On this day … in 2006, BBC Scotland broadcasts the World Pipe Band Championships. The broadcast has been an annual once ever since.

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On this day … in 1947: Glasgow Police Pipe Band travelled to Brittany to take part in a fête organised by the French Red Cross Society in aid of the War Orphans’ Fund of the Celtic Association of the French Combattante (Sao Breiz).
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Strathpeffer Highland Gathering
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World Pipe Band Championships
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On this day … in 1987, Bill Livingstone’s 78 Fraser Highlanders becomes the first non-Scottish band to win the Grade 1 Worlds. Simon Fraser University placed second.

World Pipe Band Championships
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Crieff Highland Gathering
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On this day … in 1985, Ian McLellan’s Strathclyde Police wins the Worlds at Strathclyde Park, Hamilton, Scotland.
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The Northern Meeting
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The Northern Meeting
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The Argyllshire Gathering
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The Argyllshire Gathering
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On this day … in 2006, BBC Scotland broadcasts the World Pipe Band Championships. The broadcast has been an annual once ever since.
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