat each other in a brass band carolling cannibalism extravaganza that we report on the website.
It should be a cracking local disaster.
