The Sons of Ulster Flute Band was formed in July 1999 in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was formed by a number of lads from Glasgow & Lanarkshire who were gathered together by our current Band Master & President who did so under the Instructions & full backing of the Kinner Family in Belfast, the Band was formed in Memory of Volunteer Noel Kinner and all the Sons of Ulster who dedicated their lives in the Defence of Ulster & Britain against its Foreign enemies.
We had little money and in turn we relied hugely on Donations & Loans from inside the Loyalist communities of Scotland, England & Northern Ireland, we were Glad to accept a loan of £500 from an old friend of our Band Master Jamie McCulloch from London, with this money we Purchased 15 five key Miller Browne Bb flutes from William Hewitt of Drum Sounds in the Sandy Row who gave us the instruments at a knock down price. We started writing basic Blood & Thunder & Traditional tunes and getting simple drum beats to match, before long we had ourselves several tunes and we called our 1st band meeting in Partick Orange hall in Crawford St, bringing together as many good loyalists as we possibly could, the word had been quick in getting out that a new band had started up and that we meant business.
We spent the next few months drumming on tables and struggling through our basic tune list , until we eventually received a loan of Drums from a friend in the Allanton Flute Band from Shotts, we could now see things coming together, we had our knockers & Doubters but their opinions were immediately Dismissed & laughed out the door, Members came and went and we slowly but surely built the band up to a decent size enough for us to make our 1st CD "WE SHALL REMEMBER" which we made after just 5 months, we made this CD for 3 reasons 1.Much needed finances 2.To introduce the band to the Community & 3.The most important, as all our recordings have been to tell the story of a true Son of Ulster "VOL Noel Kinner".
Since those hard days of 1999 we have went from strength to strength and we are now recognized within the Banding community as a Decent Flute Band, we have always tried to Progress with practice and will continue to do so, for we feel strongly that if people can recognize us as a Decent band they will also remember Noel Kinners name in the same breath & if this was to be the case then we will have succeeded in our goal "to create an ever lasting memory to Noel" We sincerely hope that you enjoy this Web Site and further more we hope you will at all times show Noel Kinners name the respect it deserves a long with ALL the Sons of Ulster who so unselfishly gave their tomorrow so we could all live in freedom today. SOUFB.Glasgow FGAU...Always!
