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Opening

Grand Recital

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Wednesday
22nd January 1913

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CLICK HERE

and scroll down the page to see
the complete Programme

Video Tour

of the Organ

7 minutes 54 seconds

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NOTE
this video file is a huge 55Mb in size and
is in the 'flv' format ... depending upon
your internet connection speed, it may
stop/start the first time through ... the best
way to watch it is to click the 'PLAY'
button, then go have a cup'o'tea while it
plays through ... when finished, click
the button again and it will be perfect

OR

the video can also be watched via
'You Tube'
by clicking HERE or HERE

The original organ will be centre stage again for one Sunday
and our contemporary music equipment (right) will take a rest

We're pointing towards the organ, but we're not worshiping it !!

Would you like to sit in one of the old pews to get into the feel ??

Maybe you'd like to sit in one of these original restored chairs
used at our church before the pews ... they would be at least 132 years old

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Hi Geoff
It was great to have so many generations of the Coudrey family present
I met Lesley and John and their family along with Molly Gore
Ron Thorpe was also present (aged 100) who was assistant organist to Dora Coudrey
There were plenty of other people present that I should have announced, but was unable to get their names
I’ve linked to your website from the article (HERE)
Blessings ... David
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From the Church's Official Web Site

25 x photos

CLICK HERE

Taken by Lesley during the Celebrations

13 x photos

CLICK HERE

Bridget and Samuel playing the Organ
Molly Gore
Ron Thorpe and his Memories
Gaynor Searson
Coudrey Memorial Window
Dora Gertrude Coudrey's Memorial Plaque
Fundraising Tablecloth
and
Joseph William Coudrey

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Taken by Lesley

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!! The Organ Playing !!

this was shot while Peter McMillan
and David Lang were 'warming it up'
before the Celebrations got underway

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1 minute 4 seconds

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NOTE
as with the video above, if it
stops-and-starts, let it go through
and then click the 'PLAY' button again
and it will be perfect

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Note from Lesley

The name of the piece of music being played above is
The Toccata and Fugue in D minor ... BWV 565

It is organ music attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach
and is one of the most famous works in the organ repertoire

3 minute 56 seconds

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Information Links

CLICK HERE
Johann Sebastian Bach

CLICK HERE
The Toccata and Fugue in D minor

CLICK HERE
Organ Repertoire

CLICK HERE
BWV Numbering System

from Pastor David Smith

Looks great, Geoff

Thanks for your interest in our church life

David

from Sharon

I loved looking at these pages and all the photos and notes ... how wonderful to be a part of this history

It would have been terrific to be able to go and I would definitely have had a play on the organ !!

Lesley ... so glad you and your family were able to go ... and Molly Gore too

I am looking forward to the videos too ... I want to hear that beautiful organ playing
How amazing it is that Auntie Gertie played it for fourty three years !!

The video of the workings of the organ was fantastic
What a beautiful piece of workmanship, both inside and out

You know if Geoff hadn’t been so persistent in obtaining information on our family history we wouldn’t have known this service was to take place
Thank you to Pastor David Smith and Pat Perry for remembering us and letting us know about the Celebration

Best wishes to everyone ... Sharon

from Wally Knowles

Congratulations on your work concerning the organ

Took me back seventy years when my family and Mollie's family used to meet at Uncle Joe's and Auntie Gertie's for Christmas dinner and a soiree afterwards
I used to pump the organ for Auntie Gertie to play, then I would play something on the piano and Mollie would sing a little tune
Though she was so shy she would only sing if she could stand in the hall outside the room !!

Auntie Gertie was always surprised that I could play a classical tune from memory with no music
She could play well, but needed the music to play from

We always looked forward eagerly to this evening all year
Times were very tough and it was the only time we ever had strawberries and cream

Ah! sweet memories