Boys' Brigade

British

noun

(in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect

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Jonty Carter, a volunteer at the museum, was there at the very start of Sabbath's journey - after being taken to see them play at a pub in Birmingham in their early days by fellow members of his Boys' Brigade.

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The 46-year-old first saw the instrument played by a member of a police marching band when he was 18, and a trumpeter for the Boys' Brigade in Abia state, south-east Nigeria.

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A new organisation called the Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade is to be established.

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According to the terms of the split agreement, seen by BBC News NI, the Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade "would not actively seek to form companies in the Republic of Ireland".

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But the agreement with the BB in the UK and Ireland means "Donegal companies will be part of the Northern Ireland Boys' Brigade".

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