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2013: April
4-Apr-2013Apologises for the postal delays in the comments section, but we are now back on track with a full postbag to delve into once again...
2013: January
17-Jan-2013From Stanshawe to Mrs Dale's diary.... the joys of a January postbag.
2012: December
18-Dec-2012More from Santa's postbag of all I want for Christmas opinions....
2012: November
30-Nov-2012Poor advert from Grimethorpe, cases of deja vu, the registry history and even a touch of Welsh racism. Not that is what is called an interesting postbag...
2012: October (part 2)
27-Oct-2012More woes of turmoil and fault as our readers express their opinions on everything from Dyke's 9th place to the battle for registration.
2012: October
15-Oct-2012The Bolsover debate goes on - with a bit of a go at the Welsh too...
2012: September
27-Sep-2012From the Registry and Cheltenham to miners, orders and the late, great Iwan Williams...
2012: August
18-Aug-2012A partnership future for the BFBB, depressing reading and fighting percussionists - what more could you ask for...?
2012: July
21-Jul-2012A new postbag with some acidic tipped opinions on everything from Grimethorpe at the Olympics to banding deportment...
2012: June
29-Jun-2012From the English National to self publicity the postbag keeps up its spikey load.
2012: May
11-May-2012Lots more from the 4BR postbag as the various opinions rumble on and on... from Grimethorpe to the Proms, bass trombonists to the Europeans...
2012: April
21-Apr-2012From glasses houses to Sage entertainment via national bodies and memories of ladies past...
2012: March
7-Mar-2012Sorry for the delay in posting comments, but we are now back up and running with our post bag. As expected, we cover everything and more from our readers...
2012: January
28-Jan-2012Lots and lots on borrowing, twitter, percussion and an old confession...
2011: December
23-Dec-2011ISB bashing, back to basics, the nature of contesting and more. It all makes for interesting reading for Christmas...
2011: October
27-Oct-2011From Pontins dosh to PLC - more from the 4BR postbag of banding opinion...
2011: September
15-Sep-2011From Rothwell to Newsome with some little bits of fun in between....
2011: August
26-Aug-2011Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! The Scots get in a lather about the Land O'Burns contest...
2011: July
20-Jul-2011Nepotism, democracy, conductors and the odd looney. An everyday postbag for 4BR then...
2011: June
17-Jun-2011An eclectic mid June post bag - from complaints and observations about Listen to the Band and West Lothian to Cardiff Festival of Brass and the great Alan Wycherley
2011: April
7-Apr-2011After the highs and lows of the Areas, the postbag starts to creak again under the weight of troubled opinions and testing queries....
2011: February
21-Feb-2011More from a spikey post bag - with everything from 4BR comments to adjudicator's forgetting percussion, archaic formats and the GUS 4...
2011: January
16-Jan-2011A breakfast response from C Brian Buckley makes things very clear...
2010: December
10-Dec-2010A new Christmas postbag has arrived on the 4BR doorstep - with plenty of opinions to enjoy and ponder...
2010: November
24-Nov-2010Cowboys and sopranos, cheating and tears and much more as we head for the first days of Christmas...
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