The Liverpool Clan Wallace Pipe Band was initially founded in 1949, named the Balmoral Pipe Band, by men returning to Liverpool after WW2 where they had served with various Scottish regiments and had either learnt to play or just developed a love for bagpipe music. In a short time the name was changed to the Victory Pipe Band until the present name was adopted in August 1979 because it fully describes the band; we are from Liverpool and we wear the Wallace tartan.
Why do we wear Wallace? Well back in 1949 it was decided that we should wear Royal Stewart so members of the band went to the tartan shop we had here in Liverpool, at the time, called Harford’s to buy the cloth for the kilts. Tragedy! No Royal Stewart in stock only red wallace. Hasty glances were exchanged between the band members which resulted in “ok we’ll have that”. And that’s the reason why we wear it to this day. Local bands refer to us as “The Wallace”
