" BRASSED OFF " 1995 - day one

On 30th November 1995, I was in Birmingham to be in a scene from " Brassed Off ", a 1996 British film written  and directed by Mark Harman.
" Brassed Off " was set in the the fictional Grimley Colliery in the mid 1990's and really followed the real  life situation that Grimethorpe Colliery faced at that time. It was about the trouble faced by a colliery brass band following the closure of their pit. It starred Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewen McGregor and Steven Tompkinson. Also in the strong cast was Jim Carter( Downton Abbey) Sue Johnson and Melanie Hill
 ( Bread).
The scene that I was in was supposed to be the Royal Albert Hall, but was in fact the Birmingham Town Hall, and I was in an audience listening to the National Brass Band Championships, with Grimley Colliery Band playing the William Tell Ovrture, being conducted by a bandsman played by Jim Carter. In the audience, close to the stage were Sue Johnson and Melanie Hill, and on stage, the colliery band included Steven Tompkinson and Ewen McGregor as bandsmen, with Pete Postlethwaite arriving during their performance.
Following the filming of that scene, three of us were asked to act as Competition Judges in another scene to be filmed the following day, and that has turned out to be one of my most enjoyable days filming ,being in the scene where Danny ( played by Pete Postlethwaite) gives a very emotional speech to the audience as I am standing behind him.