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2 unusual facts about Wingates


Edwin George Monk

Especially well-known amongst some forty hymn tunes is Monk’s Angel Voices, composed in 1861 for Francis Pott’s hymn of that name, written for the opening of an organ in Wingates Church, Lancashire.

Wingates Band

Wingates Band is a brass band based in Wingates, a settlement near the town of Westhoughton in north-west England.



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