History & Archives

The Origin of the William Livingstone Sr Invitational Piping Competition (aka “The Livingstone”)

The Origin of the William Livingstone Sr Invitational Piping Competition

History & Archives: The 1950s Toronto Indoor Games

In recognition of Saturday's Toronto Indoor Games at Moss Park Armouries, the History & Archives committee of The Pipers' & Pipe Band...

Vintage Gems: Angus MacAulay & Steve MacKinnon

Two more recordings have been digitized from the original shellac 78 RPM recordings held in the archives of The Pipers’ & Pipe Band...

Drumming Trailblazers: Duthart, Catherwood, Blackley & Jelly

The Pipers' & Pipe Band Society of Ontario recently uncovered in storage a trove of old 78 RPM records. The task of digitizing has begun....

Maxville Games 1989: Grade 1 Pipe Band Medleys

Here’s another offering from the History & Archives committee of The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario: the grade 1 pipe band event...

Barrie Highland Games, July 1987!

The archives of The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario have again been tapped. As you know, we have digitized scores of hours of the...

History & Archives: Maxville 1989

As reported to members this past April, the History & Archives committee of The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario has digitized...

PPBSO History: August 4, 1972

Ontario piper, David SIobod (a former member of P/M Chris Anderson’s excellent, Glen Mor Pipe Band) kindly forwarded this snippet of our...

History & Archives: Maxville 1988

The History & Archives committee of The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario has recently digitized approximately 35 hours of VHS...

1950s Scoresheet!

The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario recently received some items of ephemera (and reeds!) that come from the piping world of 1950s...