When it was a Township, Golcar consisted of Bolster Moor, Golcar, Leymoor, Pole Moor, Scapegoat Hill and Town End.

Golcar supports two Scout Groups :- the 4th Golcar Scout Group, which was founded in 1951 and the 39th Parkwood Scout Group, founded in 1908.

It was created by the merger of Golcar, Linthwaite, Marsden, Scammonden and Slaithwaite urban districts, and had a population of about 20, 000 for its lifespan.

The Colne Valley Museum is located within the Colne Valley at Golcar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

St John's which opened in 1829 is a good example of a Waterloo church and Golcar Baptist Church (), founded in 1835.

Golcar ( pronounced ' Goker ' or ' Golker ': the ' L ' is often silent in local pronunciation ) is a village located on a hillside crest above the Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, England, west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

The building of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal gave it a heavily-locked Western connection to wool-weaving towns of the upper Colne valley ( Golcar, Linthwaite, Slaithwaite, and Marsden ) and across the Pennines to Saddleworth, Stalybridge and Manchester via Standedge Tunnel ( the longest, deepest and highest on the English Canals ).

On 1 February 2010, 22-year-old Corporal Liam Riley, of Sheffield, and 27-year-old Lance Corporal Graham Shaw, of Golcar in Huddersfield were killed by separate IED's, Malgir, near Gereshk in Helmand Province, whilst on base security foot patrols.

Golcar is a relatively small village, but it has a long history.

During the Industrial Revolution Golcar became an important centre for weaving.

Each year in early May the village hosts the Golcar Lily Day.

* Golcar Junior, Infant & Nursery School, Manor Rd, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4QE.

* St. John's C of E Junior & Infant School, Leymoor Rd, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4QQ.

* Beech Early Years Infant & Junior School, Beech Avenue, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4BE.

* Wellhouse Junior & Infant School, Lower Wellhouse, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4ES.

* Clough Head Junior & Infant School, Bolster Moor Rd, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4JU.

* Scapegoat Hill Junior & Infant School, School Rd, Scapegoat Hill, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4NU.

Surrounding villages within the Kirklees area include Crosland Moor, Golcar, Honley, Holmfirth, Linthwaite, Marsden, Netherton and Slaithwaite.

Huddersfield expanded in 1937, including parts of the Golcar, Linthwaite, and South Crosland urban districts.

The South Pennine Ring takes in Huddersfield, Golcar, Slaithwaite, Marsden, Saddleworth Diggle, Uppermill, Greenfield, Stalybridge, Ashton, Manchester, Failsworth, Rochdale, Littleborough, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Elland, and Brighouse.

Using the more common definition, the Colne Valley includes the towns and villages of Marsden, Slaithwaite, Linthwaite and Golcar.

The success of the pairing prompted both acts to record repeatedly through 1950, producing such rhythmically comical fare as " The Woody Woodpecker Song " ( based on the frisky bird from the Walter Lantz cartoons, and another Billboard hit for the quartet ), " Put ' em in a Box, Tie ' em with a Ribbon ( And Throw ' em in the Deep Blue Sea )," " The Big Brass Band from Brazil ," " It's a Quiet Town ( In Crossbone County )," " Amelia Cordelia McHugh ( Mc Who?

Soul Rebels Brass Band from New Orleans, features Sousaphone player Edward Lee.

The sousaphone is an important fixture of the New Orleans brass band tradition, and is still used in groups such as the Dirty Dozen Brass Band by Kirk Joseph.

Sousaphonist, Mike Hogg and his band BS Brass Band have produced three albums of Jazz, Funk and New Orleans R & B and regularly entertain Chicago crowds during Mardi Gras.

Drogheda has a number of brass bands and is home to the Drogheda Brass Band, National Brass Band Champions of Ireland 2007 – 12, and the Lourdes Brass Band

* Excelsior Brass Band, a brass band from New Orleans.

He is often credited with being instrumental in the development of jazz music as his Reliance Brass Band was the first to fuse European, African and Latin music together, and the earliest jazz musicians can be traced back to playing within the Reliance Brass Band or being influenced from those who had.

East London has a long history of brass bands, and Becontree Brass Band was founded in 1981 as an amalgamation of several local bands.

* Becontree Brass Band

* Rebirth Brass Band

Strabane boasts two brass bands: Strabane Concert Brass, five times national champions, and St Joseph's Brass Band, current NIBA Grade 2 Champions.

He, along with Louis Cottrell, Jr. founded and led the second incarnation of the Onward Brass Band from 1960 to 1969.

Joey Shepherd-Music educator and former member of the Bad Dog IV Brass Band.

Brass replica of the Tjurkö Bracteate showing the name WalhazWalhaz () is a reconstructed Proto-Germanic word, meaning " foreigner ", " stranger ", " Roman ", " Romance-speaker ", or " Celtic-speaker ".

Brass was produced by the cementation process where copper and zinc ore are heated together until zinc vapor is produced which reacts with the copper.

Dick Brass, a Vice President at Microsoft from 1997 to 2004, complained that the company was slow in moving ClearType to market in the portable computing field.

A bronze plaque inscribed with Drake's claim to the new lands – Drake's Plate of Brass – fitting the description in his account, was discovered in Marin County, California but was later declared a hoax.

In 1954, the company was still underperforming, and sold vehicle manufacturing operations ( the primary asset of the company ) to the Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation of Detroit.

A similar performance was recorded for CD by Star of Indiana as part of their Brass Theater series.

Heinlein's original title for the novel was The Brass Cannon, replaced with the final title at the publisher's request.

The theme tune for the first series was the 1965 hit ' Tijuana Taxi ' performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.

Caesar was duped into appearing on Channel 4 spoof show Brass Eye in the episode " Science ", where he warned viewers about the dangers of " heavy electricity ".

In 1771 Brass Crosby, who was Lord Mayor of the City of London, had brought before him a printer called Miller who dared publish reports of Parliamentary proceedings.

The Brass Ranch was purchased for about $ 4 per acre and construction commenced that spring ; it was built in seven months for $ 1. 5 million.

The last original Sullivan show telecast (# 1068 ) was on March 28, 1971 with guests Melanie, Joanna Simon, Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass, and Sandler and Young.

It was followed in June with " Kid ," and then in January 1980 the band got to No. 1 in the UK with " Brass in Pocket ," which was also successful in the US, reaching No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Brighouse was the original home of the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, founded in 1881 and associated with neighbouring Rastrick.

Saltford Lock and weir are overlooked by the remains of the Kelston Brass Mill, which was working until 1925.

Another ensemble was the " So What Brass Quintet ," a group comprising five brass instrumentalists and Roach, no chordal instrument, no bass player.

Kravitz was on the song " Whole Lotta Lovin '" along with Rebirth Brass Band, Troy " Trombone Shorty " Andrews, Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker.

Sass and Brass was taped in 1986 in New Orleans and also features her working trio with guest soloists, including Dizzy Gillespie and Maynard Ferguson.

He was accompanied by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.